Suitable for retrofitting to virtually any bus, AVID Technology’s eFan micro hybrid system promises a list of attributes including the ability to trim fuel consumption by up to 15%, reduce the time a bus spends off the road by improving its reliability, reduce its maintenance costs, cut the risk of engine bay fires and lessen […]

Following on from the success of the first Stanford Expo Event held last year, the owners of Stanford Coachworks, Jess Rider and Lee Wiggins, decided to repeat the exercise this year. As last year, the event was based at the Brands Hatch Motor Racing Circuit in Kent and followed a similar pattern with a large […]

It was in May that Optare took the wraps off the MetroDecker, the double decker it had been promising for over a decade, in a static launch at London’s Transport Museum. Framed in stainless steel and weighing in at under ten tonnes it immediately aroused attention but until this week there had been no opportunity […]

North East Bus Operators Association (NEBOA) recently met with leaders of the North East Combined Authority (NECA) to outline partnership proposals they believe would deliver key improvements for passengers in the region and save taxpayers millions of pounds. Analysis of the Nexus plans conducted by independent economic consultants, Oxera, shows the Quality Contract Scheme (QCS) […]

Guide Dogs has delivered a petition to the government calling for audio visual (AV) technology to be installed on all new buses. Part of the charity’s ‘Talking Buses’ campaign, the petition gained 9,914 signatures supporting AV on buses. The petition was organised following a survey suggesting people who are blind and partially sighted are being […]

Loughborough based Kinchbus has invested £1.5m in eight new Mercedes-Benz Citaros for its Skylink service linking Derby, Loughborough and Leicester with East Midlands Airport. Adding the vehicles has enabled the introduction of a new timetable with buses running every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday and every half hour on Sundays. The buses are the UK’s […]

Volvo Buses has introduced a forward collision warning and emergency braking system. The Forward Collision Warning and Emergency Braking functionality automatically applies full brakes to the bus if a collision with a vehicle in front is imminent and the driver does not react to the initial warning. The solution is due to become available on […]