Minister for Transport and Veterans, Keith Brown MSP, has launched the first free running, fully electric bus to be used for a local bus service in Scotland. The service links the ferry ports at Cairnryan to the railway station in Stranraer. It is being operated six days a week with a 27-seat battery powered Optare […]
An article on the front page of the Birmingham Mail reported what it described as ‘shocking’ figures for the amount of fines issued to motorists for driving in bus lanes in Birmingham city centre. It was revealed that in 52 days, there were 11,038 fines issued to drivers, meaning on average 222 motorists a day […]
First Aberdeen surprised Cove Bay Kindergarten children earlier this month by turning up with one of its buses to allow them to pretend to be bus drivers. Staff at the kindergarten wrote to First Aberdeen explaining that the children love seeing buses drive past and always wave to the driver and customers. They were treated […]
The International Transport Forum at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental group for the transport sector with 54 member countries, is calling for applications for a new award. The ‘Promising Transport Innovation Award’ is to recognise innovations that have a potential to significantly improve the transport industry. The innovation can be […]
A new full electric version of the 8m Vivacity+ produced by BredaMenarinibus will soon be on the market. e-Vivacity will be available from mid-2014 and the Italian manufacturer has chosen EBUSCO to provide the electric traction for the midibus. Many may have seen EBUSCO products at Busworld in Kortrtijk earlier this year, where it demonstrated […]
National Express West Midlands has reported a 10% increase in weekend patronage to Birmingham City Centre since the start of the German Market. Nearly 10,000 additional journeys are being made by bus each weekend as people flock to the Market and its bars. The operator’s statistics show that thousands of people are coming in groups […]
West Midlands transport authority (Centro) is to spearhead a £10m investment programme. The scheme benefited from £5m awarded to the region by the Government’s Better Bus Area Fund, making it the only region in the area to receive this maximum mount from the fund. It will see £3.3m invested in new buses by operators, £1.9m […]
First UK Bus has appointed Stuart Munro as its new Finance Director. Due to begin his new role from 2 December, Stuart joined from Tube Lines, a subsidiary of TfL, where he was Director of Finance, Commercial and Services, a post he has held since 2011. He began his career in 1990 with Ernst & […]