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 & […]
Sheffield Bus Partnership is celebrating reversing a decade of historic decline in the city’s bus travel at its one year anniversary mark. The voluntary agreement between South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), Sheffield City Council, First South Yorkshire, Stagecoach in Sheffield and Sheffield Community Transport, has made efforts to improve the city’s bus offering, resulting […]
Volvo Bus Australia has recently been awarded a three year arrangement to supply at least 180 chassis to Brisbane City Council, including the trial of a new hybrid diesel-electric model. The local authority currently has a contract with Volgren, which will build the bus body on the chassis supplied by Volvo. Under the new agreement, […]
Volvo Group’s North American subsidiary, Nova Bus, and the Societe de Transport de Montreal (STM) have entered into an agreement on an electrification project for the public transit system of Montreal, Canada. Nova Bus and STM signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the presence of the Quebec Premier, Pauline Marois; President and CEO of the […]