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Coventry on the way to becoming UK’s first all-electric bus city

29/11/2022 Ashleigh Sinclair

National Express Coventry has introduced 50 electric double-decker buses as part of the region’s plan to introduce up to 300 new zero-emission buses over the next three years A £150 million project to create the […]

Almost half of UK adults ‘set to switch to bus’ as cost-of-living crisis begins to bite

22/11/2022 Ashleigh Sinclair

41% of UK adults are planning to use the bus more frequently in a bid to save money as households feel the pinch of the cost-of-living crisis, according to research carried out by First Bus. […]

Budget maintains transport spend, but more needed, say trade bodies

22/11/2022 Ashleigh Sinclair

In the run up to the Autumn Budget statement, in which the Chancellor said that existing spending commitments would be maintained, industry bodies Bus Users UK, Campaign for Better Transport, the CPT and the Urban […]

Whippet selects Mellor to provide zero-emission buses for Cambridge

22/11/2022 Ashleigh Sinclair

Mellor’s first order for its Sigma 12 will see Whippet electrify its ‘Universal’ university bus operation in Cambridge Cambridgeshire operator Whippet is to place an order for nine Sigma 12 battery electric buses for its […]

West Berkshire offers free bus rides

22/11/2022 Ashleigh Sinclair

Bus journeys in some areas of Berkshire will be free until next month to help people struggling with cost of living pressures and reduce carbon emissions, reports the BBC. The West Berkshire Council initiative will […]

Stagecoach orders 200 double-deckers from ADL

15/11/2022 Ashleigh Sinclair

Stagecoach is investing around £50m in 200 new low-emission diesel double-deck buses from Alexander Dennis for fleets across the UK Stagecoach companies in Oxford, Manchester, Yorkshire, Preston, Northampton, Mansfield, Portsmouth, Chichester, Winchester, Torquay, Folkestone and […]