Bristol City Council intends to use the proposed Quality Partnership Scheme (QPS) to “put the power back in customers’ hands” and force bus operators to compensate passengers if services are late. Tim Kent, cabinet councillor […]
Mark Howarth criticises decision to re-tender bus services. A recommendation to introduce an immediate reimbursement cut for concessionary fares has been overturned at a meeting of Cornwall Council’s cabinet. A back-dated cut in reimbursement to […]
Stagecoach will offer a discount to pensioners on its Oxford Tube service to compensate for the withdrawal of the concessionary coach scheme on October 31. Stagecoach said the change could have seen senior citizens being […]
The Association of Transport Coordinating Officers (ATCO) winter conference is to be held on November 24 this year, on the theme of travel behaviour and prospects for its change. The ATCO describe this as “a […]
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) has been using social networking sites to find and catch out HGV drivers who are flouting the law by breaching drivers’ hours regulations, Commercial Motor magazine reported. Drivers […]
After a painstaking two-year restoration project, Scarborough based Bluebird Vehicles’ 1929 Leyland Tiger TS2 is close to completion, in time for its appearance at the London Lord Mayor’s Show. The Tiger was built by Ransomes […]
End of an era as final event set to be held on October 16 Calls have been made for HRH Prince Charles to lend his support for Birmingham’s Aston Manor Transport Museum to remain at […]
After years on a scrap heap, 1960s Leicester Bridgemaster bus ‘217AJF’ returned to action at Abbey Pumping Station museum’s recent bus running day. Passengers including the Lord Mayor and city mayor had rides on the […]
£11,000 raised in aid of a Teenage Cancer Trust appeal Last weekend saw the Volvo Bus Executive Group successfully complete a gruelling 137 mile, coast to coast challenge between Whitehaven and Tynemouth in aid of […]
Dorset County Council (DCC) is launching an internal investigation after reports of its school bus services failing to pick up some children and leaving them stranded at bus stops. The council recently appointed bus operator […]
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