Three Eclipse Gemini 2-bodied Volvo B5RLH Hybrids have entered service at bakerbus on its premier X1 route between Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Beaconside. Purchased with the help of the Department of Transport’s Green Bus Fund, […]
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) latest annual bus statistics for England in the financial year 2010/11 indicate a slight net increase in passenger journeys, though the 0.1% rise hides a decrease in metropolitan areas, offset […]
Guide Dogs UK has released a leaflet which provides useful information to bus drivers when dealing with blind customers. The charity is currently running a ‘Talking Buses’ campaign which is aiming to have AV (Audio […]
Proposals include reinstating M4 lane if assessment proves its worth The Transport Select Committee has called for the M4 bus lane, scrapped last year, to be reinstated if evidence shows it contributed to faster traffic […]
The tolls at the Dartford River Crossing should be scrapped to help boost the local and national economy, the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) has said. The call comes in its response to the […]
CPT launches Code of Practice for using permits to allow type 2 scooters onto low-floor buses Transport minister Norman Baker and CPT president Steve Whiteway launched the CPT’s new Code of Practice for the use […]
CBT has written to 124 MPs and NatEx urges customers to write to theirs National Express and the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) have taken measures against the cutting of the concessionary coach scheme reported […]
CPT has delivered provisional industry costing of a compliance assessment relating to a recent seatbelt consultation. The comments came after the association digested the Traffic Commissioners’ response to a government consultation on the issue. The […]
Philip Brown, the Senior Traffic Commissioner and the Traffic Commissioner for the South Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Area, will retire with effect from October 2. Philip Brown is currently on “special leave” and Beverley Bell […]
Three key points made by CPT in its response to the DfT consultation on changes to the O-licensing system have been taken on board by the government. The CPT said as a result, the following […]
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