Alexander Dennis Limited has been sold to a North American bus builder, but boss Colin Robertson is staying on to lead new international expansion Colin Robertson (left), pictured in Edinburgh with Paul Soubry, NFI’s President and CEO The UK’s largest bus builder, Alexander Dennis Limited, claims that its sale to Canada-based NFI Group...
Transport Select Committee seeks action to end decline MPs have called on the government to develop and adopt a bus strategy for England by the end of next year. Members of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee concluded that such a bus strategy was neccessary in their report, Bus Services in England...
The internet is reducing the need to travel for a range of activities. How should the public transport world react to this trend? In London the number of trips made per person per day began to fall from 2006 Build a new road and cars will use it, and in plentiful numbers....
Secure, privacy-protected data collection will begin in July, and is expected to improve information about delays and congestion within stations Tube users at Hammersmith Depersonalised Wi-Fi connection data will soon be used to help Transport for London improve the information it provides to its customers on London Underground. The depersonalised data collection, which...
Welcome to the Global Public Transport Review 2019, a publication devoted to this vital sector. This publication from Passenger Transport, based in London, has been produced to co-incide with UITP’s Global Public Transport Summit in Stockholm on June 9-12 – the world’s biggest public transport event. It features contributions from a variety of organisations involved in...
The Committee on Climate Change’s new advice for government is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. As the largest source of UK GHG emissions (23% of the total), transport will need to see major changes – and modal shift towards public transport must be part of the solution The Committee on Climate...
Ride-hailing app wants to become ‘one-stop shop’ for transport Uber has added public transport routes, times and costs into its app “Taking an Uber” could soon mean travelling by bus or train. The ride-hailing company has added public transport routes to its app, starting with Denver’s Regional Transportation District. Following a staggered roll out...
You may not have yet noticed, but it’s become the place to watch, with growing bus and rail demand and plans for unified ticketing Glider: As a visitor to Belfast you can’t miss this striking new addition to Belfast’s city centre Of the four main constituent parts of the UK, only one of...
Climate change is back on the political agenda and government must respond with radical new policies that achieve modal shift Stagecoach operates nine BYD ADL zero emission electric buses in Guildford We haven’t got long. The five warmest years on record have occurred in the last 10 years. The incidence of flooding, drought,...
Welcome to the ALBUM Report 2019, a publication from Passenger Transport devoted to Britain’s independent and municipal bus companies. Returning for a fifth consecutive year, this year’s report also incorporates the official Conference Workbook for the 2019 ALBUM Conference, hosted by Cardiff Bus at Cardiff City Hall on May 7-9. We hope you find it...
Rail Delivery Group chief Paul Plummer said the proposals to the Williams rail review are intended as ‘building blocks’ for fundamental reform RDG chief executive Paul Plummer The Rail Delivery Group has set out proposals for a new rail industry structure which would remove central government from day to day decision making, integrate...
Our politicial leaders are under pressure to take action on climate change – and the public transport sector could also do much more Greta Thunberg’s recent travels around Europe have been by train They say that fact is stranger than fiction. Who would have dared write a story in which leading politicians of...
Habits are changing – so must transport