Innovations: Practical application of technology in passenger transport. Supporting Euro Bus Expo 2018 technology exhibitors Click on the image below to view Innovations (Issue 39, Spring 2018). If you are viewing the site on a mobile or tablet device, tap here to read the supplement.
Croeso / Welcome Croeso i Bysus yng Nghymru 2018, cyhoeddiad am y prif ddull o drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus yng Nghymru. Cynhyrchwyd y cyhoeddiad hwn gan Passenger Transport i gyd-fynd ag Uwchgynhadledd Fysiau Llywodraeth Cymru yn Abertawe ar Mai 3. Mae’r cyhoeddiad hwn yn cynnwys cyfraniadau gan amrywiaeth o sefydliadau sydd â diddordeb mewn gwasanaethau bysus yng...
Although group rejected initial takeover bid as ‘opportunistic’, major changes are expected – especially at under-performing UK bus division The break-up of FirstGroup is being predicted by City analysts and in the transport industry following a preliminary takeover bid from North American private equity investor Apollo Asset Management. Although First rejected an initial...
Ahead of the Transports Publics 2018 show in June, we toured exciting innovations in host city Paris A bus parks itself at Lagny bus depot Île-de-France – the “Parisian Region” – covers only 2.2% of mainland France, but its 12 million inhabitants represent almost a fifth of the population. It is therefore a region...
It takes hard work and dedication to attract new customers on to buses. So why do we so often fail at the first hurdle, the bus stop? Some bus operators see the value of bus stops and take responsibility for them – others don’t If you had a shop and the council came...
The West Midlands is hosting the UK’s first trial of ‘Mobility as a Service’, launched this month with help from a creative three-storey marketing ploy The Nordic micro-house in Brindleyplace is the size of a parking space “The birthplace of the industrial revolution is now the birthplace of the mobility revolution,” declared Chris...
Ministers and their shadows pretend not to notice a problem that is choking off buses, because they’re afraid of upsetting motorists One bus can replace well over 70 cars. There is no downside The latest figures show a continuing and concerning decline in the number of bus passenger journeys. And the standard responses...
Concerns follow furore over the collapse of the East Coast franchise, which saw Stagecoach/Virgin ‘unfairly’ accused of receiving a taxpayer ‘bail out’ The issue was raised during the furore over the forthcoming collapse of the East Coast franchise Train operators have asked the Department for Transport to review its approach to publicising rail...
A new ‘metro mayor’, growing commuter rail use, light rail expansion projects, HS2… this is a region that’s going places A visualisation of the Midland Metro terminius at Edgbaston I was born in Coventry and although my parents moved back to Yorkshire shortly afterwards, they still talk about how, in the early sixties,...
Just a blip, or the start of a trend? We look at what’s causing bus and rail patronage to decline The number of people travelling by public transport in Great Britain is declining, with patronage falling on both bus and train services in 2017. The trend is by no means universal, with some...
Reading Buses boss urges government to support councils Martijn Gilbert: ‘[Congestion] is the single biggest driver of dissatisfaction, and we need to crack it’ Reading Buses chief executive officer Martijn Gilbert has called upon central government to take a greater role in addressing traffic congestion. Speaking at the publication of the Autumn 2017 Bus...
Transport secretary Chris Grayling says that a range of operating models will be explored for the forthcoming West Coast Partnership contract “An integrated railway operation, in charge of both its infrastructure and its services, akin to some Japanese high-speed lines” Transport secretary Chris Grayling has indicated that full vertical integration will be among...
We can’t afford to ignore bus stops