Multinational group teams up with Navya to launch one-year trial of automated shuttle service in growth area of France’s third largest city Sans chauffeur: A Navya vehicle in Confluence, Lyon Driverless vehicles reached a new milestone this week when French transport group Keolis launched a one-year trial of automated electric minibuses in Confluence,...
Young professionals are harnessing the power of social media to put pressure on transport operators and policy-makers A demonstration by Southern passengers Rail operators will have to deal in future with a new type of passenger lobby group organised by young professionals who are adept at using social media, the Campaign for Better...
Jeremy Corbyn claims that renationalisation would fix problems like crowding on East Coast Main Line services. I don’t agree New IEP trains will help deliver extra capacity. Nationalisation would not Once the fuss around Jeremy Corbyn’s #traingate has died down, what should we make of it? In some ways this was a massive...
A series of improvements to Arriva’s Leicester network have now been completed. It aims to provide a firm basis for the future Simon Mathieson (fifth from left) with Arriva’s Leicester team Arriva’s Midlands bus business has been working hard over the last year to revamp and relaunch its product in the city of...
Davide Brizzolara and Andrea Toth consider the impact that self-driving vehicles could have on cities and passenger transport A demonstration by Southern passengers A growing urban population is creating unprecedented challenges in Europe’s cities: pollution, congestion, housing, loss of space and rising energy consumption among the many. One of the most apparent side-effects...
Dutch group named as preferred bidder for the new East Anglia franchise – but nine-year deal requires it to pay the government a £3.7bn premium 383 electric and bi-mode vehicles will be supplied by Switzerland’s Stadler Abellio has committed to a £3.7bn premium and a 93% performance target in its winning bid for...
Financial concerns lead another Welsh operator to shut down Lewis Coaches of Llanrhystud, south of Aberystwyth, had operated for more than 35 years Ceredigion-based Lewis Coaches ceased to trade on Friday last week, becoming the third bus operator in Wales to close this summer. Lewis Coaches of Llanrhystud, south of Aberystwyth, had operated...
This is building up to an almighty tussle: three unions against the government. Let us hope Southern has a plan going forward? I wrote in the last issue (PT140) that Brighton would freeze over before transport secretary Chris Grayling would cave in to the RMT union. Plans to extend driver-only operation on Southern...
Innovations: Practical application of technology in passenger transport. Supporting Euro Bus Expo 2016 technology exhibitors In partnership with Parkeon Click on the image below to view Innovations (Issue 34, Summer 2016). If you are viewing the site on a mobile or tablet device, tap here to read the supplement.
‘Slide’, an app-based travel solution developed by RATP Dev, launched exclusively in Bristol this week and is the first service of its kind in the UK Slide Bristol fares ‘only cost a little more than taking the bus’ RATP Dev has ventured into the world of app-based personal mobility with the launch of...
We are told the dispute is about the narrow issue of DOO, but it goes deeper than that. The transport secretary must get involved Credit: Andy Davey The Southern train cancellation game is a new online feature, developed by a couple of passengers, that has already attracted tens of thousands of players, many...
Council-owned firm announces details of East Lothian network East Coast Buses will launch on August 14 Lothian Buses has announced timetable and fare details of its new East Coast Buses subsidiary which will launch on August 14. The new operation has been created to take on the Musselburgh and North Berwick depots of...
What did you do in #traingate, Daddy?