Ahead of next month’s UK Bus Summit in London, buses minister Baroness Vere says that ‘fantastic opportunities’ have been created to grow bus use Baroness Vere: ‘2020 will prove to be an exciting year for buses’ 2020 will be “a transformational year for the bus network”, says buses minister Baroness Vere. In the...
UK Bus Summit Review 2020, a publication devoted to the UK’s main mode of public transport. This publication has been produced by Passenger Transport, in association with Transport Times Events, to co-incide with the sixth annual UK Bus Summit. This event will be held in London at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, on February 6...
Critics claim peer shows ‘disgraceful ignorance’ of project Lord Berkeley has published an alternative to the Oakervee review into HS2 Lord Berkeley has published a new report into the troubled HS2 high speed rail project that suggests it is “the wrong and expensive solution” to improving connectivity in the Midlands and North of England. In...
The New Year will bring change for Britain’s railways, a green light for HS2 and a greater focus on transport in the North of England The Labour government under Tony Blair had progressed a tram system for Leeds, only to cancel it The good people at Passenger Transport have once again asked me...
The Joe Wood Scheduler of the Year Award, sponsored by CitySwift Schedulers play a vital role in the UK bus industry, but they rarely get the recognition they deserve. That’s why Passenger Transport has teamed up with CitySwift, the data-driven bus scheduling and business intelligence platform, to launch a new award for 2020 –...
The climate crisis moved up the agenda in 2019 and ambitious new targets were set – 2020 will be about how we achieve them Electrification of a larger bus network looks eminently doable even on the cliff edge timescales demanded by the climate modellers On and on we hurtle deeper into the...
The launch of the new West Coast franchise operator lacked the pizzazz of its attention-seeking predecessor, but I have feeling that they will deliver – writes Alex Warner The Avanti logo, a bright orange triangle, is intended to symbolise the geography of this 400-mile route I trotted furtively away from the bright lights...
Sir Brian Souter will give up his role as chairman at the end of this year Sir Brian Souter After four decades at the heart of Stagecoach, Sir Brian Souter will step down from his role as chairman on December 31. He will become a non executive director of the company he co-founded...
The changing needs of residential parking in UK towns and cities are opening up opportunities for new sustainable mobility Suburban London residential street with parked cars Across the UK millions of people live on residential streets laid out in the Victorian era. These rows of low rise terraced housing are icons of...
November saw the 24th annual UK Bus Awards held at a ceremony in London, and you can read all about the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in this official Souvenir Brochure. Click on the image below to view The Big Book of Big Winners 2019. If you are viewing the site on a tablet...
New owners FirstGroup and Trenitalia this week unveiled the brand for the new Intercity West Coast franchise, ending Virgin’s 22-year tenure A visualisation of a Pendolino with the new Avanti West Coast brand Avanti West Coast was this week unveiled as the brand for the new Intercity West Coast rail franchise, which begins...
It’s encouraging that for most parties, the policies being advanced are set in the context of tackling climate change and air pollution What’s the collective noun for manifestos? An aspiration? An imagination? A deception? In any case, it’s election time so we are awash with them. Every party has to produce one, it...
So what does 2020 herald for transport?