Operator launches comparison trials using Yutong E10 battery-powered bus Harrogate Bus Company General Manager Frank Stanisauskis (left) and driver Ricki Tomlinson with the Yutong E10 electric bus A new trial featuring the latest zero-emission electric transport technology is now underway in North Yorkshire as Transdev Blazefield prepares for future investment beyond the pandemic....
Could be up and running in some areas as soon as 2022, and implemented region-wide by 2024, if the chancellor provides funding ‘Swift’ in the West Midlands is the UK’s second biggest public transport payment system after London’s Oyster scheme MPs have urged the government to invest in a Midlands-wide ‘tap and cap’...
Bus operator all set for March 15 introduction of CAZ First has used a combination of new buses and retrofit technology to existing vehicles to comply with the Bath scheme Bath’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) comes into operation on March 15 and local bus operator First West of England is working towards ensuring...
Recent government advice has been ill-advised The messaging for passenger transport users has been brutally clear Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK government has managed to undermine everyone who deals with passenger transport. This has taken the form of an instruction – do not use public transport – rather than informed advice....
UrbanThings m-ticketing usage rises 200% as Covid-19 creates a catalyst for smart travel Smart transport platform provider UrbanThings has published a new white paper discussing the future of public transport and smart cities Smart transport platform provider UrbanThings has reported a 200% rise in bus mobile ticketing use in Q4 of 2020 compared...
The move, which was announced in October 2020, comes in the face of a significant reduction in passenger numbers A subsidiary of Transport for Wales is now operating the Wales and Borders rail services The Welsh Government has taken the Wales and Borders rail franchise into public ownership “to protect services, safeguard jobs,...
John Nelson and Richard Davies consider what the future patterns of rail demand might look like in the mid 2020s – and pose a number of questions about the rail industry’s future The pandemic has been with us now for just over nine months. Its impact on the country’s economy and social life...
If bus operators want customers, then they need to provide the right information This not a new topic but one that remains resolute despite being a basic requirement – the lack of reliable information about bus services. Getting it right is not a technical challenge given the digitisation of data but the...
Passenger’s app for smaller operators can be used to upload SIRI-VM (AVL) feeds or TransXChange data to BODS Heat map of myTrip operators AVL data 2020 was a challenging year for the bus industry, with constantly changing operational concerns and new open data regulations introduced in England through the Bus Open Data Service...
Technology profiled on BBC’s The One Show to be introduced across EKFB’s area central route Helmet-mounted devices accurately monitor how close workers are to each other A technology start-up that joined the HS2 Covid-19 Innovation Challenge last Spring has secured a major deal to supply work site social distancing technology to one of...
Group trials autonomous electric vehicles in the city of Gothenburg Keolis has launched a trial of autonomous electric vehicles in the city of Gothenburg on behalf of local public transport authority Västtrafik. This service, which is integrated into the regional public transport network, will serve industrial and residential sites for a four and...
Group tops table of 11 UK transport companies in independent ranking on community and environment Go-Ahead has been recognised as the ‘most admired’ transport company in the UK in terms of community and environmental responsibility according to an influential report. Britain’s Most Admired Companies (BMAC) studies corporate reputation as judged by competitors and...
Brutally clear messaging for public transport