Scotland moves ahead with free travel plan
Draft legislation will facilitate free bus travel for young people Matheson: ‘Not only is this good news for young people, it’s good news for bus operators’ The Scottish Government is making preparations to extend free bus travel to all young people under the age of 19 who reside in Scotland. Once the scheme...
Oxford Bus Company reveals lost and found list
Firm reveal thousands of items lost by bus passengers Did you leave a novelty animal head on the bus? The Oxford Bus Company has revealed the unusual items which were left on services by passengers last year. Among the items left on buses and coaches in 2020 were a pair of Bermuda shorts,...
TfL action on face coverings
Hard line taken against minority flouting face covering regulations Around 1,700 Fixed Penalty Notices have been issued to those who have travelled on the network without a face covering and who are not exempt Transport for London has stepped up its enforcement of face coverings seven months after the measure became mandatory on...
First Bus names new West of England MD
Former Addison Lee director to succeed James Freeman Doug Claringbold First West of England has announced that Doug Claringbold will succeed James Freeman as managing director of the company when Freeman retires on March 31. Claringbold bas a background in the ground transport sector and was latterly global services director at London-based PHV...
Former colleagues remember Brian Cox
Former Stagecoach director was ‘one of the good guys’ With over 30 years’ public transport experience before his retirement in 2002, Cox was one of the few people to have worked in both buses and trains under nationalised and privatised regimes. Former colleagues of Brian Cox have paid tribute to the former Stagecoach...
Passenger Transport: We will be back soon
WE WILL BE BACK SOON We regret to announce that Passenger Transport will suspend print publication for the next three issues. We were scheduled to return from our festive break on January 22. However, having reflected upon the reintroduction of lockdown restrictions, we have decided to postpone this by six weeks. We will now...
Listen to Episode 6 of our ‘After Press’ podcast!
Listen to Episode 5 of ‘After Press’, the Passenger Transport podcast! Having just completed Issue 234 of Passenger Transport Robert Jack and Andrew Garnett get together for a post-press debrief. The pair chat about some of the content in the latest issue, including whether Covid can be a defining moment and plans for...
Out now: Issue 235 of Passenger Transport
Issue 235 of Passenger Transport is published on December 11. Contents include: LEAD STORY ‘We must make Covid a defining moment’ Bus operators see opportunity to deliver ‘fundamental changes’ that shift the dial in favour of public transport as minister praises sector’s response NEWS Bold vision for future of travel on M4...
Rising to the challenge: The response to Covid-19
Welcome to the Rising to the challenge: How public transport responded to Covid-19. This special publication reflects on how the public transport sector has kept its vital services running throughout the pandemic. It celebrates the transport workers who have gone above and beyond and the innovations that have been accelerated by the crisis. We hope...
‘We must make Covid a defining moment’
Bus operators see opportunity to deliver ‘fundamental changes’ that shift the dial in favour of public transport as minister praises sector’s response Vere: ‘I am confident that public transport will … continue to make a huge contribution to a green and prosperous economy’ Bus operators have urged the government to use Covid as...
We must learn the art of seduction
When someone has paid to travel with us, they are not simply cargo. We must seduce them wickedly, devastatingly, completely Seductive stunners: Have a gander at Transdev’s new double deckers just coming in on Witchway Let’s talk about seduction. By and large, and increasingly over the years, the retail sector has really...
We must not repeat the SRA’s mistakes