We need effective, inclusive leadership
October marks Black History Month, an opportunity to build understanding and bridge divides The theme of year’s Black History Month is ‘saluting our sisters’ By Nafisa Nathani October marks Black History Month. The theme this year is ‘saluting our sisters’ – recognising the important role Black British women have played in modern Britain...
Read our supplement: Scotland’s Buses 2023
Welcome to Scotland’s Buses 2023. This special publication from Passenger Transport places the spotlight on Scotland’s bus and coach industry and its partners, celebrates their achievements and considers the challenges they face. Published in association with CPT for a sixth time, this year’s edition incorporates the official Conference Workbook for the 45th annual CPT Annual...
‘Lunch with Leon’ joins Passenger Transport
Passenger Transport teams up with Daniels The popular podcast Lunch with Leon is now produced in association with Passenger Transport. Launched in August 2020, this insightful podcast is now on its 77th episode. Each episode features half an hour of discussions between key transport industry figures and Leon Daniels, who was formerly Transport...
Buses – ‘councils should be in the driving seat’
With bus franchising due to start in Greater Manchester, the LGA and Urban Transport Group are seeking a greater role for the public sector The report has been published just two days before Greater Manchester becomes the first city region outside London to run franchised bus services, 37 years after deregulation The Local...
York unveils ambitions bus expansion plans
City of York Council outlines plans to prioritise buses in a bid to reverse post-Covid pandemic decline and boost patronage by 50% York’s park and ride services have reported the strongest growth since 2017 over the summer City of York Council and the city’s bus operators have announced ambitious plans to enhance the...
A disastrous mistake that must be fixed
It’s mind-boggling that the UK got rid of every urban tram system (except one). Let’s not take longer than we need to remedy that Like they never went away: Edinburgh’s tram extension to Newhaven Riding the tram as it rolled urbanely down Leith Walk a few weeks back, on the new extension...
Like transport staff, TBF plays vital role
The Transport Benevolent Fund has celebrated its 100th birthday. Like frontline staff, it should not be seen as a relic of of the past A train has been named ‘Transport Benevolent Fund CIO’ With the ludicrous proposals to close ticket offices and the obsession with de-staffing across transport, it’s unnerving to imagine...
Toon Tour wins inaugural UK Open Top Bus Cup
‘The team work hard to make this service a success and I think it’s a fantastic way to see the area’ Toon Tour, the sightseeing bus service across Newcastle and Gateshead has become the winner of the inaugural UK Open Top Bus Cup, sponsored by Ticketer. This follows its victory in the Final...
TfL records highest ridership since Covid
August Bank Holiday Weekend saw a near 10% increase in bus travel on the equivalent weekend last year, with Tube journeys seeing a near 6% rise TfL is now hoping to maintain upward momentum as autumn approaches New ridership figures from Transport for London have revealed a record number of public transport journeys...
20mph limit sees Welsh operator ditch Euro 6
Vehicles sold because of concerns over particulate traps A Phil Anslow bus in Cwmbran A bus operator is selling two of its Euro 6 buses because of concerns over the vehicles’ particulate traps when 20mph becomes the default speed limit on restricted roads in Wales. However, an experienced bus engineer told Passenger Transport...
PM is weaponising transport policy
Rishi Sunak seems to have concluded that adopting macho anti-environment policies across the board could be a vote winner Last week the PM took a helicopter to Norwich to meet housebuilders Taylor Wimpey and announce that water protection measures need to be swept away Opportunist. Unprincipled. Shameful. Shameless. Desperate. Choose your adjective...
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