A simple offer made complicated
The Deutschland-Ticket will slash travel costs and accelerate digitisation, but it’s an enormous task Public transport in the town of Ausburg, Bavaria By Marc Bichtemann Pay £43 a month and have unlimited use of all local and regional public transport in the country. Sounds like a good offer? Dear reader, I present to...
Bus strategy progress ‘too slow, too piecemeal’
Greater support and more consistent funding is needed to deliver vision of the Bus Back Better strategy, Transport Committee tells government Iain Stewart:’many of the strategy’s ideas were on the right track’ Two years on from the launch of the National Bus Strategy for England, MPs on the Commons Transport Committee have expressed...
Everitt: Bee Network will transform GM
Vernon Everitt, Greater Manchester’s Transport Commissioner, believes that the Bee Network will transform the city region’s transport system Everitt: ‘Bee Network about delivering growth’ Vernon Everitt, Greater Manchester’s transport commissioner, told Transport Focus board members last week that the region was on the cusp of “something genuinely transformational” as it moved to begin...
A weak response to our net zero needs
Powering Up Britain document concentrates disproportionately on energy matters with transport relegated to the sidelines Rishi Sunak visited Culham Science Centre last week Powering Up Britain. And Levelling Up too. So much weight on one preposition. So many hopes. So much disappointment. Powering Up Britain, the document, published by the government last...
Who wants to go to Old Oak Common?
If we are going to build HS2 then we should build it properly, not terminate the flagship service at an outpost in the west of London Paradisical bliss: A visualisation of what Old Oak Common will look like Every so often, I build a new line on my model railway. Apart from...
Read our supplement: UK Bus & Coach 2023
Welcome to UK Bus & Coach 2022. Welcome to UK Bus & Coach 2023. This special publication accompanies the Confederation of Passenger Transport’s new flagship event in the industry calendar, the inaugural UK Bus & Coach Conference and CPT Annual Dinner. Spanning two packed days – March 30-31 – the UK Bus &...
Centre of Excellence to boost bus sector skills
The UK Government has launched a Bus Centre of Excellence, aimed at improving local authorities’ ability to deliver better bus services Richard Holden announced the Bus Centre of Excellence and additional ZEBRA funding during a visit to Leicester A new initiative to upskill, recruit and retain a new generation of bus professionals, alongside...
A car-free future for visitor attractions
Not owning a car, or not wanting to use one, can make it difficult to get to tourist destinations. Good Journey wants to change that Good Journey is bridging the gap between the public transport sector and visitor attractions Is this the ultimate no brainer? Everyone agrees that leisure traffic is the...
Should transport control its Linekers?
It’s a balancing act between transport employees respecting their employers online but not being limited to a corporate sales pitch What do you lot make of the Gary Lineker shenanigans this month? I’ll be honest, there’s times when I think he’s like one of those smug old school rail bigwigs that have outstayed...
On-track for continued growth
LNER has plans to welcome even more customers back to rail and continue passenger growth Over the six months between April and September LNER carried 6% more passengers than in the same months in 2019 By David Horne Figures published last week by the Office of Rail and Road showed that the number...
A twin-track approach for success
We must ensure that the long-term rail reform agenda stays on course while taking immediate action to bring customers back It’s no coincidence that operators like Grand Central have been more successful than their contracted counterparts in winning customers By David Brown The railway finds itself at a critical point and it has...
Transport legends – past, present, future