Ticketing and mobility experts gather in London
Fourteenth annual Transport Ticketing Global event takes place on March 7-8 Transport Ticketing Global 2023, the world’s largest public transport event for smart ticketing and mobility professionals, returns to Olympia, London, on 7 and 8 March 2023. With a host of new speakers, interactive formats and new exhibitors, the event will showcase the...
Operators don’t favour ‘integrated contracts’
MPs told suitable regulatory tools are already available Graham Vidler, chief executive of the Confederation of Passenger Transport, said he felt there was a greater role that central government could take in defining the minimum standards people could expect Transport operators rejected suggestions from MPs on the Parliamentary Transport Select Committee last week...
Northern gives fare dodgers the red card
I had a behind-the-scenes look at how the TOC works with Carlisle Group to clamp down on fraudulent travel across its network Me with the Carlisle team and Jason Wade I’m not going to lie, I knew I was on a yellow card when I was invited by Northern to spend a...
Celebrating apprenticeships
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and the passenger transport sector has been showcasing its success in delivering apprentices Megan Cooke As the country marks National Apprenticeship Week, key players in the passenger transport sector shed light on some of the work they have been doing to attract new talent and develop their skills. This...
A key part of our pathway to net zero
Tracey Smyth, head of people services and talent for Stagecoach, explains the benefits of investing in the sector’s future workforce – and its role in ensuring a greener future Former engineering apprentice James Rostill urges anyone who is thinking of making the leap into an apprenticeship to ‘just go for it’ Over the...
‘There isn’t a typical apprentice’
Amy Moore, head of apprenticeships at The Go-Ahead Group, on training the next generation Chelsea Dash When you hear the word ‘apprentice’, there’s a tendency to picture a recent school leaver opting for an alternative to university. But if you look around Go-Ahead’s bus and rail training academies, or visit our head office,...
Invitation to Tender: Supply of Parts for Buses and Coaches
Invitation to Tender: Supply of Parts for Buses and Coaches Rotala provides a range of transport solutions for businesses, local authorities, the public and private individuals. Rotala is running a tendering process this year for its £6m per year worth of parts it spends on maintaining its 650 vehicle fleet across its 8...
Levelling Up Fund gives £645m to transport
26 transport projects, including bus and rail schemes, received support from the second installment of the government’s Levelling Up Fund Prime minister Rishi Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt highlighting levelling-up investment last week Initiatives to improve public transport were among the beneficiaries of up to £2.1bn of levelling up funding announced by the...
One in 10 buses lost as further cuts announced
Research has found that almost one in 10 bus services were axed last year as authorities in Kent and the West of England revealed plans for more cuts Kent County Council has scrapped some its its feeder services launched in 2019 Research by The Guardian that was published this week has found that...
A breakthrough that has taken 20 years
Over the past two decades I have witnessed urban transport policy slowly moving in the right direction. Campaigns take time The Bee Network: The single biggest and most progressive change in local transport outside London in the last 20 years As the clock winds down to zero on my time at Urban...
Why procurement can be problematic
Rigid processes that exclude smaller suppliers, aloof bureaucrats, the rail replacement stitch-up, timewasters – it all needs fixing What should procurement look like at Great British Railways? “What should procurement look like at Great British Railways?” was the question posed in a press release by its transition team last week as it...
Has Harper got rail on the right track?