Listen to Episode 9 of our ‘After Press’ podcast!
Listen to Episode 9 of ‘After Press’, the Passenger Transport podcast! Having just completed Issue 238 of Passenger Transport Robert Jack and Andrew Garnett get together for a post-press debrief. The pair discuss the historic decision by Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, to introduce bus franchising. They also ask whether the...
Franchising – Burnham takes back control
Mayor decides to implement bus franchising in major milestone for transport in Greater Manchester Transport for Greater Manchester will introduce a single brand for all buses The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has made a historic decision to take control of buses in the biggest shake-up to Greater Manchester’s transport network in...
‘TfL will never hit pre-Covid patronage’
Demand will remain around 40% less than pre-pandemic levels Transport for London is unlikely to see patronage on its networks recover to pre-pandemic levels according to analysts at ratings firm Moody’s. The warning comes after Andy Byford, London’s transport commissioner, warned last month that patronage recovery on the capital’s transport networks may take...
Welsh strategy pledges to drive modal shift
The Welsh Government has published its new transport strategy which pledges a commitment to public transport An electric bus in Newport. Diesel buses will be phased out in Wales by 2028 The Welsh Government has outlined a raft of measures to “drive modal shift to public transport” in its new transport strategy. One...
Williams – on the right track?
The world which the railway faces today is very different to the one that Keith Williams saw when he began his review Okehampton: an early win One of the more dispiriting experiences in life is waiting on a station platform, only to see on the information display the expected arrival time of...
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Listen to the latest episode of ‘After Press’, the Passenger Transport podcast The podcast can be accessed on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and SoundCloud (it may not appear on some of these platforms immediately). CLICK HERE for Apple CLICK HERE for Google CLICK HERE for SoundCloud CLICK HERE for Spotify
‘I love buses’ – Boris begins bus revolution
Bus Strategy marks biggest bus reform since the 1980s to achieve ‘substantial and untapped potential’ Boris Johnson visited National Express’s depot in Coventry on March 15, the day that the National Bus Strategy was published Bus operators in England will no longer design and provide local bus services in isolation, in a major...
TfL prepares for £1bn farebox revenue slump
Andy Byford reveals TfL modelling suggests a likely scenario of patronage rebounding in the medium term to 80% of historical pre-Covid norms London’s transport commissioner has warned that patronage recovery on the capital’s transport networks may take far longer than many within the industry expect. Speaking at a virtual event hosted by the...
Plenty of ambition, but ambiguity also
The National Bus Strategy sets out an attractive vision for the future of buses, but questions remain over how it will be achieved For years we have been arguing that passengers in our areas don’t want on-street competition and private companies determining this key public service that they rely on. Instead they...
Curtain comes down on bus deregulation
Our Whitehall insider imagines what’s going on inside the minds of the mandarins at Great Minster House, home of the DfT Finally, we’ve published the National Bus Strategy. As ever when new “strategies” get published governments love to describe them as revolutionary or ambitious. The National Bus Strategy is no exception, with...
Listen to Episode 7 of our ‘After Press’ podcast!
Listen to Episode 7 of ‘After Press’, the Passenger Transport podcast! Having just completed Issue 236 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 insights from Passenger Transport’s survey of passenger transport professionals, Laura...
Does the strategy ‘Bus Back Better’?