Transport m-ticketing up 200% says UrbanThings
UrbanThings m-ticketing usage rises 200% as Covid-19 creates a catalyst for smart travel Smart transport platform provider UrbanThings has published a new white paper discussing the future of public transport and smart cities Smart transport platform provider UrbanThings has reported a 200% rise in bus mobile ticketing use in Q4 of 2020 compared...
Welsh rail franchise now in public ownership
The move, which was announced in October 2020, comes in the face of a significant reduction in passenger numbers A subsidiary of Transport for Wales is now operating the Wales and Borders rail services The Welsh Government has taken the Wales and Borders rail franchise into public ownership “to protect services, safeguard jobs,...
Bus services shouldn’t be a secret
If bus operators want customers, then they need to provide the right information This not a new topic but one that remains resolute despite being a basic requirement – the lack of reliable information about bus services. Getting it right is not a technical challenge given the digitisation of data but the...
myTrip helps smaller bus operators with BODS
Passenger’s app for smaller operators can be used to upload SIRI-VM (AVL) feeds or TransXChange data to BODS Heat map of myTrip operators AVL data 2020 was a challenging year for the bus industry, with constantly changing operational concerns and new open data regulations introduced in England through the Bus Open Data Service...
HS2 workers to use social distancing technology
Technology profiled on BBC’s The One Show to be introduced across EKFB’s area central route Helmet-mounted devices accurately monitor how close workers are to each other A technology start-up that joined the HS2 Covid-19 Innovation Challenge last Spring has secured a major deal to supply work site social distancing technology to one of...
Keolis trials autonomous mobility solution
Group trials autonomous electric vehicles in the city of Gothenburg Keolis has launched a trial of autonomous electric vehicles in the city of Gothenburg on behalf of local public transport authority Västtrafik. This service, which is integrated into the regional public transport network, will serve industrial and residential sites for a four and...
Go-Ahead is ‘most admired’ transport group
Group tops table of 11 UK transport companies in independent ranking on community and environment Go-Ahead has been recognised as the ‘most admired’ transport company in the UK in terms of community and environmental responsibility according to an influential report. Britain’s Most Admired Companies (BMAC) studies corporate reputation as judged by competitors and...
New faces at Stagecoach South
Operator announces new appointments within its management team Paul Denne, Stagecoach South’s Engineering Manager for Andover and Winchester is to retire Stagecoach South has announced a number of new appointments within its bus business which serves Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex. Katie Wagstaff is appointed operations manager in Basingstoke. Wagstaff began her career...
West Yorks reveals mass transit plans
Nine corridors identified WYCA says no decision has been made on vehicle type Plans for a transformational multi-billion pound mass transit system have been revealed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Forming part of a wider transport strategy, the mass transit proposals aim to improve connectivity for up to 675,000 people in the...
Crawley vaccination clinic is on the bus
Metrobus vehicle is transformed into mobile vaccination unit The NHS and Go-Ahead subsidiary Metrobus have launched one of the UK’s first Covid-19 Mobile Vaccination Units in a bus today in Crawley, targetting hard-to-reach and vulnerable communities. Metrobus and the Alliance for Better Care, which represents GPs across Crawley, Horsham, mid-Sussex and East Surrey,...
Stagecoach sets out GM partnership plans
Two-year bus programme would assist pandemic recovery, claims group Stagecoach has pledged an accelerated roll out of electric buses in Greater Manchester as part of its proposals Stagecoach has set out a package of proposed partnership measures in Greater Manchester to help the post-Covid acceleration of bus use in the region and act...
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