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Thursday, 21 May 2015

BBC News

• Reading Buses 'cow poo bus' sets speed recordIt runs on biomethane compressed natural gas and is painted black and white like a Friesian cow. It normally carries passengers around Reading.
• Coach fall accused 'checked exit'A Bridgend coach driver tells a court he made a check of the emergency exit of his vehicle on the morning a boy fell through it on a motorway.

Bolton News

• Bus driver gets stuck in mud trying to do u-turn in busy road BAFFLED commuters watched on this morning as a bus driver got stuck in mud trying to turn around in a busy road.

Doncaster Free Press

• Bus overturns in Doncaster collisionA bus driver and two passengers have been injured in a Doncaster collision involving a car and a bus.
Police were called at 8.15am on Monday 18 May following a report of a collision on Carr Lane, Conisbrough involving a car and a bus.

Other Regional Press

• Bus bosses say ‘sorry’ for wheelchair mum’s distressBus giant Stagecoach is to carpet a driver who refused to pick up a heavily pregnant woman and her wheelchair-bound mother during a cloudburst in Preston city centre.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Reading Buses breaks records with top speed of 80mphA big cheer went up when a service bus from the fleet of Reading Buses today made its own piece of history and proved itself to be the fastest bus in the world – with a top speed of 80.73 miles per hour. In today’s land speed record attempt on a banked circular track at Millbrook, just outside Bedford, the service bus reached a speed of 76.785 mph running on Biomethane Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The Reading Buses single deck bus, in its new and distinctive ‘cow’ livery, has proved the value of ‘cow poo power.’ The bus has no major modifications and wil...
• New benchmarking scheme for bus and coach sector launched by CILTBusmark, CILT’s new sector-specific benchmarking club for the Bus and Coach industry, was officially launched at the ALBUM (Association of Local Bus Managers) Conference on 13th May 2015.  Beverley Bell FCILT, Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain and CILT President spoke at the launch and was joined by Busmark steering committee members who introduced the advantages of being part of Busmark as well as the benefits of CILT membership. Members of the steering committee included; Martjin Gilbert, Alex Perry, Richard Hall, John Carr and Adrian DeCourcey who gave positive endo...
• More London bus stations to receive digital signageTransport for London (TfL) has announced more of its stations will receive state-of-the-art digital signage.  Victoria Coach station and five more bus stations are already being served by real-time digital information screens, or Digital Sign technology.  This Bus Station Digital Sign is a service provided by TfL that displays live bus arrival information for multiple routes serving stops at bus stations.  All TfL Live Bus Arrivals services display the same information, which include details of service disruptions.  Jonathan Morley, managing director of signage maker Trueform, said:

Other News Sources

• Bus Service Cut Backs In HertfordshireIf you take the bus in Hertfordshire, your route could be cut soon.