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Thursday, 03 September 2015

BBC News

• City bus drivers hold strike actionThe first in a series of planned strikes by Cardiff Bus drivers is under way in the city.
• Bus lane fines net £7.5m for councilManchester motorists have been fined £7.5m for driving in bus lanes over the past five years, a Freedom of Information request reveals.

Wales Online

• Cardiff Bus strike: Live updates as drivers hold first day of industrial actionServices across the capital have been hit as hundreds of staff stage the first in a series of planned walk-outs on Wednesday

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• New rapid bus system for Bristol is forecast to carry five million passengers a yearTransport experts predict that the new £200million MetroBus network which is now being built is expected to attract an astounding five million passengers a year. This compares with a typical Showcase bus route which annually carries between one and two million passengers in and out of Bristol. In another comparison, the Severn Beach rail line which is rightly hailed as a success carried 1.2million passengers during the past 12 months. Gavin Smith, secretary of the pressure group, Transport for Greater Bristol, said:
• Quango seeks £900,000 funding to Transport bosses will today seek permission to spend nearly £1 million