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Friday, 20 November 2015

Sheffield Star

• LETTERS: Bus changes are ‘Emperor’s New Coach Service’“I have come to the conclusion that the people responsible for the bus debacle have revisited the children’s fairy story The Emperor’s New Clothes. They told us that we were to get a new improved service across the city and an improved fare structure.
• THE STAR SAYS: Bus cut rethink does not go far enoughIt’s a bit like trying to catch the number 1A - you hang around for ages waiting for one bus service review to turn up, and then several come all at once...

Sheffield Telegraph

• BUSES: Sheffield chief says complaints have ‘subsided’ after double deckers brought in to address cuts chaosSheffield Council’s transport chief says the punctuality of buses is ‘starting to improve’ after double deckers were brought in to help tackle the chaos.

London TravelWatch

• Watchdog calls for action to improve bus performance in central LondonLondon’s passenger watchdog has expressed concern at evidence that bus service performance is deteriorating in central London and that ridership is down as a result.
• Watchdog calls for action to improve bus performance in central LondonLondon’s passenger watchdog has expressed concern at evidence that bus service performance is deteriorating in central London and that ridership is down as a result.

Other News Sources

• £345m BSOG funding set for reform, not cutO’Toole believes £345m a year grant is safe   New additions to First’s fleet in Lanarkshire   FirstGroup’s discussions with the Department for Transport have indicated that the DfT’s £345m a year Bus Services Operators Grant budget is unlikely to be severely affected by the Treasury’s demands for spending cuts at the DfT. Instead chief executive Tim O’Toole said that changes to the way BSOG in England is allocated are the most likely outcome when the chancellor outlines the government’s spending plans later this month. “We have a lot of discussions with the Department on this subject...
• O’Connor sets sights on data-led growthThe new boss of Arriva’s UK bus business wants forensic scrutiny of what drives growth, and then bold action to deliver more of it     Kevin O’Connor was unknown in the bus industry when at the beginning of this year he was named as the new managing director of Arriva’s UK bus business. The 39-year-old joined the group in March from security firm G4S, where he held a variety of senior leadership roles, but he already seems at home in his new role. O’Connor heads a business with a fleet of some 5,900 buses and over 16,000 employees in England and Wales – the UK’s third largest b...