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Friday, 16 February 2018

BBC News

• Britain's bus coverage hits 28-year lowSome rural areas have even gone as far as setting up their own replacement bus services.
• Why we drive our own busesWhen their local bus services were cut, one group of people decided to set up their own bus company.

Times Online

• Uber hails its own move from taxis to public transportUber is seeking to take control of bus, bike and underground train networks as part of its goal to become the dominant source of urban transport.

City AM

• Uber chief executive wheels out expansion plans involving bikes and busesDara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s new chief executive, has revealed he wants to drive ahead with a new expansion plan using buses and bikes.

Bolton News

• Bus network shrinks by 7.8 million miles — that's 312 trips around the equator!GREATER Manchester’s bus network has shrunk by almost eight million miles since 2014, it has been revealed.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• West Yorkshire's bus network shrinks by more than nine per cent in four years WEST Yorkshire’s bus network has shrunk by almost a tenth in four years, new figures have revealed.

Manchester Evening News

• Bus services are being cut across Greater Manchester - and on the doomed number 88 you can see the very real human impactThe number 88 is another bus route being cut - but passengers who rely on the service say they are being forgotten about

North Wales Live

• Merseyside bus miles fall - but transport bosses vow to get people back New ECHO figures reveal scale of decline in bus journeys

Other Regional Press

• Argus-backed pressure group, which successfully campaigned over bus safety, marks 25 year milestone todayAN ARGUS-BACKED pressure group which campaigned for all minibuses and coaches to have specially designed seatbelts for children is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Bus and Coach Buyer

• Registrations decline in 2017 following 2016 growthThe UK’s new bus and coach market fell in every quarter of 2017, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Following a period of strong growth in 2015 and 2016, last year saw registrations decline by 12.7% to 7,666.
• A bus renaissance?At the annual UK Bus Summit, everyone from the Minister to council leaders promised a bus revolution as they struggle to tackle congestion. But they were told they are making fundamental errors. Mark Williams was there

Buses Magazine

• Borders Buses tests Irizar i4HAs part of its continuing vehicle evaluation programme, West Coast Motors-owned Borders Buses has been trying the Irizar i4H hybrid coach on its Edinburgh-Galashiels service.
• Damory goes for 70-seaters to fit Dorset schools’ shrinking budgetsGo South Coast’s Damory Coaches has responded to the financial pressures facing schools in Dorset by introducing significantly larger coaches to its fleet in the shape of six Caetano Levantes cascaded from National Express work and reconfigured for their new role.
• Transdev to make Harrogate Britain’s first low emissions bus townPlans to create Britain’s first ever low emissions bus town in Harrogate were unveiled today by Transdev’s The Harrogate Bus Company

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• DfT publishes consultation into S19 and S22 Changes afoot for use of Section and Section 22 permits, according to consultation published last weekThe Department for Transport (DfT) released its consultation into the future of Section 19 and Section 22 permits on 8 February. It spells significant change in England, Scotland and Wales.
• Alpine scales peaks - Coach tourism is dead. Long live coach tourism!With a new livery, young people coming into the business, and a strong mix of work, Alpine Travel is a business in a good place for its future
• ArrivaClick is go… Sometime in 2018 with commercial routesArrivaClick - the demand-responsive, luxury minibus between Kent Science Park and Sittingbourne station - has proved successful and is poised to be expanded as a commercial venture to other parts of the country.

Other News Sources

• Bus journeys: Almost 5 million miles lost from LancashireBUS companies have been hit by Government cuts, a study reveals.