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Westminster is broken but it is high time the North was fixed - Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham [Subscription]
However people voted in the referendum, they can at least now agree on one thing: the old Westminster system is broken beyond repair.
The ‘Boris Bridge’? PM puts price tag on ‘very good’ idea
Boris Johnson has told a group of schoolchildren about his “very good” idea for a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Westminster Watch: Strategy for more strategy
Amid the extraordinary goings-on in parliament, £200m has been allocated to buses just as the CPT produces its long-awaited bus strategy
Friday, 13 September 2019
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- Council runs coaches to ‘up’ the competitionSomerset County Council has decided to run coaches on school services to “help address a lack of competition in the market and reduce costs”.
Coach and Bus Week
- Equipmake unveils new cost-effective electric bus drivetrainA new lower cost electric bus drivetrain that aims to give UK bus bodybuilders a route into the growing electric bus market was unveiled at the Cenex LCV trade show last week. Stuart Render explains the project and takes a look at some of the other developments on show
- UK Government pledges £200m to be spent on transforming bus servicesAn overall £490 million cash increase in the UK’s vital transport network will help businesses, people and goods travel around the country. This includes £200m extra funding to make buses more environmentally friendly, rail track maintenance to ensure more reliable journeys, and continued support for development of major projects.
- Partnership delivers new buses and creates jobs for YorkNew Yorkshire-built buses and new jobs have arrived – that’s the good news arrived in York, as Transdev expanded its presence in the city.
- CPT unveils new bus strategy, Moving Forward TogetherCommitments include price-capped daily and weekly multi-operator ticketing in urban areas
- Is Flixbus looking to start UK operations?European and American intercity express operator Flixbus has applied for an Operator’s Licence in the UK. The application is for the East of England Traffic Area for one vehicle to be based at Unit 1-2 , Buckingway Business Park, Rowles Way, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire. This is the same operating centre address as Whippet Coaches Limited.
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- Westminster Watch: Strategy for more strategyAmid the extraordinary goings-on in parliament, £200m has been allocated to buses just as the CPT produces its long-awaited bus strategy
- Portsmouth CAZ gets go-ahead at cabinet meetingPortsmouth City Council (PCC) has approved a proposal for the introduction of a Class B Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in the city.
- Bus strategy: Is this a pivotal moment?Partnership working should be at the heart of buses’ future. That is the message from the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), which launched its bus strategy, Moving Forward Together, on Monday (9 September).
- London’s electric fleet is biggest in EuropeLondon’s electric bus fleet is officially the largest in Europe, with over 200 delivered and more on the way.
- Manchester franchising would add £81m to public purseFranchised buses will cost every household an extra £68 a year, says report commissioned by OneBus
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