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Friday, 08 November 2019

Bus and Coach Buyer

• BEAR continues to deliverThe Bus Emission Abatement Retrofit Fund (BEAR) is making £8.85 million available in 2019/20. The money is to support the Scottish Government’s commitment to introduce Low Emission Zones into Scotland’s four biggest cities by 2020. The money is to be used to upgrade vehicles to Euro VI. Transport Scotland will be monitoring air quality performance from the buses fitted with the funded technology.

Coach and Bus Week

• McGill’s Buses to improve punctuality after £75,000 fineScotland bus operator McGill’s Buses will ‘strive further’ to further improve punctuality on its routes, the firm said.
• Government issues practical guidance for operators and drivers after BrexitThe government has issued guidance for operators and drivers on what steps they need to take to continue to operate in the EU after Brexit, which can be found on the gov.uk website.
• Daimler Trucks and Daimler Buses now under one roofThe Daimler Group has launched a new corporate structure: The spin-off of the business divisions for cars and vans as well as trucks and buses into subsidiaries became effective at the end of October.
• New e-busway fleet takes over in NantesThe city of Nantes has introduced the first of its fleet of new electric bi-articulated buses. Based on an existing 7 km right-of-way line, the first bi-articulated electric bus, made by HESS and re-charged with ABB TOSA technology started operating on 20 August 2019, with the remainder of the 22 new electric buses due in service to replace the existing bus fleet by the end of autumn 2019.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Edwards Coaches wins award for Red Dragon liveryEdwards Coaches was recognised at the inaugural Wales Transport Awards, winning the Livery of the Year category at the inaugural event which was held on 2 November. 2019.
• Cardiff Bus: Former DHL Supply Chain CEO takes the helmCardiff Bus has appointed its new Managing Director (MD), Paul Dyer, the former UK and Ireland CEO of contract logistics provider DHL Supply Chain.
• Stagecoach MCSL: New Engineering Director strengthens teamStagecoach Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire (Stagecoach MCSL) has appointed Steve Swires as its new Engineering Director.
• Traffic Commissioners open door to revised punctuality measureTechnology developments mean that six-minute window may no longer be suitable The Traffic Commissioners (TCs) have indicated that they will “review and modernise” the approach to measuring bus punctuality, opening the door to changes to the current six-minute window of tolerance.
• Proposed immigration policy shift ‘may hurt driver recruitment’: CPTTrade organisation calls for coach and bus drivers to be on a shortage occupation list Proposed changes to immigration policy risk creating a further staff shortage in the coach and bus industry, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has warned.
• Transdev pioneers new Commuter Club initiativeTransdev is offering a money-saving scheme to encourage more people to travel to work by bus and help the environment.
• Regulation funding is key, say Traffic CommissionersTraffic Commissioners are continuing to see pressure on funding, and that could come to impact the ability of them to regulate effectively, they say
• Matheson: LEZ rollout in four largest Scottish cities ‘critical’Doing so is ‘critical’, says minister, as further £8.85m of BEAR money unveiled

Other News Sources

• New bus interchange proposed for MiddletonPlans have been unveiled to make changes to bus stops at Middleton Park Circus creating a new bus only ‘interchange’ on a quieter section of Middleton Park Road close to the Aldi store. The scheme is being developed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.