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Friday, 15 May 2020

Times Online

• Sit side by side on buses and trains, Danes advised [subscription]Travellers in Denmark have been told that they can sit next to one another on trains and buses during rush hour as long as they are facing in the same direction.
• No 10 bails out Transport for London to stop Sadiq Khan’s bus and tube shutdown [subscription]London’s transport system was handed a £1.6 billion government bailout last night after the capital’s mayor threatened to cut bus and Tube services.

Wales Online

• Bus company reveals measures it may have to take when lockdown endsPublic transport operators face a conundrum as they prepare for more passengers when lockdown measures ease

Coach and Bus Week

• BASE unveils first prototype of newly-developed exec coachLeyland-based MOBIpeople dealer BASE Coach Sales has offered a first glimpse at its newly-developed MOBIpeople Executive Coach. The first prototype has been built for Anthony’s Travel of Runcorn, a long-running BASE customer. Once it arrives in the UK from the MOBIpeople factory in Portugal, it will then head to AD Coach Systems in Congleton to be converted to the operator’s ‘team coach’ specification.
• Nottingham Community Transport are ‘Going the Extra Mile’With most of the country still in lockdown, a number of key workers are still turning up for work to provide essential services, including the staff at Nottingham Community Transport, who are providing more than just a bus service.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Oxford PickMeUp DRT to be withdrawn after pilotThe PickMeUp demand responsive transport (DRT) service will be withdrawn by Go-Ahead Group subsidiary Oxford Bus Company (OBC) after operation on Saturday 20 June. It will mark the end of its two-year pilot period.
• Scottish LEZs paused thanks to COVID-19Plans to implement Low Emission Zones (LEZs) in four Scottish cities have been “paused” because of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Transport Scotland has announced.
• Some London coach parking to be temporarily repurposed?Some on-street coach parking spaces in London may be temporarily repurposed to accommodate the Streetspace plan, which will provide more room for cycling and walking.
• ‘Additional capacity for social distancing needs already sought’Brighton operator The Big Lemon says it has already been asked by one organisation to provide additional capacity on contracted services to accommodate social distancing. It anticipates that the same will follow from other bodies, mandating either larger vehicles or additional journeys.
• Operators’ backing for coach industry support letter soughtTwo coach operators are calling on their peers within the industry to give their backing to a letter that will be presented to Chancellor Rishi Sunak giving further weight to the sector’s case for financial support during and after the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
• All Hydrogen Bus Town funding call issued by APPGThe All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hydrogen has written to Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps asking him to develop a scheme that will deliver an All Hydrogen Bus Town.