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Thursday, 18 June 2020

The Herald

• Scottish bus chief steps down and reveals job cut fearsTHE outgoing boss of Alexander Dennis Limited has expressed fears the company may be forced to make redundancies if demand for buses from UK transport companies does not recover sufficiently from the Covid-19 crisis.

The Independent

• On the road again: National Express to resume coach services on 1 JulyPassengers will be instructed to sit in by the window, with aisle seats are blocked off

Birmingham Post

• North Wales metro funding for electric buses and charging infrastructureTransport and North Wales Minister Ken Skates said the investment will fund two electric buses

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Launch of new smartphone busy bus feature on Stagecoach bus appStagecoach, Britain’s biggest bus and coach operator, is launching a new smartphone “busy bus” indicator to help customers plan their journeys as services increase across the country. The new feature on the Stagecoach bus app will use extensive data and artificial intelligence to provide a traffic light indicator to help customers choose quieter services and maintain social distancing. The app is now being rolled out to iOS and android users and is planned to be fully in place by 18 June via the app store and Google Play platforms. The “busy bus” tracker will pr...

Other News Sources

• Mayor brands bailouts a ‘bad deal for taxpayers’Steve Rotheram warns many local transport services are likely to become unsustainable     Government bailouts of private bus and rail operators are a “bad deal for taxpayers” according to Steve Rotheram, the mayor of the Liverpool City Region. In a virtual sitting to the House of Commons transport select committee this week, the mayor claimed that the funding streams set up in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown gave little incentive for companies operating across transport modes to integrate services. Rotheram told members that instead the money should go directly to ma...
• Arrival reveals plans for electric busElectric vehicle startup reveals plans for electric bus     London-based tech firm and electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Arrival has revealed it is working on an electric bus. It claims the zero-emission vehicle will “transform the public transport industry at a time when it is facing its biggest challenges”. In footage released by the company, a prototype vehicle can be seen being put through its paces at the Millbrook test track in Bedfordshire. “The recent pandemic has highlighted just how essential public transport is to communities around the world and A...