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Pollution on some new UK trains 13 times one of London's busiest roads
Nitrogen dioxide levels far exceed average recorded on traffic-clogged Marylebone Road, according to a study. The amount of diesel pollution on some new trains is 13 times higher than on one of central London's busiest roads, researchers found. Passengers travelling onboard a Great Western Railway carriage running from London to Bristol, procured by the government as part of a £5.7bn scheme, were subject to huge spikes in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution when it switched to diesel from electric.
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The battery-powered Spirit of Innovation will attempt a world record of 300 miles an hour later this year
Additional services between Wrexham and Bidston from spring 2022
Additional Transport for Wales services between Wrexham and Bidston are set to be introduced from spring 2022.
Digital driving licences to be introduced in bid to make transport 'fairer, greener and more efficient'
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is aiming to develop an app featuring the licences, required by those learning to drive, by 2024. It is understood that if the digital rollout proves to be a success then full driving licences could follow suit.
Friday, 17 September 2021
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- All new London buses to be zero-emission Mayor saysSadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has announced that new Transport for London (TfL) buses will be carbon neutral, as The post All new London buses to be zero-emission Mayor says appeared first on CityAM.
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- Bus routes being changed and services cut as UK's driver shortage hits public transportFirst Cymru has kicked off a recruitment drive but other bus firms have had to take over some services
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- Transport mobility hub unveiled for Woolston, SouthamptonPLANS for a new transport hub and a series of improvements in a Southampton neighbourhood have been unveiled.
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- Go-Ahead Group appoints new MD at Sussex subsidiaryA new Managing Director, who will be responsible for 1,519 staff and 585 vehicles, has been appointed for Brighton & Hove and Metrobus
- FirstGroup restructures finance with sustainability-linked debtFirstGroup plc has announced that it has signed a new £300m sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) with a group of its relationship banks. The RCF has an initial maturity of four years, with the option to extend by a further year subject to bank consent.
- Serving the communityJonathan Welch speaks to Allan Smith about West Coast Motors’ operations on the Isle of Bute
- Stagecoach East launches community-inspired campaignStagecoach East has launched a new ‘community-inspired’ campaign to celebrate its local passengers and spotlight the firm’s role within the local community.
- Passenger numbers on the risePost-covid bus passenger recovery continues with the latest figures from bus company managers who are part of industry round-table group The Ten Per Cent Club showing numbers travelling in the last week of August at 70% of pre-covid levels for fare paying passengers and 60% for concessionary passengers on commercially-run bus routes. The figures show that the industry’s recovery continues to vary around the country with numbers of fare payers as high as 87% in one company and as low as 52% at another.
- Modal shift is key to achieving net zero CPT tells Transport for the NorthResponding to Transport for the North’s consultation on its upcoming decarbonisation strategy, the CPT has called for modal shift to be prioritised to reach net zero goals.
- Scotland promises up to £42 million to maintain bus servicesBus operators in Scotland will receive continued help from the government to maintain bus services as passenger numbers begin to recover from the pandemic
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- Stagecoach outlines net zero ambitions for Scotland’s Climate WeekStagecoach has outlined its net zero plans in Scotland to mark Scotland’s Climate Week event, held 13 – 19 September.
- Yellow Buses supports World Car Free Day with discounts and giveawayYellow Buses is showing its support for World Car Free Day (taking place on 22 September) by offering a discount on its Flexible 5 ticket and taking part in a giveaway.
- CPT: ‘More budgetary control would help TCs overcome resourcing issues’The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has said that “more budgetary control” would help Traffic Commissioners to overcome resourcing issues which have led to delays to their services in recent years.
- Flexility solution blends bus season tickets with rental car membershipGo North East and car rental provider Co-Wheels are collaborating to launch a new mobility solution in Newcastle which blends using a bus and a rental car when needed.
- DVSA supports the IRTE Skills Challenge to engage maintenance technicians and keep the industry movingThe IRTE Skills Challenge returned in 2021 with the support of DVSA and an industry eager to keep its apprentices and technicians engaged in their vital occupation to keep our coaches and buses on the road.
- Quantron zero-emission bus platform set for UK in 2022German e-mobility specialist Quantron has confirmed that it plans to offer its zero-emission 12m single-deck bus in the UK market, starting in 2022. The platform will be available with both battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell-electric power.
- CoacHyfied seeks industry input into hydrogen coach workThe EU-funded CoacHyfied project is seeking feedback from coach operators on fleet and operational requirements as part of its work towards developing and demonstrating hydrogen fuel cell-electric power solutions for the sector.
- Belle Vue commences retrofit work ahead of Manchester CAZBelle Vue Manchester has commenced exhaust retrofit work to achieve Euro VI compliance on 22 members of its fleet ahead of the introduction of the city region’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ), which is scheduled for 30 May 2022.
- Did DfT misread the market when it created ZEBRA?Whether England’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme will be delivered precisely to the format planned at launch is unclear after the Department for Transport (DfT) progressed to the business case stage multiple bids that are much smaller than it initially envisaged.
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