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Friday, 21 January 2022

Bus and Coach Buyer

• Accounting error sees Go-Ahead board member step downAn accounting error has led to an Go-Ahead board member having to step down.
• Calls to keep masks on public transportCalls for face coverings to remain mandatory on public transport have been made, despite the announcement that they will no longer be required by law next week.

Coach and Bus Week

• Smart motorway rollout to be pausedThe rollout of any new smart motorway schemes will be paused until a full five years’ worth of safety data is available, the Government has announced, and the Department for Transport (DfT) is to invest £900 million to improve safety on existing all lane running motorways.
• Farewell to Cardiff’s bendy busesArticulated or ‘bendy’ buses, have added a touch of European style to Wales’ capital city but as Cardiff Bus prepared to say farewell to the remaining buses, Andrew Wiltshire looked back at their time in Cardiff.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• New leadership appointments at Stagecoach ManchesterStagecoach Manchester has announced a number of promotions across its Greater Manchester depots.
• TfWM confirms order for 130 zero-emission buses in CoventryTransport for West Midlands (TfWM) has today confirmed that 130 zero-emission double-decker buses will be introduced in 2023 as part of a £140m project to make Coventry the UK’s first “all-electric bus” city.
• Mellor Orion E battery-electric fleet for Leeds Flexibus DRTWest Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has taken delivery of seven Orion E battery-electric minibuses, supplied by Mellor and for operation by First West Yorkshire on the demand responsive Flexibus service in Leeds.
• London road user charging, ULEZ expansion mooted in new reportRoad user charging and an expansion in scope of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) are among proposals in a report published today (18 January) commissioned by the Greater London Authority, which aims to dramatically speed up carbon reduction efforts in the capital.
• Anne Shaw appointed Executive Director of Transport for West MidlandsAnne Shaw (pictured) has been appointed Executive Director of Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) after leading the organisation on an interim basis for the past six months.
• Latest Scottish coach support targeted at earlier recipientsCoach companies eligible for the Scottish Government’s recently announced ‘tourism top up’ scheme are those that have already received money from either round of the Scotland Coach Operators – COVID-19 Business Support and Continuity Fund, administering body Visit Scotland has confirmed.