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Friday, 01 July 2022

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Arriva bus strike suspended as workers consider new offerTHE long-running bus strike affecting Arriva in Yorkshire has been suspended today to allow members of union Unite to be balloted on a new pay offer.

Coach and Bus Week

• Ipswich Buses goes cloud-native with OptibusFollowing the launch of Optibus’ Operations module, the transport management software provider has announced that municipal bus operator Ipswich Buses will use Optibus’ cloud-native software for all planning, scheduling, and rostering needs. The operator will also be one of the first in the UK to implement Optibus’ new real-time Operations module.

Route One

• Ipswich Buses adopts Optibus – including new moduleIpswich Buses has selected Optibus cloud native software for its planning, scheduling and rostering needs. The agreement includes use of Optibus’s recently launched Operations module, placing the municipal operator among the first adopters of it in the UK.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Recovery funding for bus services in Wales extended into 2023Bus services in Wales will receive further recovery funding to the end of the current financial year in April 2023, the Welsh Government has announced. The overall package is worth £48m and it has been welcomed by representatives of the sector.
• Go-Ahead is named top transport apprenticeship employer for 2022The Go Ahead Group has been named 13th best apprenticeship provider and the top provider of transport apprenticeships in a new ranking by the Department for Education.
• Unicard launches multimodal ticketing solution with AmdocsSmart transport solutions provider Unicard has announced the launch of a multimodal tap-in, tap-out account-based ticketing (ABT) system through a collaboration with software provider Amdocs.
• Community transport use back to pre-pandemic levels in WalesRidership on community transport services in Wales has returned to pre-pandemic levels while on buses in the country the rate of return is still well behind that baseline, a Senedd Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee meeting in late May was told.