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Thursday, 16 November 2023

BBC News

• Stagecoach cancels buses over Cambridge roadworksA bus company has said "unprecedented" amounts of roadworks in a city are forcing it to cancel services.

Department for Transport

• New £2 million competition launched to help decarbonise local transportUK businesses can apply for up to £500,000 to run pioneering trials that tackle local transport challenges.

STV

• New bus plans for ’isolated’ community criticised amid ’looming crisis’The council agreed to undertake a full review of its subsidised bus routes to address unreliable and infrequent provision in Ratho and other under-served areas after timetables were slashed due to driver shortages.

Times Online

• Edinburgh bus tracker can’t give arrival timesFlood of complaints from passengers — but expensive system won’t be up and running until next year

Daily Record

• Lanark bus station will be re-furbished following council approvalAn application to re-engineer the town’s bus station has been approved

Bucks Free Press

• Milton Keynes: Driverless bus trial starts in cityAn autonomous bus will transport passengers in Bucks as part of a 'complex' trial.

Other Regional Press

• CCTV cameras to be in place in BCP bus stops and hubsCCTV cameras will monitor the conurbation’s busiest bus stops and transport hubs in a bid to tackle antisocial behaviour (ASB).

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Guy Opperman MP gets coach and bus minister briefGuy Opperman MP has been appointed Under-Secretary of State for Transport and taken on responsibility as minister for coach and bus as part of the roads and local transport brief.