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Monday, 16 September 2024

BBC News

• Strategy to improve bus network could cost £44mA new strategy to improve the West Midlands bus network could cost nearly £45m.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Now city bus trackers can tell us how late they are running - Susan DalgetyHurrah. Edinburgh's joke of a bus tracker is now up and running and has been for a week. Or so council official Hannah Ross told the council's transport committee last Thursday.

Yorkshire Post

• How we can stop the decline in bus services across the region - Simon Lightwood MPDay in, day out, buses shoulder the needs of millions of working people across the country, whether they are getting to work or school, or seeing the doctor or friends. A reliable bus service is the difference between aspiration and isolation, between getting on and being forced to give up - a lifeline, plain and simple.

Plymouth Herald

• Plan to 'take back control of Plymouth's buses'Labour MPs have pledged to 'take back control' of Plymouth's buses. Luke Pollard, MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport said 'it has become impossible to rely on local bus services' and praised a package of measures to empower local leaders unveiled by the Labour Government.

Other Regional Press

• Young Persons ?1 Bus Fare Introduced on North Yorkshire ServicesEast Riding Buses say their services in North Yorkshire will be supporting North Yorkshire Council?s brand-new Young Persons' Fare Scheme from today.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Nottingham City Transport electric bus shift: Time the critical factorA need for comprehensive planning by coach and bus fleets embarking on the battery-electric shift has been illustrated by Nottingham City Transport (NCT), which is rolling out 62 such Yutong E10s and E12s at its Trent Bridge depot.
• Measuring the huge value of local bus to our economyNewly published research gives the industry ammunition in its fight for more funding, says Confederation of Passenger Transport CEO Graham Vidler
• SPT bus franchising approach criticised by former TC for ScotlandStrathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) caused a stir in March when it published a report to its board that recommended a start to bus franchising work in the region. Political momentum behind that has grown, and franchising is set to be in a final draft of the Strathclyde Regional Bus Strategy for public consultation.
• Why print lives on for some bus operatorsDigital timetables may be a powerful tool, but some in the industry argue there is still a place for print

Other News Sources

• Swindon council to get new powers over bus routesNew powers are to be given to local authorities, including Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire Council,? to set up their own bus routes and even bus companies.