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Tuesday, 24 September 2024

BBC News

• Electric bus fleet to start operating next yearElectric buses will begin operating on five routes across Somerset next year.
• Locally-run buses 'working well' despite trafficPassengers have said the return of buses to local control in a city region has led to a more reliable service that has "worked well, despite the traffic".
• Locally-run buses 'working well' despite trafficIt is a year since the roll-out of locally-run Bee Network buses in Greater Manchester.

The Independent

• Transport Secretary Louise Haigh to unveil bus service revolutionExclusive: Louise Haigh intends to be the first transport secretary to use her conference speech to focus on the unfashionable subject of buses, but for her they represent a wider message on transforming travel in the UK

Local Government

• First look at new livery for Liverpool City Region's publicly run buses as Mayor announces expansion of electric fleetMayor Steve Rotheram today unveiled the new livery for the Liverpool City Region's publicly run buses as he announced a major expansion of the electric bus fleet.

Bus and Coach Buyer

• Louise Haigh doubles down on public ownership of buses at conferenceLouise Haigh MP, Secretary of State for Transport, has doubled down on the Labour government's move to bring buses into public ownership.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Little of note for bus in Louise Haigh speech at Labour conferenceSecretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh revealed nothing new about bus policy in England during her speech at the Labour party conference on 23 September despite the now-pressing need for clarity on the future of the £2 bus fare cap beyond 31 December.
• Bristol workplace parking levy could generate long-term bus fundsA proposed workplace parking levy (WPL) in Bristol that would generate funding for bus services in the city is to move to the scheme development and outline business case (OBC) stage. That follows approval of such a step by the Bristol City Council (BCC) Transport and Connectivity Policy Committee on 12 September, subject to resource availability.

Sustainable Bus

• What bus visitors should expect to find at InnoTrans 2024?InnoTrans is the industry's largest trade fair in the public transport sector, with 200,000 square meters of exhibition space on the fully occupied Messe Berlin exhibition grounds. The expo will be running from 24th September until 27th September on the biggest display area since the show's launch in 1996. 2,940 exhibitors from 59 countries occupy