Tim Deakin

6 days ago | route-one.net | Tim Deakin

How the coach industry sits close to the communities and people it serves was at the fore of a celebration of the 40th birthday of Anthony’s Travel, held on Friday 30 May at the DCBL Stadium in Widnes. It drew guests from the owning Bamber family, staff, and industry colleagues from England, Scotland and Wales.

6 days ago | route-one.net | Tim Deakin

Many measures to achieve Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) bus policy goals that it believes are easiest to progress via franchising can advance under a deregulated regime at potentially less cost and with no additional taxpayer burden, the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has said. It was speaking in relation to a consultation submission made by the Confederation on the Draft Strathclyde Regional Bus Strategy.

1 week ago | route-one.net | Tim Deakin

The state of public finances will be the largest influence on future bus policy and practice, Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) Director of Policy and External Relations Alison Edwards told the ALBUM conference in Nottingham on 14 May. That captures franchising efforts, decarbonisation and service delivery among other items. In England, the long-awaited spending review and its outcome is as crucial as any part of the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill, Ms Edwards observes.

1 week ago | route-one.net | Tim Deakin

The bus industry is at a time of unprecedented change in multiple areas, Transdev UK and Ireland CEO Guillaume Chanussot told delegates at the ALBUM conference in Nottingham on 13 May. That evolution majors on the regulatory landscape, passenger behaviour, and technology utilisation. But further challenge comes from expectations around decarbonisation, a talent shortage, and constrained local authority budgets.

1 week ago | route-one.net | Tim Deakin

Any likelihood of the bus industry in England seeing noteworthy extra funding as an outcome of June’s spending review is minimal, according to sector economist David Leeder. At the ALBUM conference in Nottingham on 14 May, Mr Leeder observed how areas such as defence, health and social security are seen as more worthy recipients of money, although he again criticised the “out of control” rail budget in comparison to bus spending.