Who have been national treasures of transport, our equivalents of Dame Judi Dench and Sir David Attenborough? Who’ll be next? Legendary railway pioneer Adrian Shooter was honoured with a statue at London Marylebone station last August Last week’s memorial service for the late railway icon Adrian Shooter made me reflect on the role of genuine transport industry legends,…
Former director of the Urban Transport Group will chair panel of experts, and bus operators hope he make case for funding Jonathan Bray will chair an expert panel on Welsh bus policy By Rhodri Clark. Welsh bus operators are pinning their hopes on Jonathan Bray, who will chair an expert panel on Welsh bus policy, to secure funding and…
Transform Scotland warns on flagship Bus Partnership Fund Plans to reallocate road space on parts of the motorway network around Glasgow to high-occupancy vehicles such as buses have made little progress’ The Scottish Government’s commitment to investing over £500m in bus priority infrastructure has yet to be fully realised, according to a report by Transform Scotland. The Bus Partnership…
New report aims to address ‘gaping hole’ in the government’s recently published net zero strategy – a plan for achieving modal shift away from cars TUC general secretary Paul Nowak: ‘Investing in public transport will help us meet net zero targets’ Photo: ©Jess Hurd A new report released by the Trades Union Congress proposes a £9.9bn annual investment plan…
Issue 287 of Passenger Transport is published on April 21. Contents include: LEAD STORY TUC proposes £9.9bn net zero transport planNew report aims to address ‘gaping hole’ in the government’s recently published net zero strategy – a plan for achieving modal shift away from cars NEWS New campaign aims to woo rail users back‘Nothing Beats Being’ seeks to build…
Welcome to The ALBUM Report 2023, a publication from Passenger Transport devoted to Britain’s independent and municipal bus companies. Returning for a seventh year, this year’s report also incorporates the Conference Workbook for the 2023 ALBUM Conference, hosted by Lothian Buses in Edinburgh on April 25-26. We hope you find it an interesting read and we welcome all feedback. …
Hexagon Leasing has hired Richard McCarthy as its Used Vehicle Sales Manager to help build the company’s share of the used commercial vehicle market. Richard has almost two decades of industry experience and most recently worked in Used Commercial Vehicle Sales at Ryder Ltd. He starts his new role at Hexagon this week. Alan Ellison, CEO of Hexagon Leasing added:…
PML, the leading supplier of world-class logistics and supply chain solutions is celebrating the success of its SNAP Parking facility at the company’s transport and logistics hub in Lympne, Kent. Since the company joined the scheme at the end of March 2022, there has been a steady increase in the number of lorries booking in to use the safe and…
Heriot-Watt University has teamed up with hydrogen technologies experts Logan Energy and PlusZero to launch a new centre for green hydrogen innovation and product development. The consortium will collaborate on various hydrogen-related research and industry projects, such as clean-power generators, state-of-the-art refuelling infrastructure, and energy systems for heavy industry. “Working hand-in-hand with business is at the very heart of what…
Pallet-Track and the Road Haulage Association (RHA) have teamed up to create a road safety training initiative aimed at increasing staff awareness of the problems faced by HGV drivers both on the road and on site. The training programme was launched to coincide with World Day for Safety and Health at Work and involved an interactive session for office staff,…