A Special Day? U N O Change? : New? No Change UNO is leaving Northampton; we don’t know whether the operator jumped or was pushed but Stagecoach is about to take over. As confidently predicted by fbb, but helped by early Stagecoach press releases, the main University of Northampton route 19/19A from the new (ish) southern campus north to the…
An Amazing Idea At first glance, Samsung (a global electronics giant) wants to save the Galaxy … … thus taking a step beyond just protecting the planet. Wondering what fbb could possibly do to protected the Galaxy, which is fairly big, he clicked on the link and .. … the above screen appears. Keep On With The Tablet fbb currently…
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On Tuesday the Government published the long-awaited Draft Rail Reform Bill. This is an important milestone in reforming our railways. At its heart is the creation of a new rail organisation, Great British Railway. Passengers could be forgiven for wondering why this matters and what difference it will make for them. During the rail review consultation process we asked passengers…
Manchester Style Strange diseases can affect bus managers, even local authorities, and they do seem to be “catching”. One disease is “we must refresh our livery”; another is “it’s all on Line”, but occasionally there is an outbreak of “route-number-itis”. Sometimes the virus is released in a controlled form for a positive purpose. So about 50 years ago SELNEC (the…
Issue 307 of Passenger Transport is published on February 23. Contents include: LEAD STORY North-south divide in bus network recoveryDfT figures show bus use recovering fastest in the South East and East of England – contrasting with weaker growth, and even decline, in the North NEWS Bee Network users asked to be patient Vernon Everitt asks passengers to ‘bear…
LOST Group, the technology-led matching service owned and operated by transport professionals, has teamed up with Passenger Transport to identify top transport talent blazing a trail in 2024 John McArthur, Founder, LOST Group writes – Welcome to Lost Group’s Ones to Watch 2024 where we feature some of the best and brightest professionals working within the UK transport industry…
DfT figures show bus use recovering fastest in the South East and East of England – contrasting with weaker growth, and even decline, in the North The National Bus Strategy for England stated: “As we build back from the pandemic, better buses will be one of our major acts of levelling-up.” Analysis of the latest bus statistics for England…
Ticketer has built a reputation on placing customers at its heart and that continues with Next Gen ETM and Bee Network rollout Ticketer is well recognised for offering flexible cloud-based and on-bus solutions that aim to keep things simple for operators. It has been a busy few months for the company with the launch of the next iteration…
More and more places are seeking Mobility as a Service and Conduent Transportation is ready to help Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a concept that has been around for years but has so far failed to fulfil its potential. However, Conduent Transportation believes that its time may have now come and that MaaS will increasingly shape the…