Another Blog, Another Tram! By now it is possible that fbb’s reader will have become tired of his adulation of european tram systems – yet here is another. This time we have five segment trams in a somewhat startling livery. They are in Angers. And it was this headline that drew fbb’s attention to the system. Firstly, fbb had no…
Gimmick or game-changer? Go North West’s driver recruitment campaign divides opinion, but if it succeeds others will follow Nigel Featham (centre) and his bus ‘pilots’ Talk to any bus bigwig and they’ll say that the challenge facing them is driver recruitment. Taking an innovative approach to attracting bus drivers is certainly not a recent phenomenon. As far back…
Public transport can bestow dignity on both a city and its citizens. Politics determines whether it does – and we need more of it Rosa Parks became an enduring symbol of the civil rights movement in the US. Pictured is a sculpture of her inside a bus at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis December 1, 1955:…
New research commissioned by Rail Partners reveals how competition among train companies is delivering results across Britain and Europe Lumo introduced competition on the East Coast Main Line A reinvigorated public-private partnership is urgently required to get Britain’s railways back on the track to growth. That was the plea this week from Rail Partners, which argues that the railway…
Rail industry launches long-anticipated consultation into proposals that could see the vast majority of railway station ticket offices closed The public consultation over the proposals will close on July 26 BY Andrew Garnett The Rail Delivery Group (RDG)confirmed perhaps the worst-kept secret in recent industry history on July 5 when it announced that train operators would start a statutory 21-day…
Issue 293 of Passenger Transport is published on July 14. Contents include: LEAD STORY ‘Put aside ideological battles and reform rail’New research commissioned by Rail Partners reveals how competition among train companies is delivering results across Britain and Europe NEWS EXTRA: Ticket offices RDG confirms plans for ticket office cullRail industry launches long-anticipated consultation into proposals that could see…
Avoid the headache of backache, and drive waste efficiency and productivity With tonnes of waste and materials continuously on the move, a busy warehouse is an environment that places tough demands on both workers and their equipment. Almost half of transport and storage workers report suffering with backache,1 and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are actually one of the most common work-related…
Station and platform floors have traditionally been unadorned, and only recently has their potential as a blank canvas for relaying information to passengers been utilised. The floor is the stage on which the drama of the station unfolds, the coming and going of passengers, the choice of passageways, the occasional lost individual or group, the stopping for a card top…
Is It Finished Yet? No, it isn’t! But it is nearly finished and has been nearly finished for months! There are, of course, hughly paid project managers whose job it is to ensure that projects such as this take longer and cost more than predicted. Often the results of these well-planned (?) projects are worse that what has been replaced.…
A Prize For fbb? Sadly, there is no award, complete with substantial cash bursary, for old blokes who can unravel timetables and maps, in a foreign language and somewhere he has never been. But we do know that former Paladin routes 4 and 12 in the greater Paris area have been merged. The excellent news is that there is an…