{"id":3181,"date":"2023-09-22T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/out-now-issue-297-of-passenger-transport\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:30:35","slug":"out-now-issue-297-of-passenger-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/out-now-issue-297-of-passenger-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Out now: Issue 297 of Passenger Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"
Issue 297 of Passenger Transport<\/em> is published on September 22.
\nContents include:<\/h5>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0
LEAD STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buses \u2013 \u2018councils should be in the driving seat\u2019<\/a>
<\/strong>With bus franchising due to start in Greater Manchester, the LGA and Urban Transport Group are seeking a greater role for the public sector<\/p>\n

\u00a0
NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

York unveils ambitions bus expansion plans<\/a>
<\/strong>City of York Council outlines plans to prioritise buses in a bid to reverse post-Covid pandemic decline and boost patronage by 50% <\/p>\n

Cambridge c-charge plans watered down
<\/strong>Stagecoach East boss pleads for \u2018bold public policy\u2019 on bus use<\/p>\n

Long-term thinking at heart of TPE revival
<\/strong>Robin Gisby tells MPs of concerns about the UK rail industry\u2019s lack of long-term thinking and called for a shift in mindset to \u2018think differently\u2019<\/p>\n

Khan backs Heathrow southern rail link plans
<\/strong>Move comes despite government insistence on private funding<\/p>\n

\u2018West of England mass transit is achievable\u2019
<\/strong>A leaked report from the West of England Combined Authority suggests officials are poised to launch a study that probes mass transit options<\/p>\n

Franchising option in new Scottish powers
<\/strong>New regulations enable partnership and franchising options<\/p>\n

Transport for Wales users are least satisfied
<\/strong>Poor performance reflected in latest Rail User Survey<\/p>\n

ScotRail prepares to remove all peak fares
<\/strong>Six-month trial aims to discover if move will stimulate patronage<\/p>\n

Welsh TC sets out 20mph expectations
<\/strong>Traffic Commissioner understands that transition to 20mph speed limits on residential roads may raise issues for bus services. Rhodri Clark reports<\/p>\n

\u00a0
NET ZERO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Government commits \u00a3129m for ZEBRA 2
<\/strong>Transport secretary announces second round of ZEBRA zero-emission bus funding and launch of new Net Zero Transport for a Resilient Future Hub<\/p>\n

Electric fleet for Leicester
<\/strong>New buses are Arriva\u2019s first electric deckers outside London<\/p>\n

\u00a0
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Decline of smartcards weakens long term data
<\/strong>London\u2019s Oyster card and other smartcards are registered to individuals whose data could be tracked over years of usage. Rhodri Clark reports<\/p>\n

\u00a0
COMMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jonathan Bray: A disastrous mistake that must be fixed<\/a>
<\/strong>It\u2019s mind-boggling that the UK got rid of every urban tram system (except one). Let\u2019s not take longer than we need to remedy that<\/p>\n

Alex Warner: Like transport staff, TBF plays vital role<\/a>
<\/strong>The Transport Benevolent Fund has celebrated its 100th birthday. Like frontline staff, it should not be seen as a relic of of the past<\/p>\n

Nick Richardson: Are staff getting a fair deal on pay?
<\/strong>With railway industry pay being in the news and the costs of bus services rising, what can we deduce from the latest pay figures?<\/p>\n

Great Minster Grumbles: TOCs had \u2018gone to sleep on the job\u2019
<\/strong>Our Whitehall insider imagines what\u2019s going on inside the minds of the mandarins at Great Minster House, home of the DfT<\/p>\n

\u00a0
CAREERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stagecoach\u2019s scheme returns
<\/strong>Group\u2019s graduate leadership programme returns after a four-year hiatus as a result of pandemic<\/p>\n

\u00a0
RECRUITMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.passengertransport.co.uk\/2023\/09\/operations-director-stagecoach-south\/<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0
DON\u2019T MISS OUT \u2013 GET YOUR COPY! \u2013\u00a0click here to subscribe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

The post Out now: Issue 297 of Passenger Transport<\/a> first appeared on Passenger Transport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u200b\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Issue 297 of Passenger Transport is published on September 22. Contents include: \u00a0 \u00a0LEAD STORY Buses \u2013 \u2018councils should be in the driving seat\u2019With bus franchising due to start in Greater Manchester, the LGA and Urban Transport Group are seeking a greater role for the public sector \u00a0NEWS York unveils ambitions bus expansion plansCity of York Council outlines plans to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}