{"id":2672,"date":"2023-05-04T15:30:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/out-now-issue-288-of-passenger-transport\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T15:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T15:30:35","slug":"out-now-issue-288-of-passenger-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/out-now-issue-288-of-passenger-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Out now: Issue 288 of Passenger Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0 Labour would presume in favour of franchising<\/a> \u00a0 Cost of HS2 at Euston only revealed last year Harper still mulling over future of TPE Little Gem collapse puts small firms in spotlight FlixBus launches major network expansion<\/a> Survey shows bus fares \u2018great value for money\u2019 T1C sustained without value assessment \u00a0 \u2018Better accessibility is good for business\u2019 \u00a0 First Bus invests \u00a32.5m in solar at 20 UK sites TransPennine is first to be Carbon Literate \u00a0 TfGM selects Ticketer for Bee Network ETMs \u00a0 Norman Baker: Buses are in reverse \u2013 but who has a plan?<\/a> Alex Warner: Making the most of our open top buses<\/a> Nick Richardson: Report sets out a huge challenge Great Minster Grumbles: Will Labour back its bus plan with cash? \u00a0 Wrightbus appoints former Lotus CEO \u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n The post Out now: Issue 288 of Passenger Transport<\/a> first appeared on Passenger Transport<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u200b\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Issue 288 of Passenger Transport is published on May 5. Contents include: \u00a0 \u00a0LEAD STORY Labour would presume in favour of franchisingTake Back Control Act would streamline path to greater bus powers with a presumption in favour of franchising for all local transport authorities \u00a0NEWS Cost of HS2 at Euston only revealed last yearHS2 Ltd chief executive Mark Thurston told…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
LEAD STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Take Back Control Act would streamline path to greater bus powers with a presumption in favour of franchising for all local transport authorities<\/p>\n
NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>HS2 Ltd chief executive Mark Thurston told MPs last week that the actual cost of plans for the Euston terminus only really became clear last autumn<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Transport secretary tells MPs that \u2018no option is off the table\u2019<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Operator closes as a result of rising costs and uncertainty<\/p>\n
<\/strong>\u2018We are here to build the largest intercity coach network\u2019<\/p>\n
<\/strong>The \u00a32.47 average single fare is cheaper than it was in 2019<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Aberystwyth-Cardiff service was rescued again last month<\/p>\n
NEWS EXTRA: Accessibility<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Last week\u2019s ALBUM Conference<\/em> featured a discussion about making buses accessible, including new requirements to provide audio-visual information<\/p>\n
NET ZERO<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Over 6,000 solar photovoltaic panels in place by mid-June<\/p>\n
<\/strong>The accreditation, awarded by the Carbon Literacy Trust, is internationally recognised and demonstrates recipients are prioritising climate crisis<\/p>\n
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>The electronic ticketing machines will initially be rolled out to the region\u2019s bus network for the first franchised services coming into operation<\/p>\n
COMMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Labour\u2019s recent announcement on buses was about who controls the levers. There was no mention of money or other support<\/p>\n
<\/strong>My rough estimate is that open toppers are worth \u00a330m a year. The bus industry does them well \u2013 but what more can be done?<\/p>\n
<\/strong>The TUC recently published a report into the vital role the public transport sector can play in tackling the climate emergency<\/p>\n
<\/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
CAREERS<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Jean-Marc Gales joins Ballymena-based firm as chief executive<\/p>\n
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