{"id":3370,"date":"2023-11-06T13:29:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/out-now-issue-300-of-passenger-transport\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:29:44","slug":"out-now-issue-300-of-passenger-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/out-now-issue-300-of-passenger-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Out now: Issue 300 of Passenger Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0 Bee Network journeys rose 8% in first month<\/a> \u00a0 New owners pledge to support Arriva growth HS2 cancellation to fund bus improvements 95% of DRT schemes operating at a loss McGill\u2019s owners blast Burnham \u2018interference\u2019 TPE firms up plans for recovery and the future Industry renews calls for long-term funding Large in-year subsidy increase for TfW Rail \u2018Some 20mph roads should revert to 30mph\u2019 \u00a0 ADL goes it alone with new electric bus range<\/a> \u00a0 Lumo is \u201822 times greener than flying\u2019 Hydrogen bus vision progress \u00a0 Strategy for seamless journeys across North Council takes a data-driven approach to bus \u00a0 Norman Baker: Reform fares before ticket office changes<\/a> Alex Warner: Leadership is key to raising poor morale<\/a> Nick Richardson: A curious shift in transport policy Great Minster Grumbles: Nobody comes out smelling of roses \u00a0 Boylan steps down at TfGM \u00a0 Manager \u2013 Unilink, part of Bluestar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n The post Out now: Issue 300 of Passenger Transport<\/a> first appeared on Passenger Transport<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u200b\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Issue 300 of Passenger Transport is published on November 3. Contents include: \u00a0 \u00a0LEAD STORY Bee Network journeys rose 8% in first monthOne month after bus franchising began, Transport for Greater Manchester is reporting passenger growth, increased revenue and improved punctualitys \u00a0NEWS New owners pledge to support Arriva growthArriva CEO says deal \u2018will deliver significant benefits\u2019 HS2 cancellation to fund…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3370","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\/3370"}],"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=3370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
LEAD STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>One month after bus franchising began, Transport for Greater Manchester is reporting passenger growth, increased revenue and improved punctualitys<\/p>\n
NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Arriva CEO says deal \u2018will deliver significant benefits\u2019<\/p>\n
<\/strong>\u00a3150m allocated for 2024\/25 with promise of more to come<\/p>\n
<\/strong>County Councils Network calls for more bus funding<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Sandy Easdale warns of court action over any franchising move<\/p>\n
<\/strong>TransPennine Express has unveiled its \u2018Make Journeys Better\u2019 recovery plan to address past issues and improve reliability and passenger experience<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Bus patronage ahead of pre-pandemic levels for the first time<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Continued investment to stimulate passenger growth seen as the only way to reduce the railway\u2019s future subsidy requirement. Rhodri Clark reports<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Arriva has asked for speed limit to be reconsidered in places<\/p>\n
NEWS EXTRA: Alexander Dennis<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>After several years working with Chinese manufacturer BYD, Alexander Dennis has launched two new electric buses engineered fully in-house<\/p>\n
NET ZERO<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Train operator calculates how much greener rail travel is<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Clean fuel pioneers join forces in bid to make 150-strong hydrogen bus fleet a reality<\/p>\n
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Transport for the North\u2019s Connected Mobility Strategy seeks to build on local successes and decision making in delivering more connected journeys<\/p>\n
<\/strong>East Riding will use CitySwift platform to analyse bus network<\/p>\n
COMMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Pushing forward plans to close ticket offices before addressing hugely inconsistent rail fares was putting the cart before the horse<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Morale may never have been this low, but has the industry got the leadership skills and conviction to do anything about it?p<\/p>\n
<\/strong>The government has announced an end to the so-called war on the motorist, but its plans raise questions for passenger transport<\/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>Chief executive of Transport for Greater Manchester announces plans to retire next year<\/p>\n
RECRUITMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n
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