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Roadmap for delivering bus reform in Wales published
The bus reform roadmap outlines how the Welsh Government will work with partners and stakeholders to replace the existing system with franchised contracts.
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Bus Users UK’s 2024 Bus Manifesto calls for transformation in UK bus services
Bus Users UK introduces its 2024 Bus Manifesto, advocating for long-term, fully-funded support for bus services and prioritising inclusive, transparent and accessible transportation solutions across the UK.
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Intelligent Transport Podcast Episode 28 – Claire Walters & Jennie Martin, Bus Users UK
In this latest episode of the Intelligent Transport Podcast, Editorial Assistant Halimah Haque hands it over to Bus Users UK's Claire Walters and Jennie Martin, while at Transport Innovation Summit 2023, to discuss the transformative impact of technology on public transportation and the challenges of inclusivity it presents.
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Looking back at Transport Innovation Summit 2023: Our key takeaways
A month after Transport Innovation Summit 2023, Intelligent Transport's Halimah Haque shares her key takeaways from the event and reflects on its collaborative success, emphasising its value in fostering knowledge sharing and industry connections to shape the future of public transport.
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Stagecoach reveals data promoting the benefits of switching to bus
In order to mark the start of Catch the Bus Month 2022, Stagecoach's latest research highlights the economic and environmental benefits of travelling by bus as opposed to the private car.
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UK charity to re-launch Catch the Bus Month in September 2022
Through this campaign, Bus Users aims to celebrate the bus as a sustainable, inclusive and accessible form of transport that reduces congestion, improves air quality and provides access to life's opportunities.
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Roundtable: Data-led optimisation of the bus sector
Expert panellists cover the themes of passenger experience, operational efficiency, dynamic routing and scheduling during the pandemic for the bus sector, plus much more.
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Intelligent Transport Issue 1 2021
Intelligent Transport's first issue of 2021 shines the spotlight on equitable and accessible ticketing and payments, better connected transport, the data-led optimisation of the bus sector, and plenty more besides.
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Why COP26 is an unmissable opportunity for the transport industry
Richard Dilks of Collaborative Mobility UK explains why the COP26 in Glasgow is such an important opportunity for the transport industry to enact real change in the way we move.
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Sustainable Transport Alliance looking to slash emissions before COP26
With the UN Climate Change Conference headed for Glasgow in 2021, the Sustainable Transport Alliance has been founded with a view to cutting greenhouse emissions within the mobility sector.
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Appetite for bus use increasing, but usage levels remain far lower than pre-lockdown
A new survey shows that despite 28 per cent of people still having significant concern over the transmission of COVID-19, an equal number now feel safe to travel by bus.
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Bus Users calls on UK government to ensure the future of buses
Bus Users is calling on the new government to ensure the future sustainability of bus services ahead of the General Election.
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How can we reverse the demise of the rural bus service?
Everything that could go wrong for rural bus services did, but a new report suggests 10 ways that could help them to get them back on track.
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Chair of Bus Users UK moves to a new role at The Big Lemon
17 March 2017 | By Intelligent Transport Magazine
Norman Baker, Chair of Bus Users UK, is leaving the organisation to take up a new role as Managing Director of Brighton bus operator, the Big Lemon.
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The voice of today’s passenger
Claire Walters joined Bus Users UK as Chief Executive in 2012 with a single focus; to ensure the voice of the passenger is heard by decision-makers at all levels, from central government to transport planners, local authorities and operators. Here Claire writes that a lot of this work is, naturally,…
