Modal shift? UK hands out £200m in free travel with no clear evidence that it reduces car reliance
A new travel benefit for older people has been launched in the UK. Free and concessionary local travel has been snapped up by one million people of working age and the benefit costs UK transport authorities more than £200 million a year. Concessions for individuals aged between 60 and the state pension age of 66 […]
Listen up! New TfL campaign encourages passengers to use headphones on public transport
New TfL research has suggested that 70 per cent of 1,000 customers surveyed find loud music and phone conversations without headphones disruptive. TfL are now poised to make public transport journeys more tolerable with the launch of a campaign to encourage patrons to listen to music, podcasts or have a conversation through headphones. The posters […]
Minister for Local Transport pledges to end ‘cycle of decline’ in bus travel
Buses and coaches are central to the Government’s mission of kickstarting economic growth according to a keynote address to the CPT Conference by the Minister for Local Transport. Addressing more than 150 representatives of the bus and coach industry in London today, Simon Lightwood MP pledged to reverse a long-term decline in the number of […]
Cambridgeshire’s bus drivers frustrated that congestion is causing delays for passengers
Bus drivers in Cambridgeshire have made a plea for more to be done to relieve the traffic gridlock on the county’s roads, after seeing the difficulties and worry that delays cause passengers. Speaking after the Busway between St Ives and Cambridge was particularly impacted last Thursday evening, one Stagecoach East driver said: “I cannot tell […]
CPT welcomes first year results from the Your Bus Journey passenger satisfaction survey
Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) CEO, Graham Vidler has welcomed the publication of first year results from the Your Bus Journey independent bus user survey prepared by Transport Focus. “It’s great to see eight out of ten passengers were satisfied with their last bus journey,” he said, “and even better to see satisfaction as high […]