£129 million to help fund more zero emission buses The Transport Secretary has announced further funding of up to £129 million to help local transport authorities introduce hundreds more zero-emission…
Improve urban air quality Driven by the need to improve urban air quality and targets to eliminate carbon emissions, bus operators across the UK are continuing to lead the way…
Volvo has launched its first fully electric bus, which the manufacturer says will be over ninety per cent recyclable by the time it enters service in 2022. The BZL Electric…
A unique industry engineering forum has been established by two of the UK’s leading bus operators to share experiences of running electric buses, identify best practice and improve communication across…
500th Electric Bus Less than five years after rolling out its first fully electric bus from the production line in the UK, the BYD ADL partnership delivered its 500th vehicle…
The UK’s first electric bus manufacturer, Arrival, has announced that it will begin testing its first vehicle later this year with First Group, which has declared that it will not…
COVID-19 has created a serious dichotomy for the public transport sector. The pandemic has caused many passengers to suspend bus usage and revert back to car journeys, just at a…
The nation’s bus network is going to play a major role in helping the UK to recover from the economic ravages of the pandemic, according to a new study commissioned…
The quest for zero-emission public transport has not been slowed by the Covid-19 pandemic with more operators committing to trials and orders of fully-electric buses. Bus and rail operator Abellio…
Government Bus Service Operating Grant It goes without saying that buses are a vital part of the UK’s travel infrastructure with as many as 60% of all public transport journeys…