Hertfordshire County Council has launched an online journey planner for home-to-school trips. The tool, developed by consultant Steer Davies Gleave,... continue

Suffolk County Council plans to launch a smartcard giving 16-19 year olds 25% off adult fares on local bus services. The ‘Endeavour card’... continue

Amey has secured a three-year extension to its contract to co-ordinate school buses and adult transport services for Buckinghamshire County Council.... continue

Lindsey Coates
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Evidence (NICE) have released guidance for local measures to promote walking and cycling as forms of... continue

East Sussex County Council is to bring down costs and reduce journey times by a third by co-ordinating adult social care journeys from a new... continue

The University of Leicester has engaged Go Travel Solutions to cut the demand for commuter car use for its 20,000 staff and students. A feasibility... continue

A number of superstores and churches in Dundee are allowing parents to use their car parks as ‘park-and-stride’ sites for local schools.... continue

by Rik Thomas
Transport for Greater Manchester’s plan to introduce smartcard ticketing on its public transport network is by no means the only... continue

Edge Public Solutions is guaranteeing Neath Port Talbot council £2.7m in efficiency savings over three years by reorganising school transport... continue

Logical Transport is providing £100,000 funding for local authorities to investigate how the miles driven by their school and social care... continue

Go-Ahead Group has launched an education programme aimed at promoting bus travel by helping children and young people improve their knowledge of... continue

Local authorities have not fully exploited the nation’s mapping data in the past but that is beginning to change, according to Ordnance Survey.... continue

Local Transport  minister Norman Baker has announced £11m of new funding for the Government’s Bikeability cycling training scheme... continue

Cycling ambassadors could be appointed in universities and colleges across London in an effort to promote safer cycling by students. The idea is... continue

Support services company May Gurney has expanded into local authority specialist fleet services and social services passenger transport with the... continue

James Dark
At present, providing special educational needs, hospital and social services transport is very much a niche operation carried out by local... continue

The DfT is studying Dorset County Council’s recent comprehensive retendering of public transport contracts to see if it could have best... continue

National Express Group has increased the size of its US school bus fleet by 20% with the acquisition of Petermann Partners. The $200m deal for the... continue

Hertfordshire County Council plans to withdraw funding from 154 home-to-school transport routes from September 2012 in a cost-cutting exercise.... continue

Andrew Forster
Dorset County Council has launched an investigation into the  “unprecedented” problems with school transport services provided by... continue