Plans to introduce smartcards similar to London’s Oystercards are being considered by Metro, the West Yorkshire integrated transport authority... continue

Northern Ireland's  state-run transport operator Translink faces a £23m loss over the next two years, unless services are reduced or fares... continue

Stourbridge's new £7m bus station has opened its doors to passengers following an 18-month construction phase.The new facility includes a focal... continue

Patrick McDonnell
National Express West Midlands has entered into an agreement with Job Centre Plus to create 1,700 new jobs in the West Midlands over the next three... continue

Les Warneford, managing director of Stagecoach UK Bus, is to retire next May. He will be succeeded by Stagecoach’s current service performance... continue

Angus Adams (pictured), the chairman of the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority, died suddenly this week. Adams, a Conservative member for... continue

A consultant at Steer Davies Gleave has won the 2011 Voorhees-Large Prize for research into bus bunching. David Bellinger’s transport Masters... continue

Bus industry lobby group Greener Journeys is commissioning a report to emphasise the importance of buses to town centre economies. The Buses and... continue

Cumbria County Council is warning of a new round of bus service cuts after Stagecoach announced its withdrawal from a number of tendered services and... continue

London mayor Boris Johnson’s policy of smoothing traffic flow through measures such as altering traffic light phasing reflects... continue

East Lothian Council is considering setting up its own bus company to fill gaps left by a raft of service withdrawals announced by FirstGroup. First... continue

The future structure of public funding for bus services in Scotland is to be reviewed by Transport Scotland’s new bus stakeholder group. The... continue

Leicestershire County Council is to consult on reductions to the tendered bus network to deliver £750,000 of savings. Councillors this week... continue

Andrew Forster
Many locaL bus markets across the UK could face significant upheaval in the coming months as FirstGroup seeks to raise over £100m by selling... continue

The Scottish Government has awarded £1.8m to part-fund 26 low emission buses. The successful bidders to the second round of the Green Bus Fund... continue

Transport projects in York are to receive a share of a £28.5m five-year economic infrastructure fund being set up by the city council. The... continue

The Welsh Government has cut the concessionary fares reimbursement rate to bus operators for the final quarter of 2011/12 in order to stay within the... continue

The City of York Council is considering restrictions on bus and goods vehicle emissions in an effort to improve air quality. The council will... continue

Thousands of bus-based park-and-ride spaces could be provided in Leeds over the next few years. Leeds currently only has one bus-based P&R... continue

Transport for Greater Manchester is to work with the DfT to deliver some of the Competition Commission’s ticketing remedies for bus services.... continue