The Google Maps division of the internet search engine provider is collaborating with train ticketing website thetrainline.com to allow travellers to... continue

The DfT has awarded new contracts for the ongoing management of the NaPTAN/NPTG (National Public Transport Access Node/National Public Transport... continue

A team of researchers led by academics from Cambridge University has developed a method of ‘repurposing’ data sources from local... continue

FirstGroup UK?bus managing director Giles Fearnley briefed trade journalists last week on the company’s new localist approach to bus operations... continue

FirstGroup has unveiled a new brand to launch its growth agenda for the UK bus division. The Blueprint for Growth programme will focus on designing... continue

James Dark
The launch of FirstGroup’s new ‘Better Journeys for Life’ bus brand was accompanied by familiar brand management speak. As well as... continue

First Glasgow, the Scottish city’s biggest bus operator, is now displaying QR (quick response) codes at bus stops across Greater Glasgow to... continue

Roger Davies, Kendal LA9
I’m grateful to Gavin Smith for responding to my letter about the benefits of bus rapid transit over light rail (Letters LTT 05 Jan). To say,... continue

Graham Crampton, Department of economics, University of Reading RG6
I was interested in the article reporting that in Dudley, West Midlands, the commissioned consultants had found no evidence of a relationship between... continue

FirstGroup has highlighted a north-south divide in the performance of its UK bus business. Commenting on its latest trading update, it said revenue... continue

Merseytravel director of resources Jim Barclay has been appointed interim director general, replacing Neil Scales who left last weekend to prepare... continue

Cycling and freight groups this week gave a lukewarm welcome to Scottish transport minister Keith Brown’s announcement of how the first tranche... continue

Councils in the West Midlands conurbation are drawing up plans to reduce emissions from buses and lorries. The Department for the Environment and... continue

An eye-catching £4.5m bus station opened by Transport for London just seven years ago could be swept away in a major redevelopment being... continue

Metro is considering making a bid to the DfT’s £50m Better Bus Area Fund to establish a park-and-ride site at Elland Road on the south... continue

York City Council wants to get rid of the ftr buses introduced to the city by FirstGroup. York’s Labour administration, which took power last... continue

The Cambridgeshire guided busway is on course to surpass forecast ridership in its first year of operation. The busway, which opened last August (LTT... continue

Transport for Greater Manchester has voiced opposition to means testing the elderly’s entitlement to free travel on buses after reports that... continue

Bus services across Somerset are to be cut over the coming months as the council seeks a further £3.3m of savings on its public transport... continue

Local authorities and the NHS in Kent are discussing a revised package of bus services to serve the new out-of-town Tunbridge Wells hospital after... continue