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Bus groups unite to press their green credentials

Blueprint shows how buses could take one billion car journeys off UK roads and cut CO2

Robert Jack
24 September 2009
Brian Souter (left) and Sir Moir Lockhead (right) 
at the launch, with Neil Barker of National Express
Brian Souter (left) and Sir Moir Lockhead (right) at the launch, with Neil Barker of National Express

 

It’s not often that you see Sir Moir Lockhead and Brian Souter on the same platform.

The respective chief executives of FirstGroup and Stagecoach have been bitter rivals for well over a decade. Their companies compete in arenas as diverse as the streets of Sheffield and inter-city coach routes in

the USA’s Mid-West. One thing that they agree on, however, is that the UK government risks missing key carbon reduction targets by failing to maximise the potential of buses and...

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