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Monday, 02 October 2017

ITV News

• Leeds bus users invited to feedback on new vehiclesFirst Leeds is inviting customers to feedback on proposals for new vehicles coming into the city over the next few years.

Times Online

• Bus operators call for cash injection [Subscription]Low-emission zone ‘could sound the death knell’ for ageing fleets

Birmingham Mail

• Revealed - £2 million bus lane fines dished out - which cameras are most lethal? Over 90,000 drivers have been caught by city centre cameras since 2013

Manchester Evening News

• Which bus services will be hit by strikes on Monday? Strike action planned for every Monday this month - here are the routes

East Anglian Daily Times

• East Suffolk buses under the spotlight at next transport group meetingThe next meeting of the East Suffolk Travellers’ Association will put the area’s rural bus operation under the spotlight.

Reading Evening Post

• Pride of Reading: Community minded bus company has raised £62,000 for charityReading Buses has been nominated for the prestigious Business in Action gong at the Pride of Reading Awards

Other News Sources

• New half-price bus, train and tram scheme for 18s and underA scheme giving apprentices and trainees aged 18 or under half price travel on the region’s bus, train and tram network has been launched.
• WATCH: Nidderdale celebrates after securing bus serviceNidderdale's winter Sunday bus service is back on the road, thanks to businesses and community organisations.
• City Hall Tories say rise in bus collisions risks undermining Sadiq Khan’s road safety targetTransport for London has reiterated it and Mayor Sadiq Khan’s commitment to reduce the number of people injured or killed in collisions involving buses, following criticisms by Conservatives at City Hall.