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Friday, 19 January 2018

East Anglian Daily Times

• Villagers defeat school bus cut which would have seen children walking six miles to schoolVillagers have defeated a proposed school bus cut which would have meant children walking six miles to and from school alongside a fast and busy road.

Other Regional Press

• Stewart Paterson's Holyrood Week: Time for bus fare rises to be capped like trains' areIMAGINE the outrage if ScotRail announced it was hiking train fares by more than 10%.
• Colchester bus lane camera set to go live... for the first time in 10 yearsBUS lane cameras which have never been turned on are set to go live for the the first time.

Bus and Coach Buyer

• The age of ‘the commute’The ‘commute’ to suggest the daily trip to work is among the more modern words in the English lexicon.
• When coaches aren’t attached to locosIs it in my imagination, or is there a concerted effort by train operation companies to ensure that a ‘rail replacement service’ is as bad a service as they can provide?
• Norman Baker leaves Big LemonThe Big Lemon’s MD and former Transport Minister, Norman Baker, has left the company having ‘achieved goals’ Former Transport Minister Norman Baker has left The Big Lemon, having become its Managing Director in March 2017. He says he will pursue new challenges, including focusing more time on writing transport columns.

Buses Magazine

• Simulation technology helps build case for DRT shuttles in BarcelonaThe Cooperative Automotive Research Network (CARNET) has used simulation technology from Germany’s PTV Group to create the first in-depth multimodal model of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, which includes all public transport modes as well as private vehicles in an effort to meet growing mobility demands.
• Stagecoach provides hospitals with bus stops to help dementia patientsFollowing the successful response to a replica bus stop being placed in the garden of a Lincoln care home for patients suffering with dementia, the NHS is keen to introduce the idea into hospitals in Grimsby and Scunthorpe.
• New fleet for Stagecoach South East’s coastal Wave routeStagecoach has launched a new fleet of 12 Alexander Dennis Enviro400-bodied Scania N280UD double-deckers on its Wave-branded 99 service between Hastings and Eastbourne.
• Eminox upgrades over 400 London buses for low-emission zonesEminox has upgraded over 400 buses to help Arriva, Go Ahead and Tower Transit meet the requirements for accessing the Low Emission Bus Zones being introduced by Transport for London by 2020.

Coach and Bus Week

• First Bus selects Future Platforms to develop new mobile offeringFirst Bus has selected app and web developer Future Platforms to develop and evolve the mobile experience for its customers.
• Building for the futureThe team at Pelican Bus & Coach talks to Andy Izatt about the year ahead which is expected to be a particularly significant one for the business
• Baidu announces autonomous software and minibus partnership with King LongAt the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January 10, Chinese tech company Baidu announced an update to its Apollo autonomous driving software and revealed that the software will be used in mass-market vehicles that will start production this year, Business Insider reported.
• Stand no truckOur coaching insider highlights the challenge facing the haulage industry in London following new proposals to introduce a Direct Vision Standard
• HCT Group acquires Manchester Community TransportManchester Community Transport (MCT) has been acquired by HCT Group.
• Reading launches gas buses on flagship route 17The £5.1m fleet of 17 high-specification biogas double-deckers will be fully in service in February
• Telford & Wrekin Council renews fleet with Mellor OrionsTelford & Wrekin Council has taken delivery of five new Mellor Orion minibuses as part of a vehicle replacement programme.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Mandata’s app makes walk-round checks easierTransport management technology specialist Mandata has developed a smartphone app to improve the way that drivers capture and record daily vehicle checks.
• London bus deficit to hit £1.8m a dayFalling passenger numbers, increased costs and the effects of Mayor Sadiq Khan’s fares freeze means that London’s bus operating deficit is set to rise from £599m in 2016/17 to £647m - £1.8m a day - by 2022/23, admits Transport for London (TfL).
• TC accepts Just Travel closureYork-based Just Travel, which closed in the week before Christmas, has avoided attending a Public Inquiry, scheduled for 9 January.
• Van Hool EX16M begins Grand Tour of the UKLong-awaited Macedonia-built coach starts in England; separate dates for Scotland, Wales will follow