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Stretch of road outside Stockholm transfers energy from two tracks of rail in the road, recharging the batteries of electric cars and trucks. The world's first electrified road that recharges the batteries of cars and trucks driving on it has been opened in Sweden.About 2km (1.2 miles) of electric rail has been embedded in a public road near Stockholm, but the government's roads agency has already drafted a national map for future expansion.
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Last weekend marked an important, but largely unnoticed date. It is now less than a year until the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) comes into force on 8 April 2019.
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- First Aberdeen Bus drivers vote to end strike threatServices at First Aberdeen were facing further disruption in a pay and conditions dispute.
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- DEBATE: Is Labour’s free bus travel plan for under-25s a good way of tackling intergenerational inequality?Young people drive less and rely on public transport more. Higher living costs, less secure jobs, lower wages, more urbanisation, the postponement of parenthood, increased use of mobile devices for social organisation, and improved public transport have all led to young people spending less time in a four-wheel-drive and more time singing “the wheels on the bus”.
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- Corbyn plan for free under 25s bus travel gets lukewarm response from Derby councilScheme only available to councils which aim to run their own bus services again
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- Oxford bus chief to stand down after 14 years at the wheelTHE managing director at one of Oxfordshire's bus companies has announced he is going to retire.
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- Community transport operator to run longest Metrobus routeBristol Community Transport (BCT), part of the HCT Group, has been unveiled as the operator of Metrobus’s longest route.
- Plans for car-sharers in Manchester bus lanes criticisedManchester’s Congestion Deal has been deemed “counter-productive”, according to Bus Users UK. Alarming the industry watchdog are plans in the Deal to allow car-sharers to use bus lanes.
- Astons Coaches takes over M&S CoachesAstons Coaches, the Worcester bus and coach operator, has taken over M&S Coaches of Hereford.
Coach and Bus Week
- ‘Let’s talk’With local authorities around the country not only cutting back on contracted bus routes, but also what they spend on publicising services generally, Fair Oak, Eastleigh-based PB Bus Marketing believes it’s well placed to ‘step into the breach.’ It says it understands the challenges independent bus operators, in particular, are now facing and has the expertise to help them better publicise and promote what they do.
- ‘Let’s talk’With local authorities around the country not only cutting back on contracted bus routes, but also what they spend on publicising services generally, Fair Oak, Eastleigh-based PB Bus Marketing believes it’s well placed to ‘step into the breach.’ It says it understands the challenges independent bus operators, in particular, are now facing and has the expertise to help them better publicise and promote what they do.
- ‘Let’s talk’With local authorities around the country not only cutting back on contracted bus routes, but also what they spend on publicising services generally, Fair Oak, Eastleigh-based PB Bus Marketing believes it’s well placed to ‘step into the breach.’ It says it understands the challenges independent bus operators, in particular, are now facing and has the expertise to help them better publicise and promote what they do.
- Safeguard Coaches adds new ticket options targeting young passengersFamily-owned Safeguard Coaches of Guildford introduced new bus fares on April 7, 2018, which include a new fare for young people and families.
- London to try a tri-axle ‘deckerLondon’s latest clocks a number of ‘firsts’ & is expected to be trialled on route Go-Ahead London’s X68 route this Summer
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- Decision time is coming soonLast weekend marked an important, but largely unnoticed date. It is now less than a year until the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) comes into force on 8 April 2019.
- O-Licences, thanks to digitalWith the start of digital-only O-Licence applications this month, bring to an end paper applications, the Traffic Commissioners (TCs) are clamping down on operators whose businesses have faced financial difficulty, but failed to tell the TC.
- Bristol CT wins Metrobus contractBristol Community Transport (BCT) is to run route m1 - the longest Metrobus route - on the three-route 50km Bristol Metrobus
- Bath sets out plans to charge in CAZBath & North East Somerset council has outlined the three options it is considering for the implementation of a charging Clean Air Zone in the central core of Bath.
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- Bus service subsidy secured for another year - but concerns raisedWINCHESTER city councillors have agreed to subside late-night buses for another year.
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