Bus
Resources
Government proposals to ban CCTV enforcement of parking and implications for buses
Parliamentary Commission on Physical Activity
Triannual review of Traffic Commissioners
Revised statutory guidance on local bus services
Passenger transport in isolated communities
LSTF Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance - Final Report
Building on the work of the Department for Transport, pteg commissioned AECOM to prepare additional guidance for PTEs and other Local Transport Authorities to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of Local Sustainable Transport Fund projects. The guidance provides a practical approach to developing cost effective and affordable monitoring and evaluation programmes.
A better deal for the bus from the Spending Review
The Case for the Urban Bus - the economic and social benefits of investing in the urban bus
A detailed evaluation of the economic and social benefits of investing in the urban bus.
Work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
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Draft competition law in guideline for public transport ticketing schemes block exemption
Bus services across the UK
Proposal for a regulation on public passenger transport services by road and by rail
Draft regulatory reform (Public Service Vehicles) Order 2005
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (lifting part three exemptions for transport services)
Timescales for implementation of Quality Contracts
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pteg responds to Competition Commission buses report
David Brown, who leads for pteg on buses, said:
Re-launched buspartnership.com reflects growing use of Transport Act powers
An updated buspartnership.com website (www.buspartnership.com) has been launched today (31st August 2011).
Minister announces new safety guidance for bus and coach garages
Transport Minister, Norman Baker MP has given his support to new guidance for health and safety in a bus or coach station. The information has been jointly published by the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK (CPT) and Passenger Transport Executive Group (pteg).
pteg calls on Competition Commission to build on 2008 Transport Act
Full costs of competition failure are higher than CC estimates
pteg welcomes Competition Commission bus report
pteg welcomes Competition Commission bus report
pteg welcomes freebus BSOG decision
In response to Norman Baker’s answer to a parliamentary question on 10 March on BSOG and freebus:
Norman Baker:
Bus subsidy cuts would hit the poorest hardest
New report from pteg warns of the disproportionate effect of bus fare increases on low income families
Beeching-style threat to England's local bus networks
- Government review of Bus Service Operators Grant puts services at risk
- Low-income groups to be hit worst by 10% fares rise and routes cuts
- Thousands of bus driver and manufacturer jobs under threat
Less turmoil on the buses?
70 days notice for service changes called for
Responding to the DfT's consultation on Improving Bus Passenger Services through the Regulatory Framework which closed today, Chair of the group of six Integrated Transport Authorities, Councillor Mark Dowd, said: