Bus
Resources
Content of the Senior Traffic Commissioner's Statutory Guidance and Statutory Directions, Numbers 1-11 and 14
Bus Services
Reimbursement arrangements for the Concessionary Bus Travel Scheme in England
Bus idling and emissions
Investigates whether air pollutant emissions from idling buses could be reduced by measures that address behavioural, network/infrastructure and technical factors.
The effect of bus fare increases on low income families
Looks at the disproportionate effect of bus fare increases on low income families and considers measures that could help.
Public transport tendering in the Netherlands
This report looks at how the Netherlands has achieved an integrated public transport network whilst devolving responsibilities for local services to local transport authorities.
Young people and bus travel briefing
Improving Bus Passenger Services through the Regulatory Framework
Concessionary Fares for Young People
Research study aiming to provide a deeper understanding of the value of providing concessionary fares for young people.
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New report warns of bus decline threat
A new report commissioned by pteg from leading economic consultancy, NERA, has concluded that without significant policy change the decline of the bus in the major conurbations outside London will continue.
Pressure grows on DfT over bus regulation - pteg welcomes Environmental Audit Committee report
pteg today welcomed the Environmental Audit Committee report into Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transport.
pteg welcomes Government bus policy review
pteg welcomed Transport Minister Gillian Merron’s commitment to a review of bus policy and, if necessary, to new legislation. The Minister made the commitment in her evidence to the Transport Select Committee inquiry into bus services on the 28th June.
City Region transport authorities thank Ken for support on bus regulation
The Chair of the PTA Special Interest Group, Cllr Mark Dowd OBE, has written to Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, to thank him for his support for the regulation of buses outside London.
Pressure grows on DfT over bus regulation
pteg welcomes Public Accounts Committee report
pteg today welcomed the Public Accounts Committee report into the future of Britain’s bus services.
Transport Minister welcomes new ‘Backing the Bus’ report
Transport Minister Derek Twigg today welcomed a new pteg report - ‘Backing the Bus’.
The report shows how around a half a billion pounds a year of PTE spending is making bus travel better for millions of passengers in some of Britain’s largest city regions.
pteg releases more details on bus franchising plans
pteg – which represents Britain’s seven Passenger Transport Executives - today released more details of its plans for the franchising of bus services in PTE areas.
PTEs welcome NAO report on bus service delivery
pteg, which represents the UK’s seven Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs), welcomed today's 'Delivery Chain Analysis for Bus Services', a joint report by the National Audit Office and Audit Commission.
MPs say buses are "Cinderella" public service
A new survey of MPs has shown that the majority of Labour MPs are increasingly frustrated with the relative lack of attention paid to local bus services by central Government. They also want to see buses across Britain run in the same way as they are in London.