A fair deal for bus users
August, 2015
This new joint briefing with Greener Journeys and Campaign for Better Transport sets out the case for a fair deal for bus funding from the Spending Review.
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Our vision for Smart Ticketing in the City Regions
June, 2015
This document sets out the progress we have made and the barriers that need to be overcome if the city regions are to get ticketing that looks and feels more like Oyster.
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Ticket to Thrive: The role of urban public transport in tackling unemployment
February, 2015
This report reveals the vital role of public transport, and the bus in particular, in enabling people to find and sustain employment. Some 77% of jobseekers in British cities outside London do not have regular access to a car, van or motorbike and can face significant barriers to work as a result. The report finds that these barriers include expensive public transport tickets; poorly connected employment sites; mismatches between working hours and available transport; and limited travel horizons. It recommends seven key policies that could help overcome these obstacles, including: a new funding deal to enable local councils to protect lifeline bus services and connect people to opportunity; more effective powers over bus services for local transport authorities, offering them greater control over where and when buses run and the affordability of fares; a review of the potential for an adequately funded national jobseeker and apprentice travel concession.
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Oxford SmartZone
February, 2015
In 2011, the two main bus operators in the city of Oxford introduced an inter-operable smart ticketing system known as the SmartZone. Meanwhile, many other parts of the country have faced significant challenges in attempting to introduce inter-operable smart ticketing in deregulated bus markets. The Oxford system has therefore attracted considerable attention and it has been suggested that it could offer valuable lessons for other areas. This paper explains the context within which the scheme was developed and describes the key features of bus ticketing in the city of Oxford and in its wider travel to work area. The paper then compares the Oxford system with the aspirations of Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs).
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Senior Traffic Commissioners Guidance document no. 14 on Local Bus Services
January, 2015
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Policy Futures - Seamless public transport
September, 2014
This policy futures paper highlights the growing appetite for giving larger cities outside London more of the benefits that London enjoys on public transport, and brings together the ideas from the other policy futures papers.
Air Quality in the City Regions: A Transport Toolkit
August, 2014
Aimed at city region authorities, this toolkit provides an accessible overview of the issues and options for tackling air pollution associated with transport.
Making the connections: The cross-sector benefits of supporting bus services
July, 2014
The bus is key to achieving 46 policy goals of 12 of the 24 Departments across Whitehall including the Department for Work and Pensions, HM Treasury, Department of Health, Department for Education and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. This report shows how, despite these cross sector benefits, all the main forms of funding for bus services are under severe pressure and sets out how bus funding can be reformed.
Bus priority works for business, shops, communities and growth
July, 2014
This brochure and website sets out how well planned bus priority schemes can transform roads and high streets; make walking and cycling safer; create clearer parking and drop off spaces; and reduce congestion for all road users.
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Policy Futures paper - Buses
July, 2014
This paper sets out the policy changes needed for the bus to play its full part in creating wider modern, cost effective and integrated public transport networks for the city regions.
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Eligible Services
January, 2009
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Department for Transport
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Changes to the Transport Tribunal
January, 2009
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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Competition Guidance
October, 2008
Consulting body:
Office of Fair Trading
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Quality Bus Partnerships
October, 2008
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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Community Transport
October, 2008
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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VOSA Enforcement Activities
September, 2008
Consulting body:
Transport Select Committee
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Whole Vehicle Type Approvals
August, 2008
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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Local bus service support - options for reform
June, 2008
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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Schools transport
April, 2008
Consulting body:
Transport Select Committee
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Options for strengthening bus passenger representation
March, 2008
Consulting body:
Department for Transport
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pteg welcomes Transport Select Committee on passenger transport in isolated communities
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
pteg has welcomed today’s Select Committee report, and in particular the report’s backing for a major trial of ‘Total Transport’ which would pool currently separate funding flows and vehicle fleets across public transport, healthcare, education and social services.
New report shows bus key to achieving the policy goals of half of all Government departments across Whitehall
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
- Despite cross sector benefits, £500 million lost to bus services outside London since 2010
- Call for new dedicated ‘Connectivity Fund’ for bus services
Case for bus priority goes up a gear
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
- Alliance gets behind new promotional brochure -
pteg, CPT, TfL, Greener Journeys and CBT have come together to jointly promote a new brochure setting out the case for bus priority schemes in a non-technical and compelling way.
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New report says regulatory system for bus punctuality is 'opaque and dysfunctional'
Friday, June 27, 2014
- Targets for bus punctuality un-met and un-enforced –
A new report, published today by pteg, calls for major reforms of the way in which bus punctuality is monitored and improved. It finds that:
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pteg responds to Campaign for Better Transport buses report
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Commenting on today's Campaign for Better Transport report on bus cuts ‘Buses in Crisis: A report on bus funding across England and Wales’, pteg Support Unit Director, Jonathan Bray said:
Strong case for the urban bus made at Westminster event
Monday, May 13, 2013
- Momentum builds for better deal from the Spending Review –
Major new report shows the urban bus is 'exceptional value for the taxpayer'
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
- £2.5 billion of economic benefits for the city regions -
- Norman Baker welcomes valuable further evidence on bus benefits -
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Warning over concessionary travel 'timebomb'
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Funding for concessionary travel could lead to 75% cut in spending on other transport services in ten years’ time
pteg responds to DfT bus subsidy plans
Thursday, September 13, 2012
David Brown, who leads on bus issues for pteg, said:
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Urban transport authorities welcome MPs’ bus report
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Responding to today’s House of Commons Transport Select Committee report on competition in the local bus market, David Brown, who leads for pteg on bus issues, said:
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