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Meet the team
We're proud to welcome four new members to the Bus Users Board - Charlie Barnes, Laura Creaven, Cecelia Hibbert and Tom Quay - whose skills and expertise will help improve access to transport READ MORE
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Fair cap
Extending the £2 fare cap launched in January would encourage more people on board and help passengers access education, work and healthcare during the cost-of-living crisis READ MORE
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Direct action
With emergency funding for bus services coming to an end, we have called on governments in England, Scotland and Wales for an urgent extension with Wales already committing to a further 3 months READ MORE
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Cutting car dependency
As well as extending emergency bus funding, Welsh Government has now scrapped all major road schemes and will instead focus on freeing up road space and making public transit more attractive READ MORE
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Share the love
We co-signed a letter from Campaign for Better Transport to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, hand-delivered on Valentine's Day, asking him to show some love for public transport in his Spring Statement READ MORE
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Behind the wheel
Victoria Walker and Dawn Badminton-Capps joined Go North East for a VIP driving experience designed to encourage more people, particularly women, to consider bus driving as a profession READ MORE
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Accessibility Audit 2023
Look out for our second accessibility survey launching in March 2023. We want as many operators as possible to take part so we can share innovation and best practice in bus and coach accessibility.
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Going green?
Writing in Coach and Bus Week Claire Walters questions whether electric cars really are the greener transport choice and the vaunted solution to decarbonisation and economic recovery READ MORE
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Safety first
Following the United Nation's Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we joined forces with Women in Transport to highlight the things we can all do to help make public transport safer READ MORE
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Better buses
Bus Users is part of the North East Joint Transport Committee that is bringing more services, cheaper fares, better infrastructure and improved bus priority measures to passengers in County Durham READ MORE
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Making connections
We welcomed the Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership's strategy to transform the region's bus network and create a Sustainable Travel Zone along with investment in sustainable and active travel READ MORE
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U-turn on returns
Stagecoach South Wales has reversed plans to scrap return tickets, following concern that fare rises would see passengers having to pay more per ticket and buy more tickets for each journey READ MORE
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Making fares go farther
Writer and bus lover Emily Turner travelled by bus from England to Edinburgh in just 3 days, crossing England for just £30 thanks to the fare cap which she'd like to see extended indefinitely READ MORE
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An honour
Congratulations to our Trustee and retiring Secretary General of ITS (UK), Jennie Martin, on her well-deserved MBE awarded for services to transport technology READ MORE
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