This stresses the imperative for LTAs to be required to set out a clear and cohesive case for franchising before an assessment is undertaken to ensure that tax payer money, time and resource is not wasted on an unsound process.
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Economic Impacts of Coach Services Report
October 17 2024
CPT has published new research conducted by KPMG that quantifies the significant economic benefits of coach services to the British economy - including direct impacts for passengers and operators, and additional benefits that arise for supply chains, commerce and communities.
CPT welcomes the creation of a UK Bus Manufacturing Expert Panel
October 08 2024
CPT welcomes the creation of the panel and looks forward to exploring how the UK can continue to be world leaders in creating a zero emission bus network that offers a growing number of passengers one of the most sustainable forms of transport.
Bus must sit at the heart of a new vision-led approach to placemaking
September 25 2024
In its response to the government’s consultation on planning reforms, CPT calls for a ‘bus first’ approach to be enshrined in the National Planning Policy Framework - to ensure new towns and housing developments are designed to be healthier, greener, and better-connected communities.
New bus driver training materials created by blind and partially sighted people added to CPT's Compliance Manual
September 25 2024
The materials, published to mark the end of Catch the Bus Month, September 2024, were prepared by the UK charity, Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and its volunteer-led Sight Loss Councils (SLCs), working with Brighton and Hove Buses, Bus Users UK, The Driver Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and CPT.
CPT responds to Transport Secretary Louise Haigh’s speech to the Labour Party Conference
September 23 2024
Bus passengers are waiting for clarity over the future of the £2 fare cap and want to hear how far the new Government is prepared to sustain the type of investment that's already delivering better services.
CPT responds: Accessible Information Regulations - Exemptions for coaches when used on rail replacement
September 16 2024
CPT has welcomed DfT's announcement of these exemptions to AIR for coaches used on rail replacement, which follow months of discussion where CPT used data and information to show there is scant economic justification for these vehicles to be fitted with the kind of specialist equipment rightly required on local bus services.