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Why are more people in Cornwall choosing the bus?

How can the industry entice people back onto the bus? We saw from the £2 fare cap that value for...

£2 bus fares – spreading the word

Transport Focus recently welcomed the extension of the Government's £2 bus fare cap to the end of...

Connect up when you level up

Last week we saw the latest projects to get Levelling Up Fund cash. Investment in these tough times...

Back Better Bus – supporting the improvements bus passengers want

Back in 2019, the Government announced an array of improvements that would transform bus services...

The road to recovery – attracting bus passengers back

With fewer people travelling and different working patterns likely to change transport demand for...

No change on the buses?

Covid-19 seems to be super-charging existing long-term trends. The shift in attitudes to working...

The direction of travel? What has the new Government promised?

Transport played an unusually large part in the election campaign. Promises, counter-promises and...

Meet the busketeers

A couple of weeks ago we launched a campaign to encourage more people in the West Midlands to Give...

Bus fares go up too.. let’s talk about it..

In all the blizzard of publicity around rail fare rises it often gets forgotten that bus fares move...

Passenger upheaval in Bristol

Bristol as a dynamic and growing city has had a tough few weeks when it comes to transport. And so...

Dismantling the barrier posed by ‘exact fare only’

Delivering improvements for bus passengers is a key objective of the West Midlands Bus Alliance,...

Meanwhile…buses on demand?

While we are currently focusing on helping rail passengers suffering chaotic services due to the...

Buses hit the headlines!

In a week where issues affecting bus passengers in England have made more national news than rail...

Bus lanes – helping passengers along

Why are bus lanes important? Here at Transport Focus we have a mass of evidence that clearly shows...

Disruption – the new normal? The customer perspective

Do you always get the best information during delayed bus journeys? Does the driver tell you how...

HS2: Birmingham Curzon Street and Interchange stations

I recently spent a very useful and interesting couple of hours in the company of HS2 looking at the...

Boosting bus services: my experiences in Cheshire

Always an interesting experience when you tip off a train somewhere new and you have not quite done...

Can you trust in the bus?

Today I’m talking at the Transport Times Bus Summit in London. I’m highlighting our new...

Supporting bus passengers

Squirreled away deep in the Department for Transports website are details of the payments made...

Is my bus service any good?

Well you should know as you use them. However, what you do not know is how good the others are. Is...

Boulevards and avenues

Milton Keynes. A car town? Maybe, but could be a bus town too. We did some work with Arriva...

Earthworks

Interesting the different ways digging up the railways and roads is approached. The system of...

Showdown at Notter Bridge

I blogged last year about the absurd situation that grew up at Notter Bridge bus stops – see the...

Bus quality

While there are some strong regional variations over the years the rail industry has become more...

Round and round Manchester by bus

Spent the day with Julie Warburton, our bus passenger manager for the North West, testing out...

Cuts, cuts and more cuts

The quadruple whammy of changes to the fuel subsidy received by bus operators, changes to the way...

Norfolk Green buses

I’ve recently been up in North West Norfolk where I have had lots of opportunities to see and try...