Extra funding has been given to local authorities to help improve the efficiency of bus services, although some argue it isn’t enough Local transport minister Norman Baker has announced a number of changes aimed at boosting passenger numbers and improving the efficiency of bus services.
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£78.8m Greater Bristol Bus Network project completed
Transport minister Norman Baker marked the completion of an upgrade to the bus network in Bristol on Thursday (March 15). The four-year £78.8m Greater Bristol Bus Network (GBBN) project involved the upgrade of 40 routes across 70 bus services in the region. This included investing in more than 120 new buses, upgrading almost 1,000 bus [...]
Improvement guides for youths and operators
Teenage campaigners from the British Youth Council (BYC) and National Children’s Bureau (NCB) met with transport minister Norman Baker on March 6 to discuss how bus services could be improved for young people.
Baker to speak at ALBUM
Norman Baker has accepted an invitation to speak at this year’s ALBUM Conference and will make his presentation during the first conference session on Tuesday, May 22, at the Forest Pines Hotel near Brigg in North Lincolnshire. Organiser Peter Shipp of EYMS Group in Hull said the line-up of speakers is now complete and urged [...]
Nat Ex dedicates coach to councillor
On January 27, 2012, Lewes MP Norman Baker and National Express unveiled a special surprise for a local councillor – a coach dedicated to his commitment to Polegate and the Wealden area. Cllr Roy Martin was invited to a “mystery” event by transport minister Norman Baker at Polegate Railway Station. He was unaware his Liberal [...]
£50m bus partnership funding hearty industry welcome
Norman Baker congratulated for listening to “a grateful bus industry” Firstgroup has already started discussions with its local authority partners, following the announcement of £50m Better Bus Areas (BBA) fund for local authority and operator partnership working last week, which has received a warm welcome from the industry. The initiative, announced by transport minister Norman [...]
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ATCO winter conference changing behaviour
Behaviour change can work says conference Behaviour change can be an effective way of growing the market for bus services, delegates to ATCO’s Winter Conference were told. The scene was set by Transport Minister Norman Baker, who emphasised the importance of behaviour change in delivering national and local government priorities and said: “Behaviour change is [...]
Minister to be keynote speaker at UK Bus Awards
The UK Bus Awards is delighted to announce Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, has accepted an invitation to be the guest of honour at the UK Bus Awards Presentation Ceremony on Tuesday 29 November. Mr Baker will deliver the keynote address at the ceremony, and also announce the winner of [...]
Norman Baker takes to the wheel
Transport minister and Lewes MP Norman Baker has taken time out from his ministerial schedule to try his hand at driving a bus. Baker was in his Lewes constituency for the day and visited Brighton & Hove’s new outstation at Newhaven before spending time putting the company’s Routemaster, RML2317, through its paces around the Port.
New mobility scooter code aims to remove confusion
CPT launches Code of Practice for using permits to allow type 2 scooters onto low-floor buses Transport minister Norman Baker and CPT president Steve Whiteway launched the CPT’s new Code of Practice for the use and acceptance of mobility scooters on low-floor buses last Wednesday (September 14th). Developed after discussions with the Department for Transport [...]
