23 new Enviro 200 single deckers have been introduced to Hastings’ Arrows services, five months earlier than anticipated due to the Stagecoach’s role in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. They were launched by Phil Medlicott, MD for Stagecoach in East Kent & East Sussex with colleagues dressed in costumes similar to those found on the [...]
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London bus workers ballot for strike action
Members of the Unite trade union have voted to support an industrial action ballot over the failure of London’s bus operators to agree an Olympic payment. According to Unite, the turn out was 49.6% in the consultative ballot, with more than nine out of 10 workers voting ‘Yes’.
Inaugural CILT bus and coach lecture
The Bus and Coach Forum of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) is holding a Great Bus Debate which aims to debate how the industry should work to develop a vision for the future. The issues which will be covered include the reductions to BSOG, the localism agenda and opportunities like the 2012 [...]
Olympic site driver swims her route
HCT driver swins 1,270 metres as part of arts project Semina (Sam) Yousef, one of a team of 30 Hackney Community Transport (HCT) drivers on the Olympic Park, swam the distance of her 1,270-metre route in the 17,500-capacity Aquatics Centre. The distance is equivalent to more than 25 lengths of the 50-metre competition pool.
Unite asks for extra pay for Olympics bus workers
Unite has written to all London bus operators calling for genuine negotiations for an Olympic Games pay award for 28,000 workers. The award would be in line with what other London transport workers will reportedly be getting for working during the Games.
London digital bus information service a success
TfL unveils impressive figures for use of the digital services at bus stops Transport for London (TfL) claims the new real time digital bus information service in London has been a great success, with nearly three quarters of a million searches per day online and on smartphones, and 10,000 requests per day for bus arrival [...]
TfL launches Games transport ‘hotspot’ info
Transport for London’s hotspot aimed at keeping London ‘open for business’ Transport for London’s (TfL’s) London 2012 Games transport ‘hotspot’ information, launched last week, will enable businesses to finalise their plans and ensure the capital is ‘open for business’ throughout next summer, according to TfL. TfL said in response to requests from business for more [...]
CPT WM’s coaching parking number crunching
CPT West Midlands’ coach parking survey revealed Shropshire, outside of Shrewsbury, had 2% of visitors (4,242 out of 212,100) arriving by coach. Shrewsbury itself had 4,190 coach passengers, 4% of the 104,760 visitors to the town. Stratford upon Avon was very successful, attracting 13,582 coaches during 2010.
London 2012: Olympics warning for small businesses
With just eight months to go before the Olympic Games, UK businesses are being told to get their act together to make the most of the “open goal” on offer. The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) told firms to be ready for the challenges, as well as the opportunities, involved. The warning comes [...]
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