Brief TRANSPORT NEWS * UK - Recent Transport Developments
London,UK -A Transport of Delight -30 November 2007: --
* 8 more for Stagecoach
A further order for eight additional 15-meter Volvo B12BTs with Plaxton Panther bodies has been placed by Stagecoach for use on their Megabus network of services... (Video from YouTube, by Ally31334 -October 01, 2007: Stagecoach in Warwickshire Volvo B10M/Alexander PS 20215 - N215 TDU on route 57 (Nuneaton - Coventry via Bedworth) between George Eliot Hospital and opposite Bermuda Park McDonalds)
* Stagecoach back Merseyside report
Transport group Stagecoach has endorsed a new report that says improvements to bus services in Merseyside through partnerships between operators and transport authorities could increase bus use by 13%, cut congestion and improve the local environment.
* Focus Coaches closes
Preston-based coach operator Focus Coaches of Much Hoole closed suddenly following business on 23 November.
* 'Bus Bill' progresses further
The Local Transport Bill (known within the Industry as the 'Bus Bill') has had its second reading in the House of Lords on 20 November and goes to the Lord's Committee stage on Thursday 7 December for detailed examination.
* London Mayor announces £161 million plan
Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, has announced a raft of improvements for local transport improvements within London worth £161 million over the next 12 months.
* Parrys International open day surprise
Coach operator Parrys International will hold an open day on 6 January 2008 at its Cheslyn Hay depot from 10am-3pm, at which it hopes to unveil the first of 12 new 14.4meter Van Hool T917 Astron coaches...
* Free Wi-fi on main Citylink route
Travellers and commuters on board Scottish Citylink's service M90 between Glasgow-Edinburgh, on which Stagecoach-trim Volvo B12BT/Plaxton Panther 15-meter coaches are used by both Park's of Hamilton and Stagecoach, are to benefit from free Wi-fi (wireless Internet) in a 12-month trial starting 10 December.
* Quasi-emissions charge for Edinburgh motorists planned
The City of Edinburgh Council has approved a new permit scheme which will charge drivers according to the fuel efficiency of their vehicles. Drivers of the most efficient cars will pay little or nothing at all for their parking permits.
* UK's first bio-ethanol plant opened
Owned by British Sugar, the UK's first ever bio-ethanol plant opened on 22 November 2007, on the site of the Wissington sugar beet factory in Norfolk. Another plant is expected to open in the LEYTR area soon... The opening of the plant is good news for the two operators who have placed order for ethanol-powered buses: Nottingham City Transport (3 Scania OmniLinks) and Reading Buses (14 Scania OmniCity deckers). These buses will run on bio-ethanol made from sustainable surplus in the sugar beet crop here in the UK, which quashes the food-for-fuel argument.
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