Buses World News
In brief: Worldwide montly news & informations about Buses, Busmakers, Passengers' and the Transport Industry
AIR QUALITY DEBATE * UK
* England - SMMT to host commercial vehicle air quality debate
(Photo:Prakash Singh/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images -Jan. 31: Indian commuters waited for a bus on a polluted morning in New Delhi)
London,EN,UK -Fleet News -16 Jan 2015: -- SMMT will host a debate in February on the bus, coach and commercial vehicle sectors’ contribution to improving air quality... Aimed at national and local government policy stakeholders, fleet operators and vehicle manufacturers, the event will showcase clean air technology embedded in the latest buses, trucks and vans, and investigate potential policy frameworks for clean air in the UK... SMMT Improving Air Quality: The Commercial Vehicle Contribution, an invite-only event in London on February 11, 2015, will address concerns about emissions hotspots, and demonstrate how the latest vehicle technology is already playing a vital role in delivering on strict targets for UK emissions reductions... Delegates will hear from commercial vehicle and bus manufacturers, including Ford, Iveco, Mercedes-Benz, Optare and Renault Trucks UK, who will demonstrate how new and emerging technology, including the latest Euro 6-compliant diesel vehicles, have the potential to all but eliminate diesel nitrogen oxides (NOx) tailpipe emissions...Labels: clean air, events
EVENTS * Argentine: 9th. INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR for TRUCKING & PASSENGERS INDUSTRIES
* City of Buenos Aires - International exhibition of equipment and technology in trucking and passenger buses
City of Buenos Aires, ARG - Press Information EXPOTRADE -6 Oct 2014: -- Transport Expo is a space to strengthen and generate business, focussed on the sector's new developments and the latest informations for the professionals of the Freight, and Trucking Industry. .. It will take place from 14 to 20 hs. on site "La Rural Fairgrounds", Buenos Aires, Argentina; from 15 October to 18 October 2014... Entry is free, and organizers "EXPOTRADE" they advertised as "for professionals only" ... To contact EXPOTRADE: Phone: 54 (11) 4779-5300 - email: transporte@expotrade.com.ar - Web: http://www.expotransporte.com.ar - Twitter: http //www.twitter.com/TransporteExpoLabels: events
BUS USERS EVENT * UK - To have say on services
Llandudno Junction,UK -The Daily Post, by Kelly Fenna -Oct 29 2008: -- Transport watchdog Passenger Focus will be attending a Bus Users UK Surgery in Wales to give passengers the chance to feedback on their train journey as well as voice concerns about buses... The Bus Users UK event has been organised to give passengers the opportunity to talk to operators in their local area and raise concerns about the public transport provided... Simon Pickering, passenger manager for Wales will be representing the rail watchdog at the Swansea event, he said, “The Bus Users UK event is an opportunity for passengers to feedback on how the system is working on the ground”...Labels: events
EVENTS * Australia - Buses celebrate 75-year run
Sydney,Australia -ABC Net -Dec 2, 2007: -- Sydney's bus service is turning 75 and celebrations start today with a festival for families at Luna Park... In December 1932, the first government bus drove from Cremorne to Manly on what is now the 144 route... Today's Luna Park event will feature an exhibition of buses from the last 75 years and free double-decker bus rides... (See Video from YouTube, by platformone: Vintage double deck (& some single decks) as part of the celebrations of Australia Day through the streets of Sydney's CBD) Labels: events
EVENTS * UK - FTA at Coach and Bus Live 2007
Freight Transport Association stand at Coach and Bus Live 2007Chester,UK -Easier -2 October 2007: -- Tachograph analysis, vehicle maintenance systems and the new EU Driver CPC will all be featured on the Freight Transport Association stand at Coach and Bus Live 2007, to be held at the NEC Birmingham on 10–11 October. FTA will be based on Stand H5 in Hall 17... The Driver CPC will be launched for PSV drivers in 2008, a year ahead of lorry drivers. The FTA training department is currently working in conjunction with the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) and Go Skills to introduce industry leading modules and courses... Labels: events
Anniversary * Sweden - Volvo celebrates 80 years
Stockholm,Sweden -BUSINESS WIRE -April 13, 2007: -- On April 14 this year, it will be exactly 80 years since the first Volvo car, the Volvo ÖV4, rolled off the production line at the plant in Hisingen, Göteborg. Meanwhile, Volvo has developed into both a global manufacturer of commercial vehicles and a world-leading carmaker... Volvo’s founders were convinced that the company’s products had to be safe if Volvo was to make the grade as a vehicle manufacturer and 80 years of successful operations has proved the correctness of this approach... A modest start Back in the 1920s, business conditions for the hundreds of car manufacturers around the world were far from favourable...Labels: events
