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Buses World News
Buses World News
In brief: Worldwide montly news & informations about Buses, Busmakers, Passengers' and the Transport Industry
31.5.14
FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT * Malaysia - Zero fare.
* Malaysia - Let’s go for a free ride!
(Photo: Petronas towers' view al Kuala Lampur) Kuala Lampur, Malaysia-New Strait Times, by Shuib Taib -29 May 2014: -- Clean and spacious, GoKL’s zero-fare shuttle buses are now plying more routes, so hop on and see the city... Free shuttle is not new.
Many cities around the world have converted their bus networks to zero fare. These may be set up to ease bottlenecks or fill gaps in the transport network... InMalaysia, the concept of zero-fare shuttles was introduced inKuala Lumpur and other cities in the country.
Two years ago, KL launched its free shuttle-bus on Merdeka Dayand aptly named it GoKL, with a modest operation of only two buses.The buses loop the city centre, covering most of its iconic attractions...
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS * Australia - Bus routes to service city's outer suburbs
Eight new routes will be added to Sydney's Metrobusnetwork by mid-next year to service suburbs in the west, north, north-west, south and south-west of the city
(Video from YouTube, by clcsampaio -28 Jan 2007: Guelph Victoria Road and surroundings)
Sydney,NSW,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald, by SEAN NICHOLLS -July 21, 2010: ... While the start date for all but one of the routes is yet to be revealed, the Transport Minister, John Robertson, announced that a service to westernSydney would begin within weeks... The first of the new routes, from Parramatta to the city via Victoria Road, would begin on August 8 and provide 40,000 ''passenger spaces'' a week... Plans for the high-capacity, highly visible network of red Metrobuses, designed to run every 10 minutes in peak periods, were unveiled in late 2008... Four routes are already running, a fifth route, between Drummoyne and Randwick via the city, would not start until October... A spokesman for MrRobertson said the 130 new buses - a combination of fixed and articulated or ''bendy'' buses - would cost $94 million... The expansion would be paid for out of the $1.1 billion allocated to bus services in the NSW budget for 2010-11...
* FREE BUSES * Alfred Street, buses
Sydney,Australia -Sydney City and Suburbs-17 July 2010: -- This green CBD shuttle is a free bus service that circles the Central Business District between Circular Quay and Central Railway Station. Route 555 operates every ten minutes and runs mainly along George Street and Elizabeth Street, in both directions. This service is popular with locals and tourists and connects well with rail, buses, ferries, light rail and the monorail. This bus stop is located on Alfred Street, close to Circular Quay. One of the regular blue Sydney Buses can be seen behind it...(Photo from 2.bp.blogspot:CBD Shuttle)
FREE BUSES * USA - Citylink buses are attracting more riders
Edmond,OK,USA -News OK, by DIANA BALDWIN -April 10, 2010:— The number of rides taken on thes service continues to climb, topping 11,850 in March... Shannon Entz also wants to expand the contract with McDonald Transit, the company running the bus service, by at least 10 hours so bus service will be available for UCO events and city celebrations... That is an increase of 1,736 rides over February.Since July, when the city-owned bus service started, people have taken 74,204 rides on the bus... The bus service is free...
FREE BUS SERVICE * USA - To Light-Rail Station: Will It Be Popular?
North Bergen,NJ,USA -The New York Times, by DAVID HOLMBERG-December 12, 2008: --The new buses are free and they are green, but North Bergen township officials say that commuters may still need a little prompting to take advantage of a new shuttle service that will take them to the light rail station from either end of town...Nicholas J. Sacco, the mayor of this Hudson County township, and other officials hailed the buses at a news conference recently. The shuttle service is part of a three-year pilot program that will use two buses to carry commuters from parts of town that are underserved by mass transit during rush hour. Each bus seats 18 passengers and will operate from 6 to 8 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m., traveling to the North Bergen Light Rail station at Tonnelle Avenue and 51st Street...(Photo by Timothy Ivy for The New York Times - SHUTTLES The new 18-seat buses serving the North Bergen light rail station cost $65,000 each)
A date has been set and a route determined for a free city centre shuttle bus which will come to Bradford in three months
Bradford,England,UK -The Bradford Telegraph Argus, by Jo Winrow -10 June 2008: --... The six-month trial ofMetro's FreeCityBus servicewill begin on Monday, September 29, and the route will link theInterchange, Forster Square, Kirkgate shopping centre, the markets, Centenary Square, the University and College and the National Media Museum... In March 2009 its success will be evaluated against criteria that includes the condition that at least an average of ten passengers must use the service on every round trip.Bus manufacturer Optare is to supply three new Solo vehicles for the service...(Picture - The new city shuttle bus on a trial run today)
A proposal to give schoolchildren free bus passes is being considered inSouth Yorkshire
Weybridge,South Yorkshire,UK -Environmental Transport Association-7 April 2008: --Supporters of the idea feel that it would get more youngsters onto public transport and free up some of the private traffic on the ‘school run’. It is also hoped youngsters will become accustomed to using public transport and continue the habit into their adult life, reports the Yorkshire Post...The paper said the scheme was one of several being considered byPassenger Transport Authoritiesacross the country... The news comes as theSouth Yorkshire Public Transport Executive (SYPTE)seeks full government funding for three public transport developments – two new bus routes and a ticketing system – which are expected to cost £74 million in total...
Free Bus Travel * UK - Council services threatened by
Free off-peak bus travel for the over-60s in England has begun
London,UK-The Telegraph, by David Millward-3 April 2008: -- ... The scheme will enable 11 million people over 60, and the disabled, to take a bus anywhere in England after 9.30am on weekdays and all day at weekends and bank holidays...When theGovernmentannounced the national scheme, it promised an additional £212 million in grants to pay for it... But some councils said the extra money would not cover the cost...A Department for Transport spokesmansaid:"We are confident that the money we have given has been generous... "We have given 30 per cent extra in grants to local authorities, with the money being weighted to help coastal towns where demand will be greater."...
* Why bus fares need to fall for all
London,UK -The Guardian-April 2, 2008: --The best thing about the free bus pass for over 60s is that it could create a brand new lobby group for buses.Let's hope the greys get organised, saysCat Hobbsfrom the Campaign for Better Transport...Perhaps the best thing about the free bus pass is that it could create a brand new campaign group for buses.Some 11 million people will benefit if the bus network is good, and 11 milllion people will moan if it's not.Rising bus industry costs mean bus cuts as well as rising fares, and over 60s won't like that.Many of them, like Hilary, will have time on their hands to travel on buses and fight for better ones. Let's hope the grey lobby gets organised...
A free bus service launched in Sheffield city centre last autumn has proved increasingly popular, carrying more than 50,000 passengers since it started
South Yorkshire,UK -RedOrbit (Dallas,TX,USA) -6 February 2008: --... The FreeBee service is funded bySouth Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, whose spokesman,David Young, said:"Students, commuters, shoppers and visitors to Sheffield are all using it and it has almost become as familiar in Sheffield as the tram"...It runs every seven minutes from Monday to Saturday on a route from Sheffield interchange around the city centre.Passenger numbers have been increasing, with almost 5,700 people using it in one recent week. It is now expected to exceed its target of carrying a million passengers in its first year of service...
London,UK -The Bucks Free Press -29 Jan 2008: --Former Doctor Who star Colin Baker will still be able to get around the country without his trusty TARDIS thanks to a new free bus pass scheme...The ex-Timelord is endorsing a Department for Transportplan that will enable over-60s and the disabled to have free bus travel at off-peak hours anywhere in England... Colin, who now lives in High Wycombe, said: "Since handing over the keys of the TARDIS to younger regenerations of myself and finding employment in other areas of entertainment, I no longer have my trusty old Police Box to take me from place to place"
Free Bus Travel * UK - Campaign hope on kids’ ones
Transport leaders have unanimously backed a Merseyside call for free bus travel to and from school for pupils
Liverpool,UK -The Liverpool Echo, by Neil Hodgson -Dec 17, 2007: -- ...Bosses of thesix Passenger Transport Authorities, who serve more than 13m people and have a combined annual budget of more than £1bn, signed up to the proposal...Cllr Mark Dowd, chairman of transport authority Merseytravel and of the Passenger Transport Authorities’ Special Interest Group, issued the call for the scheme in the ECHO ahead of a meeting of all the country’sPTAs in Glasgow...He proposes a system that would enable every child aged 16 and under in England to travel to and from school for nothing...
