Buses

Best practice and policy guidance for bus and coach operators; including licensing and registration, concession fares, tackling anti-social behaviour and criminal damage, and explanations of the operators grants that are available.

Green Bus Fund

The Green Bus Fund is a new £30 million fund from which bus companies and local authorities in England can compete for funds to help them buy new low carbon buses. Includes bidding proformas published 18 August 2009.

Role of Soft Factors in Patronage Growth and Modal Split in the bus market in England

This is a report on research into the value that bus and car users place on bus soft factors such as real time information and security (CCTV) and the impact on demand that would be expected if such measures were introduced.

Published:
02 March 2010

Bus Punctuality Partnerships: Guidance for local authorities and operators

This guidance has been produced by the Bus Punctuality Working Group, a stakeholder group set up to develop a more effective punctuality regime. It sets out why punctuality and reliability are important and explains how a partnership approach can help to deliver high standards of punctuality. It builds on the six partnership working principles endorsed by the Bus Punctuality Forum and includes good practice examples, a model data sharing agreement and a model for partnership working.

Published:
25 February 2010

General information

General information.

Putting Passengers First

This document, published on 12 December 2006, is the result of DfT Ministers' 'long hard look' at the issues affecting bus patronage and sets out the Government's proposals for the future direction of bus policy.

Bus operator licensing and registration of local bus services

Bus operator licensing and registration of local bus services.

Bus grants

Information on Bus grants.

Concessionary bus travel

Concessionary bus travel for older and disabled people.

Bus Partnership Forum

Bus Partnership Forum.

Quality bus partnership and contract schemes

Quality bus partnership and contract schemes.

Bus crime

Bus crime.

Tendering of bus services

Local authorities are able to secure the provision of local bus services by bus operators by offering a contract for the provision of the service, in most cases after a competitive tendering process.

Study of high quality buses in Leeds

Report produced by Atkins Transport Planning examining high quality bus alternative to Leeds Supertram proposal.