Tuesday 18th March 2025 The much anticipated autonomous bus trial on public roads in Sunderland city centre began earlier this month. I took a ride last Tuesday, interested to see how it compares with other trials I’ve experienced in Didcot, Edinburgh, Milton Keynes and Harwell campus over the last few years. It was the Aurrigo... Continue Reading →
Thursday 20th February 2025 Hello A new bus station opened in Gosport last October and I finally got round to paying a visit last Friday to take a look. It's been built alongside the old site which, after 52 years, had definitely seen better days, and, like its predecessor, is conveniently located next to the... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 28th November 2023 The autonomous vehicle industry is certainly booming as more trials get underway on the UK's public roads including this latest one in Milton Keynes involving a rather strange looking bus. It follows both the Didcot trial involving funding from the DfT's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) operated by First... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 27th June 2023 Phase two of the Mi-Link autonomous bus trial in Oxfordshire got underway a couple of weeks ago. It builds on phase one in May which saw the bus circumnavigate roads within Milton Park which I blogged about at the time. After a fortnight's break the bus returned on Monday 12th June,... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 30th May 2023 Last Wednesday and Thursday saw another successful Young Bus Managers’ conference which once again I had the pleasure to jointly host with Martijn Gilbert and imbibe the energy, enthusiasm and positivity not only of the attendees who came from a wide range of different size companies from all over the country... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 16th May 2023 In what's describe as a “world first”, Stagecoach began operating the much hyped and long awaited autonomous bus trial across the Forth Road Bridge yesterday. And if you’re thinking that “world first” claim rings a bell - you're not mistaken as it was just over two months ago I reported on... Continue Reading →
Saturday 4th March 2023 Another new bus route began on Thursday. It’s been given route number 001. Operated by First Bus on a 15 minute headway it takes just under a quarter of an hour to complete its circular loop around the swish business park in Didcot known as Milton Park operating for almost 12... Continue Reading →
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