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 →
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 14th February 2023 Inverness Airport railway station had an official opening on 2nd February Back in December I reported on four bus and train developments in and around Inverness: the introduction of Request To Stop facilities at Scotscalder on the Far North Line; new electric buses in Inverness; the about to open Inverness Airport... Continue Reading →
Thursday 15th December 2022 I spent a couple of days earlier this week in Inverness checking out some recent bus and train developments. 1. Request to Stop This innovation is being rolled out by ScotRail on the Far North Line from Inverness to Thurso and Wick. The idea is when passengers require a train to... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 10th September 2019 Readers will know of my scepticism concerning Demand Responsive Transport; I've made enough journeys to conclude there's no way such schemes will ever be commercially viable let alone more convenient for passengers over a fixed timetabled bus route. The Speke trial comprising a one bus fixed timetabled route (with passengers knowing... Continue Reading →
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