Contact Tracing in PASS Contact tracing isn’t just an important part to any pandemic plan, it’s also one of the key components required before easing of social restrictions can occur and life can begin to return to a more normal state. To keep their communities safe,...
COVID-19 Recovery: Lessons from China In my previous article, I explained how data and global perspectives are vital resources as bus operators begin to consider how we deliver services through the expected recovery from COVID-19. Asia is a particularly useful source...
Distance Learning: The Role of Data and Information Sharing in COVID-19 Recovery Like almost all industries globally, the UK bus sector has been hugely impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19. But while reacting to the present disruption is understandably the primary...
Taking the Franchise Route This article first appeared in Transport Network This article explores how local authorities and transport bodies can harness the franchising model spearheaded by Transport for London ‘New powers and opportunities’. That’s the subheading of...
Obtaining Simple Access to Complex Network Visualisation In my previous article, I commented that customers using Novus-FX can use their system to “view route information in the form of network visualisation maps, without the need for heavyweight GIS tools – so you...
The Canadian case of a compromise too far and why UK local authorities should beware A version of this article first appeared in Local Transport Today (Issue LTT781) Why a loss of control can’t be the price to pay for the benefits of Uber-style transport networks By...