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(E)missionZero and an electric double decker for the city of Hong Kong. These are the two novelties presented in recent days by Bravo Transport, the company that owns the two operators CityBus and New World First Bus. The name speaks for itself and #MissionZero is the name of the campaign-strategy o...

The first Solaris electric buses have arrived in the Czech Republic. The debut of the vehicles of the Polish manufacturer has arrived on the asphalt of the streets of Ostrava; here, in fact, the parent company has signed a contract with the operator Dopravní podnik Ostrava (DPO) for the supply of 24...

The Arrival Bus has achieved EU certification and received European Whole Vehicle Type Approval (EUWVTA), manufacturer announces. Arrival started trial of the bus in a testing facility in the UK in late 2021. The UK-based startup has debuted on Nasdaq in 2021. Also, Arrival has signed a partnership ...

UK bus manufacturer Wrightbus has set its sights on expansion across Germany, Italy, France, Spain and beyond with the appointment of Jean-Luc Deflandre as European Chief Commercial Officer. He brings more than 15 years of experience working in the European electric and hydrogen bus market (he is a ...

Two new Transport for London (TfL) bus routes launched on Saturday (30 April): Abellio London began operating 41 additional buses on the roads of the capital – increasing its fleet size by 5% in a single night. Abellio commenced operating the 322 (Clapham Common-Crystal Palace) from its Batter...

Daimler Buses has delivered an eCitaro to the Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe: this is the 250th bus it is supplying to the Dresden-based operator, to which a further 19 vehicles will be added, since the order involves a total of 20 vehicles. «These new buses are a perfect addition to our fleet of environ...

Uitp‘s warning. The international association of public transport, in fact, invited politics and industry to help and not hinder the ability of the reality of public transport to achieve the objectives set by the European Green Deal. In a statement on the proposed revision of the interpretativ...

Below, the first of a series of articles aimed at analyzing, discussing, explaining and shedding light on Mobility-as-a-Service, outlining trends, key studies, scenarios. Let’s admit it: in the last 4 or 5 years the acronym ‘MaaS’ has haunted us at every corner. In the world of public transport, you...

UK-based Mellor has supplied a fully accessible Orion E to Cheshire West and Chester Council. The new Orion is significant as being the local authority’s first electric bus, joining an existing fleet of 28 predominantly Mellor-built passenger vehicles.  In late 2021 West Yorkshire Combined Authority...

The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) has exercised options for eight battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer. The order comes in the final year of a two-year contract originally announced in 2020, and includes four ABB depot chargers from NFI Infra...