British seaside resort Blackpool has successfully pitched for £20m of funding to set 115 electric buses on its roads over the coming five years. Blackpool Council and Blackpool Transport Services submitted the joint bid to the Department for Transport’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) fund. Launched in 2020, the fund helps British transport authorities…
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Higer is winning renown in Ireland for both coaches and battery electric buses. Dublin-based importer Harris Group is now confident the UK will follow. Four Higer battery e-buses already serve Brighton operator The Big Lemon, alongside a demonstrator being shown to potential buyers there. All these are from the Steed range. This compact mid-sized platform…
A plan to make Wales’ entire bus fleet zero-emission (ZE) by 2035 needs nationwide funding, operators say. Unlike England and Scotland, the country does not have a government fund to help operators with the cost of green vehicles and infrastructure. Newport and Cardiff have made big steps to bringing electric buses into use, but they…
Amsterdam now aims for zero emission public transport by 2025 instead of 2030. The 17 February Zero Emission Transition letter of intent calls for accelerating sustainable investment. Signing the letter, City transport region Vice Chair Gerard Slegers, Traffic and Transport Councilor Egbert de Vries, and GVB public transport operator General Manager Claudia Zuiderwijk pledged cooperation…
The City of Milan will apply for National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) funding to allow public transport operator ATM to roll over its old bus fleet. The PNRR will give euro 249 million for 350 new zero-emission electric or hydrogen buses for urban transport by June 2026. This will allow ATM to sport 510…