SCOTLAND'S BUSES 2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Published in association with @CPT_Scot ahead of next week's 48th annual #CPTScotCon26 Conference in Edinburgh, we put the spotlight on Scotland's bus sector 🚍 ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdfd73bd

OUT NOW 🗞️ | Click the link for a summary of what's inside this week's issue of Passenger Transport. Don't miss out, subscribe today! 🚍🚆🚇 ➡️ tinyurl.com/mur5bdz5

COMMENT 🗣️ | High street revival needs better buses - A successful high street requires people. People require reasons to visit, but they also require a practical way of getting there - writes @AlexWarner5 🚍🛍️ ➡️ tinyurl.com/244r7fnt

COMMENT 🗣️ | Why oppose this modest experiment? Peter Robinson explains why Transport for London should be running its own buses and the industry should get on board and treat this as an opportunity 🚍 ➡️ tinyurl.com/42r56shv

LEADERSHIP STORIES 📖 | "My door is always open, literally" - Caroline Wilson (@MrsRecruiter75), MD and founder at The Recruitment Story, meets Godfrey Mawoyo, operations director at @reading_buses 👋 ➡️ tinyurl.com/mwakwj6v

FUTURE OF RAIL 🚆 | "They want to come in, help you, introduce you and give you opportunities" - Mike Hughes talks to @richardsalkeld, of Newcastle-based Lumo, about how the operator is supporting local communities 🤝 ➡️ tinyurl.com/4kpuy6sc

FEATURE 📰 | When Walls Speak Welcome - How @Translink_NI, children and artists collaborated to create bold public art that welcomes everyone 🚆🎨👀 ➡️ tinyurl.com/4zrfnmjd

NEWS 📰 | ‘Poor bus links have held back high streets’ - Research from bus operator Metroline shows that half of public transport users are being pushed to shop online only because poor connectivity 🚍🛍️ ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr2e3yh2

PEOPLE 🤝 | Transport offers ‘huge’ career opportunities. Arriva London’s Philip Gerhardt has urged people to consider careers across transport, highlighting routes from driving and graduate schemes #LunchWithLeon 🚍👀 ➡️ tinyurl.com/yrevvnrb

COMMENT 🗣️ | Celebrate the end of Chiltern? No thanks - As Chiltern passes into public ownership, @AlexWarner5 says its entrepreneurial culture, local focus and appetite for innovation must be preserved 🚆 ➡️ tinyurl.com/ejybnytf

COMMENT 🗣️ | Buses are box office under Burnham - Jonathan Bray says the new PM sees buses as a fast and visible way to ease living costs, empower communities and show that government works 🚍🤩 ➡️ tinyurl.com/yzkfajcn

INNOVATION & TECH 🤖 | Ticket retailing for a changing railway. Magellan will supply over 200 ticket vending machines to Southeastern. Johnny Astbury explains how self-service ticket retailing is evolving 🚆🎟️ ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdzs6v2s

NEWS 📰 | ‘Scotland’s £2 bus fare cap must be affordable’. Cabinet secretary Stephen Flynn told last week’s CPT Scotland Conference national roll-out of fare cap will require constructive partnership working 🚍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ➡️ tinyurl.com/2zus7nmu

NEWS 📰 | ‘Political propulsion’ is now behind buses. At this month’s UK Bus Summit in Liverpool, an audience of more than 300 were urged to seize the opportunity to ‘make hay while the sun shines’ 🚍🇬🇧🚀 ➡️ tinyurl.com/335v6hse

PEOPLE 🤝 | 'Bus has huge career potential' - Metroline London chief executive Katie Frost reflected on her career on the Intuitive Insights podcast with Nina Lockwood, including her recent switch from rail to bus 🚆🚍 ➡️ tinyurl.com/2hj8fjvs

LEADERSHIP STORIES 📖 | East Yorkshire’s transport Top Gun - Caroline Wilson (@MrsRecruiter75), MD and founder at The Recruitment Story, meets Hull and East Yorkshire’s transport chief, Chris Blucke 😎 ➡️ tinyurl.com/y6ew56mv

COMMENT 🗣️ | Give the people a reason to travel. @AlexWarner5 says his experience with @greatscenic shows that leisure patronage is encouraging, but we must work harder to inspire journeys and turn affordable fares into memorable days out 🚍🍦 ➡️ tinyurl.com/mv65k5kr

NEWS 📰 | The extension of Scotland’s £2 bus fare cap to Strathclyde is already reshaping operators’ commercial fare structures, with First Bus withdrawing return tickets and some longer-distance journeys seeing substantial reductions in cost 🚍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ➡️ tinyurl.com/4e9tj7dz

NEWS 📰 | ‘We’re backing local leaders’. As franchised services begin in Liverpool City Region, the Prime Minister is pledging to help others to follow 🚍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ➡️ tinyurl.com/4up34su5

COMMENT 🗣️ | Learning to play a new game. From padel and parkruns – @AlexWarner5 asks if we can find inspiration for how public transport can reinvent itself and appeal to new audiences 🏓🏏🏃⛳📚👀 ➡️ tinyurl.com/4k4c4juf