Touchless ticketing is being trialled by bus passengers in West Yorkshire. West Yorkshire Combined Authority and The Keighley Bus Company, which is part of Transdev, carries out the trial between 1 February and 26 March 2017. Using an app and technology at bus stops, volunteers taking part in the trial will be able to use their smartphone as a travel pass.
The latest Crossway will be running in the region of Flensburg. The vehicle is part of an order that was placed in 2013 and extended last year with an option for more urban and regional buses.
At a recent standards meeting, carmakers, Tier 1 suppliers, and technology providers have reached agreement on key technical and procedural elements of the upcoming SAE Recommended Practice (RP) for Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) and automated parking alignment and charging. The goal of this standardization is to ensure interoperability among different brands of EVs and wireless charging stations.
Volvo’s global drive with electrified buses continues to deliver results, the company.has sold 3000 hybrids, electric hybrids and electric buses to customers in 22 countries in Europe, South America, Asia and Australia till now
Following the introduction of Volvo Buses’ first hybrid buses in 2010, sales have increased steadily at the same time as the product range has undergone continuous development and expansion.
The European Investment Bank will provide 200 million Euro to improve public transport infrastructure in 20 cities of Ukraine. The agreement was signed on 11 November 2016 by Vladimir Omeljan, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine and Vazil Hudak, Vice-President, European Investment Bank.