How reforming school transport to a dedicated school bus service can reduce the UK's school congestion and significantly reduce carbon emissions In light of COP26 and the global effort to reduce carbon emissions, a recent article by the BBC on ‘How our daily travel...
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uTrack & Avanti Connect app update
Over the past few years, we have had the pleasure of working alongside Avanti Trains to help build an employee app system that helps their employees deliver the best experience to the customers they serve. The app has many features that help employees reach their full...
School Bus – Efficiency problems for Operators & Schools
How a lack of accountability can leave schools vulnerable to safety and efficiency issues The relationship between schools and school bus operators needs to be strong and have good communication at its heart. Especially with the safety of children and students at...
Why School Bus route planning & management is so important
How poor school bus route planning & management leads to safeguarding issues, problems with sustainability and inefficiencies. The journey that any School Buses take is hugely important in ensuring that safety and...
Buses: who should really run them?
This house believes bringing buses into complete public ownership is no silver bullet In light of a recently written article in The Guardian, shared by uTrack CEO Eamonn Hughes, I found myself energised in a way I last remember when I was working in an office full of...
The Solution to Timetable & Schedule Problems for Operators
How Origin’s optimisation stops huge punctuality & reliability issues for Public Transport operators and corrects timetable & schedule problems The lack of flexibility in Coach timetables & schedules causes massive problems for any operator’s business. It...
ITT Hub 2021 Conference: Innovation & Technology in transport
On Wednesday 30th July, a few members of uTrack attended the 2021 ITT Hub conference in Farnborough. ITT Hub (Innovation & Technology in Transport Hub) the event organisers, hosted some of the best innovations that the transport industry had to offer. The industry...
How data creates amazing individual passenger experiences
Resolving Coach operational issues that impact passenger experience Good passenger experience is vital for any coach or public transport service. In order to solve this, every business needs to do two things. Firstly work...
3 benefits to enhancing real-time information for coach operators
The impact of utilising real-time information in Public Transport Real-time information has become a huge game-changer in various other transport and logistics sectors. From Uber to Amazon, sending and receiving real-time information has become the new benchmark for...
Why one incident can ruin a coach service
The efficiency and financial implications of bad incident tracking in public transport Efficiency implications of bad incident reporting No historical tracking and reporting Incidents often cause a domino effect, meaning that they cause other incidents to occur....
The problem of Driver information for Coach operators
Bad communication at the heart of driver safety and management issues for public transport operators One of the biggest issues with running a coach transport or public transport business is the dispersed nature of most of the employees. Drivers are on...
Why Coach operators struggle with bad passenger experience
The pitfalls for operators of poor timetabling, punctuality and reliability when using intercity coach and public transport. For many years intercity coach operators (and public transport operators in general) have seen a decline in popularity in comparison...