{"id":55953,"date":"2015-03-26T16:03:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=217d7572f76c2048f6a97b61450c8e6f"},"modified":"2015-03-26T16:03:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T16:03:34","slug":"news-story-senior-traffic-commissioner-publishes-revised-guidance-on-local-bus-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=55953","title":{"rendered":"News story: Senior Traffic Commissioner publishes revised guidance on local bus services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain, Beverley Bell, has today (26 March 2015) published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/senior-traffic-commissioners-statutory-guidance-and-statutory-directions\">revised guidance for bus operators running local services in England (outside London) and Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The document confirms that punctuality and reliability standards will remain unchanged from the existing window of tolerance \u2013 where a bus can be up to 1 minute early and 5 minutes late.<\/p>\n<p>A punctuality target of 95% \u2013 within the window of tolerance \u2013 will also continue to be the standard for registered services.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance offers examples of good practice for bus operators on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>service registration<\/li>\n<li>service monitoring<\/li>\n<li>systems and resources <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The publication of \u2018Statutory document number 14\u2019 follows 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/local-bus-services-revised-statutory-guidance\">consultations on revising the existing \u2018Practice direction\u2019 for local bus services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beverley Bell said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019d like to thank bus operators, passengers and other stakeholders for their valuable and thoughtful contributions to both consultations and their patience while I have examined those views carefully.<\/p>\n<p>This is a very important piece of work for commissioners and the bus industry. Buses that are punctual and reliable serve the interests of both passengers and the bus operators running those services.<\/p>\n<p>As regulators, it is important that we set realistic, achievable targets for local services, while at the same time providing a robust framework for regulatory action if operators fail to achieve the expected standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I encourage bus operators to examine the document and share it across their businesses, including the examples of what a good operation looks like.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, Miss Joan Aitken, has confirmed the existing window of tolerance and standards will continue to apply for operators running registered services in Scotland. Following the publication of the Senior Traffic Commissioner\u2019s Statutory Document for England and Wales, Miss Aitken will work with stakeholders in Scotland and plans to release a statement in the autumn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1491\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Damien Currie<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"fn\">Damien Currie<\/span><br \/><span class=\"street-address\">Media Officer for the Senior Traffic Commissioner<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:pressoffice@otc.gsi.gov.uk\">pressoffice@otc.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Mobile:<\/span><br \/>\n              07971 071558\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone:<\/span><br \/>\n              01942 295033\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statutory document confirms standards for operating punctual and reliable services in England (outside London) and Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}