Buses

Best practice and policy guidance for bus and coach operators; including licensing and registration, concession fares, tackling anti-social behaviour and criminal damage, and explanations of the operators grants that are available.

Green Bus Fund

The Green Bus Fund is a new £30 million fund from which bus companies and local authorities in England can compete for funds to help them buy new low carbon buses. Includes bidding proformas published 18 August 2009.

Local bus services in England: brief overview

Published:: 22 June 2005

General information

General information.

Putting Passengers First

This document, published on 12 December 2006, is the result of DfT Ministers' 'long hard look' at the issues affecting bus patronage and sets out the Government's proposals for the future direction of bus policy.

Bus operator licensing and registration of local bus services

Bus operator licensing and registration of local bus services.

Bus grants

Information on Bus grants.

Concessionary bus travel

Concessionary bus travel for older and disabled people.

Bus Partnership Forum

Bus Partnership Forum.

Quality bus partnership and contract schemes

Quality bus partnership and contract schemes.

Bus crime

Bus crime.

Tendering of bus services

Local authorities are able to secure the provision of local bus services by bus operators by offering a contract for the provision of the service, in most cases after a competitive tendering process.