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Our programme of webinars, conferences, workshops and network meetings designed to help you carry out bus reforms.

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Apr

webinar

online

Unlocking Better Rural Buses through DRT, Enhanced Partnerships and Franchising

This webinar introduces the recently published DfT Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) best practice guidance and looks at the findings from the final process evaluation report from the Rural Mobility Fund DRT pilots.

12:00-14:00

Speakers:

Kiron Chatterjee & Eda Beyazit - UWEAlice Missler - Hertfordshire County CouncilStephen Fidler - DfTPaola Sammarco - DfTSelene Wilson & David Tang - DfTRachel Glab & Nathan Cole - DfTRichard Walker - DfTSharon Payne - Transport EastMatt Stone - Worcestershire On Demand

May

webinar

online

Autonomous Passenger Services: from real-world trials to service procurement

This webinar brings together leading organisations currently delivering some of the UK’s most advanced autonomous mobility projects to share practical insights for policy, planning and procurement.

12:00 - 13:30

Speakers:

Dr George Beard - Head of New Mobility, TRLKevin Vincent - Director Centre for Connected and Autonomous Automotive Research and National Transport Design CentreJames Long - Strategic Initiatives Director, TRLJamie Wilson - Head of Concepts & Advanced Engineering, Alexander Dennis

May

BCoE Bus Forum

The BCoE Bus Forum is a recurring meeting bringing together the Department for Transport, local authorities, and bus operators to share best practice and discuss key sector developments.

12:00 - 13:30

Speakers:

Dan Saunders - BasemapPeter Weldon - SYSTRAMark Lee - SYSTRA

Jun

workshop

in-person

Launch of London’s Bus Safety Standard 2

With support from Transport for London and Women in Bus and Coach, the Bus KSI Network is excited to invite you to the launch of London’s Bus Safety Standard 2

09:30-16:30

UTAC Millbrook Station Lane, Bedford, England, MK45 2JQ, United Kingdom

Jun

conference

in-person

Rural Bus Conference

Rural Bus 2026 is hosted by Cheshire West and Chester Council, home to one of the Department for Transport’s Rural Franchising Pilots. These are aimed at moving beyond "one-size-fits-all" approaches and testing how to integrate, under a single authority, routes, fares, and timetables.

09:00-17:00

Chester Racecourse, Chester, CH1 2LY United Kingdom

Jun

workshop

in-person

Urban Enhanced Partnership Group Workshop

This inaugural workshop brings together Local Transport Authorities with an urban EP focus to establish a new peer working group, with the ambition to show that a well-designed EP can deliver most, if not all, of the outcomes typically associated with franchising.

10:00 - 15:30

CIHT Offices, London

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