Guardian proclaims buses and coaches the transport modes of the future

Although traditionally the poor relations of the UK transport sector, at least when it comes to coverage in the mainstream media, the bus and coach industries received a surprisingly large amount of coverage in late February, with The Guardian very much leading the way.

The papers’ recent burst of interest in buses and coaches began with a lengthy and affectionate obituary for LTT co-founder Peter Huntley (see p14) in The Guardian’s ‘The Northerner’ blog on 20 February. Describing Huntley as an “inspirational northern bus expert”, blogger Martin Wainwright, The Guardian’s northern editor, said that the former managing director of the Go North East bus company had “a formidable reputation among his staff,...

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