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Catch the Bus Month – Bus Users

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 14d

It's a wrap! Thank you for the incredible support for #CatchTheBusMonth #MisDalYBws 2025 - we couldn't have done it without you 👏 See you in 2026 ❤️ 🚍

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 15d

It's the #CatchTheBusMonth Grand finale with @lincolnshire.gov.uk.web.brid.gy at the magnificent Temple Gardens in Lincoln with Stagecoach East Midlands, PC Coaches, LincsBus, Citymapper and Callconnect #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard

Mike Reed, Head of Transport, Lincolnshire County Council and Victoria Walker, Bus Users UK Campaign Manager waving giant red CTBM hands on a Call Connect Bus

Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 15d

It's the final day of #CatchTheBusMonth 🚍and
@lincolnshirecc.bsky.social have shared some of their campaign highlights celebrating these amazing, sustainable, accessible services...

Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 19d

Just a few more days to go but still plenty to see and do for #CatchTheBusMonth #MisDalYBws! If you haven't tried the bus yet, give it a go and check out our website for events and activities in your area tinyurl.com/4uhhjwna

Bus Users UK's Catch the Bus Month running through September 2023 is now officially underway

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Somerset Bus Partnership @somersetbuspart.bsky.social · 19d

It was great to have our local MP Adam Dance - MP for Yeovil and South Somerset join local residents to voice their concerns to First South West bus services in Yeovil.

👉🏻 Adam has been highly supportive of our local bus services 👏🏻 and fully endorses Catch the bus Month.

#CatchTheBusMonth #CTBM25

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Somerset Bus Partnership @somersetbuspart.bsky.social · 22d

Somerset Council’s Lead Member for Transport and Waste Service, Cllr Richard Wilkins, demonstrating his strong backing for Catch The Bus Month and our efforts here in Somerset to encourage more people to BUS IT.

#CTBM25 #CatchTheBusMonth

Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 20d

As if bus travel couldn't get any better. Then along comes Bus Bingo! #LoveTheBus #Get#OnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth

Somerset Bus Partnership @somersetbuspart.bsky.social · 26d

🌧️ Another rainy Somerset weekend?

🚌 Keep the kids dry and entertained with our brand-new #BusBingo game!

👀 Spot traffic lights, dogs on board + more during your journey first to shout BINGO! wins.

👉 Download your free card: www.somersetbuspartnership.co.uk/busbingo

#CatchTheBusMonth #CTBM25

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Somerset Bus Partnership @somersetbuspart.bsky.social · Sep 14

Visited Castle Cary Station with @sarahdykeld.bsky.social where buses can now drop off passengers safely within the station complex.

Discussed the need to improve the bus connections so more people could connect with trains without needing to drive by car to the station.

#CTBM #CTBM2025

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 20d

Free travel on London's Bakerloop to celebrate the launch of this new, express electric service #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 21d

I’m proud to unveil the Bakerloop - a brand-new, express electric bus service linking communities from Waterloo to Lewisham.

To celebrate its launch, the Bakerloop service will be free to use during its first week, from 27 September to 4 October.

Mayor of London and representatives stand in front of the new Bakerloop express bus service.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and Bus Aunty inside a bus.

Bus seats inside the new Bakerloop express bus service.

Bus and coach driver training materials - Sight Loss Council

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Sight Loss Councils @slcouncils.bsky.social · 22d

Excited to be at #QualityBus2025 today, to help #MakeBusesAccessible for #blind & #PartiallySighted people. 🚌 Operators & trainers: explore our training shaped by lived experience 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/kfpqaxndkf

Created with @pocklington.bsky.social, @CPT, @DVSA & @bususersuk.bsky.social.

Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and its network of volunteer-led UK Sight Loss Councils have launched approved training materials to inform bus and coach drivers of how best to support blind or partially sighted (BPS) passengers. The ‘Vision Impairment Awareness for Bus Drivers’ training materials are free to all bus operators and trainers. Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and Sight Loss Councils have launched free approved training materials for bus and coach drivers to support blind or partially sighted (BPS) passengers.

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Keith Thomas @keiththom2014.bsky.social · 22d

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 21d

Incredibly proud to see @bususersceo.bsky.social receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bus Centre of Excellence as a "highly respected advocate for passenger rights and staunch critical ally to the bus sector" 👏 Amazing tribute to her work in our 50th Anniversary year and #CatchTheBusMonth!

Claire Walters accepting her Lifetime Achievement Award on the stage at the Bus Centre of Excellence conference 2025

Low traffic neighbourhoods: anti-car or pro-people? - Town and Country Planning Association

Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 23d

Stagecoach East Scotland is launching one of Edinburgh Airport’s first fully electric, frequent airport bus fleets to mark #WorldCarFreeDay and #CatchTheBusMonth

Four representatives from Bus Users UK and Stagecoach wave giant red Catch the Bus Month hands in front of one of the new electric buses and Edinburgh Airport

Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 23d

It's #WorldCarFreeDay! Switching from car to bus reduces congestion and pollution and improves life for everyone. So ditch the car and #GetOnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth #MisDalYBws

Town and Country Planning Association @thetcpa.bsky.social · 23d

Today is #WorldCarFreeDay.

Too many neighbourhoods & cities are designed around cars, & prioritise vehicle movement on our streets. This blog explores how changing & reducing how we use cars can bring a huge range of benefits for people & the planet.

www.tcpa.org.uk/low-traffic-...

Gemma Hyde picks apart the idea that Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are 'anti-car'.

www.tcpa.org.uk

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 23d

Huge thanks to Midland Bluebird for a fantastic open day at their Larbert Depot for #CatchTheBusMonth #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard

Team members from Midland Bluebird and Bus Users UK standing inside the Larbert bus Deport with banners, bunting and giant red CTBM hands

We’ve Got You – Herts bus operator reveals key reliability figures for Catch the Bus Month

Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 26d

We’ve Got You – Herts bus operator @Stagecoach_East reveals key reliability figures for #CatchTheBusMonth tinyurl.com/59jfu82u

A Hitchin and Stevenage bus operator, Stagecoach East, has revealed its latest reliability figures, showing that it operated over 99% of the miles it was scheduled to operate over the past year.

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 27d

Buses make travel #Accessible and connect us to life's opportunities #LoveTheBus #GetOnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth

A father crouches down behind his daughter and son who is a wheelchair user in the doorway of a bus with the ramp extended with all three of them smiling and waving giant red CTBM hands

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 27d

Mae bysiau'n caniatáu i bob un ohonom fanteisio ar gyfleoedd bywyd #CarurBws #MisDalYBws

Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 28d

Celebrating #CatchTheBusMonth and free travel for the under 22s with students in Glasgow and our friends from Citylink, McGills Buses and FlixBus #GetOnBoard #LoveTheBus

A group of students laughing and posing in front of bus banners waving giant red CTBM hands

Two students stand in front of bus banners smiling and waving giant red CTBM hands

3 students at the Glasgow freshers event smile and wave giant red CTBM hands

Team members from Scottish bus operators stand in front of bus banners behind a table with merch waving giant red CTBM hands

Don't Cut the Bus! Campaign Video

Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · 28d

According to @bettertransport.bsky.social if we all switched just one car journey a month to bus, there would be a billion fewer car journeys and a saving of 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year! #GetOnBoard #CatchTheBusMonth #LoveTheBus

graphic with smiling people riding the bus and the words Catch the bus Month get on board September 2025 - good for the economy, good for the planet, good for you #CTBM25 #LoveTheBus

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · Sep 15

As true now as it was then - cutting bus services is a false economy. Alongside health and environmental benefits,
@cpt-uk.bsky.social estimates buses can generate £4.55 for every £1 invested #LoveTheBus #CatchTheBusMonth #GetOnBoard

London TravelWatch @ldntravelwatch.bsky.social · Sep 15

Four years ago today, the London Bus Alliance held its launch event.

Dig into the archives and check out the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwZ3...

#CTBM #London #LondonTransport #LondonBus

@bususersuk.bsky.social @transportforall.org.uk @futuretransplon.bsky.social

YouTube video by London TravelWatch

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Bus Users UK 'deeply disappointed' by Government vote to reject levelling up of concessionary travel for disabled people tinyurl.com/4ubjsb9x

Disabled pass limit proposal rejected at Bus Services Bill final reading

MPs voted against removing time restrictions on disabled bus pass travel at the final Commons reading of the Bus Services Bill.

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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · Sep 12

It's Catch the Bus Month! Buses are transport heroes - connecting communities, improving lives, reducing traffic and pollution.

During #CTBM25, let us know what your favourite bus journey is.

@bususersuk.bsky.social

“The 840 Coastliner bus route across the North York Moors stops outside my house, enabling me to go on my favourite journey, reaching York station in two hours.” - Jackie, Whitby

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Bus Users UK @bususersuk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Huge inspiration at the #UKBusSummit during #CatchTheBusMonth Key takeaway: properly funded and accessible, buses are central to tackling inequality and building thriving, sustainable communities #MisDalYBws #LoveTheBus #MDYB25 #CTBM25

Tracy Brabin, Nadine Peatfield, Richard Marwood and Oliver Coppard sit on the panel at the UK Bus Summit

Andy Burnham at the mic on stage at the UK Bus Summit

Jennie Martin, Chair of Bus Users UK on stage at the UK Bus Summit