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View article Hull encouraged to ‘travel wisely’ with various events planned for TravelWise Week

Hull encouraged to ‘travel wisely’ with various events planned for TravelWise Week

11th September 2023

Hull City Council and its partners will be hosting various events across the city in support of TravelWise Week, a world-wide, week-long travel challenge where sustainable travel organisation, Modeshift, encourages everyone to travel wisely. It is the council’s ambition to make Hull cleaner, greener and healthier by encouraging residents to choose active forms of travel […]

View article Hull City council supports city’s first ever electric bus trial

Hull City council supports city’s first ever electric bus trial

9th August 2023

Representatives from Hull City Council attended the test drive of an all-electric bus as part of the authority’s efforts to promote sustainable transport in the city. Kerry Ryan, Strategic Transport Manager at Hull City Council, and Councillor Mark Ieronimo, Portfolio Holder for Transportation, Roads, and Highways, visited East Yorkshire Buses on Friday 28 July to test […]

View article Council supports campaign encouraging eligible residents to use free passes and ‘Take the Bus’

Council supports campaign encouraging eligible residents to use free passes and ‘Take the Bus’

8th August 2023

Hull City Council is supporting a national campaign to encourage more residents aged 66 plus or who are eligible due to disability to access free* bus travel. The ‘Take the Bus’ campaign highlights how to make the most of concessionary passes, freeing eligible residents from travel costs and unlocking destinations. Concessionary passes offer free travel […]

View article Hull City Council backs extension of the Government’s £2 bus fare cap

Hull City Council backs extension of the Government’s £2 bus fare cap

26th July 2023

Hull City Council has welcomed the Government’s announcement that the £2 bus fare cap will now run until October 2023. Hull residents can now hop on board most East Yorkshire or Stagecoach buses for just £2 per single journey, thanks to funding from the Government. The scheme originally started in January 2023 as a Government […]

View article ‘Bus Champions Day’ helps students get to grips with public transport

‘Bus Champions Day’ helps students get to grips with public transport

9th February 2023

The Hull Bus Alliance has held its first “Bus Champions Day” to give students more information on options for getting around the city. The partnership, made up of Hull City Council, Stagecoach and East Yorkshire Buses, is working with Hull University Students’ Union (HUSU) to ensure students, staff and their families have all the information […]

View article New bus stop QR codes put real-time information at passengers’ fingertips

New bus stop QR codes put real-time information at passengers’ fingertips

5th September 2022

Bus passengers in Hull can now access real-time information at bus stops across the city, thanks to new QR codes being added to timetables. Working in partnership with bus operators Stagecoach and East Yorkshire as part of the Hull Bus Alliance, Hull City Council is adding the QR codes to all bus stop timetable displays […]