Seat Booking for Buses
Channel: RTIG
Date: 2020-08-20

As buses become busier the need the confidence you can get on a bus means some passengers may want to book a seat, and a bus operators needs to understand the demand for journeys to know where to direct resources.
Could being able to book a journey or seat on a bus be one way of solving this double problem.
We are used to being able to book a seat when we make a long distance train or coach journey but not when we make a short bus journey. 
What are the options and potential opportunities for the bus industry ?
In this session you will hear about the trials and plans for seat reservations from:

Meera Nayyar, Department for Transport;

Ben Hutchison, Transport for Wales;

David Hall, TrawsCymru;

Dave Skepper, Stagecoach East Midlands;

Rob Pymm, First West of England.