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York to boast one of the biggest fleets of double deck electric buses outside of London
(York Park & Ride)York will soon be home to one of the biggest fleets of double deck electric buses outside of London, thanks to a significant investment by First York and funding secured by City of York Council from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). Today (25 March), City of York Council, First York...
Sir Vince Cable backs calls to help buses make York's air cleaner
(all areas)Electric buses and York’s new Clean Air Zone was on the agenda as Sir Vince Cable MP paid a visit to First York ahead of Liberal Democrat Conference here in York. Recently, £1.6 million was secured in the Council Budget to create the UK’s first voluntary Clean Air Zone in York, which will...
New hospital bus service to launch in York
(York Park & Ride)York Hospital has today announced that it will launch a new park and ride bus service directly to the hospital in partnership with First York, made possible thanks to funding from York Teaching Hospital Charity. The new service will launch on Monday 29 April 2019. Running every 20 minutes, the...
Women actively avoid careers perceived as 'men only'
(all areas)A quarter of women have actively avoided careers because they are perceived as ‘men only’- including construction, bus driving and politics, a study found. Researchers who polled 2,000 employed Brits found around a fifth of females are stuck in a career they don't enjoy – and just one in 10...