Bus Reform: Will the latest bus legislation enable better public transport and transport planning outcomes?

This webinar took place on 14 April 2026.

This TPS/BCoE webinar draws together speakers with direct experience in – and with different perspectives on – improving bus services and service networks, and what that can achieve.

The webinar aimed at giving attendees insights into the opportunities created by recent legislative changes and how these can be used to deliver better bus planning and wider transport planning outcomes

Agenda:

• Welcome
  Tiff Lynch, chair of TPS Policy Panel’s Bus, Rail and Logistics group

• The role of BCoE
  Stelios Rodoulis, Bus Centre of Excellence

• How the Bus Services Act 2025 unlocks better bus network planning
  Gwyn Ephraim, Arup

• The Franchising perspective
  Anna Malone, Liverpool City Region combined authority

• The Enhanced Partnership Plus perspective
  Katharine Broomfield, Oxfordshire County Council

• An operator’s perspective
  Nick Small, Oxford Bus Group/Go South Coast (Go Ahead Group)

• Q&A