Expressions of Interest

The Quality Bus 2026 event is being presented by Landor LINKS and supported by the Department for Transport and the Bus Centre of Excellence (BCoE).

BCoE is ready to build skills and capacity as the bus sector gets ready for major change. Whether following a franchising or enhanced partnership model for improving local bus services, all places in the country need the right skills and capability to deliver attractive bus services as part of an integrated, net zero transport system.

In parts of the bigger cities of Britain, over one in three journeys to work is made by bus. Nationally, one in three secondary school pupils reaches school by bus.

Nevertheless, for the UK to reach legally set carbon mitigation targets, as well as

achieve multiple public policy objectives including improved public health challenges,

greatly increased bus use needs is a key tool to achieve the

transformational change required.

About Quality Bus 2026 – what we’d like to hear from you…

Our Steering Group is now inviting abstracts for Expressions of Interest, of no more than 250 words, around the key theme of improving bus services.

Please complete the form below by 17.00 on 30 June 2026.

We’d like to hear about the projects, tools, services and innovations that are supporting the development of bus-related mobility and integrated networks. Key themes include:

Importance of bus reliability and bus speeds
Bus priority measures
Embedding bus services in new development
Practitioner success stories
Bus shelters and roadside infrastructure
Evaluating the extent and effectiveness of policy and governance in supporting bus services
The social and economic consequences of poor connectivity
Innovation and alternative service models
Demand Responsive Transport
New approaches to evaluation and economic models
Skills, training and resource
Behaviour change/modal shift
Improving digital connectivity to support innovative services
Transport technology platforms, tools and services
Taxis, coaches, car share and supporting services
Creating safe, reliable, and inclusive integrated networks
Fares and ticketing
Tackling the climate emergency
New approaches to allocating limited road space
Information and communications