Guidance and regulation

How to report a driver or their company to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) if you think they're breaking safety rules.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 4 August 2022

How local transport authorities (LTAs) and bus operators can work together to develop a bus service improvement plan (BSIP).

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 16 January 2024

How £220 million of funding will improve bus services.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 6 February 2020

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UK nationwide standard for exchanging bus schedules and related data.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 12 March 2014

Find and use timetable, location and fares data for local bus services in England.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 25 November 2020

UK nationwide standard for exchanging bus schedules and related data.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 12 March 2014

Guidance for local authorities and operators of local bus services in England.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 11 December 2020

Information on how to give a local authority pre-notice of a local bus registration.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 13 June 2018

Bus operators and local authorities in England must use this service to publish bus timetable, location and fares data.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 31 May 2022

The data formats bus operators must use when publishing location data via the Bus Open Data Service under the SIRI-VM standard.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 21 October 2020

UK nationwide standard for exchanging bus schedules and related data.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 15 November 2016

How local authorities can decarbonise local bus services.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 13 April 2022

UK nationwide standard for exchanging bus schedules and related data.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 20 January 2014

An overview of the process for registering and operating local bus services in England and Wales

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 27 February 2024