by Zahin Ahmed | Oct 20, 2021 | In Parliament
It was great to speak with two leading bus companies this morning about zero-emission technology. Manufacturers need urgent answers on how and when this Government plans to build the 4,000 non-carbon buses they’ve repeatedly promised but failed to...
by Zahin Ahmed | Oct 4, 2021 | In Parliament
Today I was in Brighton in my role as Shadow Minister for Buses and Local Transport. I had a great tour of @TheGoAheadGroup’s new fleet of Geofencer Hybrid EV Buses, which delivers over 200,000 low emission miles each year. We had a thoughtful discussion on...
by Zahin Ahmed | Sep 24, 2021 | In Parliament
In July, the Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, boasted to the House of Commons that 900 zero-emission buses were in production “right now”. Now, he says “the funding was made available” and fails to confirm how many have been built. I have...
by Zahin Ahmed | Sep 17, 2021 | In Parliament
It was great to attend and speak at the Campaign for Better Transport, Zero Emission Buses conference at City Hall. A massive thank you to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, for hosting and for announcing that Transport for London will now only purchase zero-emission...