ATCO Board – Election of CHAIR & VICE CHAIR

Nominations for the posts of ATCO Chair and Vice Chair are now being taken.

Both roles are exciting opportunities to represent the transport professionals of ATCO at a national level, whether providing input to policy-shaping or influence in our relations with other agencies in the transport field and government departments.  You will also have the opportunity to lead the ATCO Board, overseeing the business of ATCO.

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Calling Rail Strategy members...

Recently the Rail Executive has began a drive to seek out links to all the Rail Strategy Documents, to pull together into one directory.  However, this is a mammoth task for one or two members to do for such a large number of authorities.

The Rail Exec would be grateful to all the officers responsible for Strategy and Rail or members on behalf of those who are, if they could visit http://www.atco.org.uk/submit-a-link and enter in the following information:

• Title - Your Authority Name
• Category - "- - Rail Strategy Documents"
• URL - a link to your Authority's web page where the document is available online
• Description - Is it a dedicated Strategy or more broader document, such as a LTP.

The Rail Executive is grateful for your support.

Value of Bus Services

A Summary of National Evidence

While we know the cost of financial support for subsidised bus services, historically information on the value of bus services has been limited. And yet, given current and future budget pressures, how can policy makers make value judgements on funding and service levels without this?

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Notice of Annual General Meeting 2012

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2012

Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at 15:45 on 20th November 2012 at LGA House, Smith Square, Westminster.

Any member wishing to put a motion to the meeting should submit it, signed (or electronically endorsed) by the proposer and a seconder, to Andrew James before 5pm 29th October 2012.

Further information and papers will be posted on the ATCO web site - ATCO chooses to deliver information electronically to keep administration costs down and to use less paper. This gives Members the personal choice to print the documents.

Paralympic gold medal-winner to talk at Euro Bus Expo

Triple gold medal winner at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Sophie Christiansen, is to offer her views on accessibility of public transport in a city environment as part of a seminar being presented by the Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers (ATCO) at Euro Bus Expo 2012, taking place 6-8 November at NEC Birmingham.

The presentation, 'Breaking down barriers to mobility and levelling the playing field', is one of a series of Master Class seminars taking place across the three days of the show.

The session will create debate about the challenges faced particularly by disabled people, who want to use public transport.

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