FOI Request - Bus Transport

Request 101002656590

1. Is the Council responsible for the provision of the following?
a) Bus Real Time Information (Yes/No)
b) Registrations and Publicity (Yes/No)
c) NaPTAN Management (Yes/No)
d) Demand Response Transport (Yes/No)
e) Schools Transport (Yes/No)
f) Traffic light priority for Buses (Yes/No)

2. If Yes, who is your software providers?
a) Bus Real Time Information
b) Registrations and Publicity
c) NaPTAN Management
d) Demand Response Transport
e) Schools Transport
f) Traffic light priority for Buses

3. When does the software contract end?
a) Bus Real Time Information
b) Registrations and Publicity
c) NaPTAN Management
d) Demand Response Transport
e) Schools Transport
f) Traffic light priority for Buses

4. What is the annual payment for this software?
a) Bus Real Time Information
b) Registrations and Publicity
c) NaPTAN Management
d) Demand Response Transport
e) Schools Transport
f) Traffic light priority for Buses

5. If no, which authority manages these for your area?
a) Bus Real Time Information
b) Registrations and Publicity
c) NaPTAN Management
d) Demand Response Transport
e) Schools Transport
f) Traffic light priority for Buses

6. Which Department is responsible for each of the systems?
a) Bus Real Time Information
b) Registrations and Publicity
c) NaPTAN Management
d) Demand Response Transport
e) Schools Transport
f) Traffic light priority for Buses

7. Number of buses per day?

8. Number of trips per day?

Response 11.01.21

1. Is the Council responsible for the provision of the following?
a) Bus Real Time Information (Yes/No) – Yes, currently nothing in place and existing displays not serviced. Extension of Regional Transport Partnership HiTrans contract with Vix may see Morays switched back on at no cost to Council in 2021.
b) Registrations and Publicity (Yes/No) – Registrations and publicity are operator responsibility. Essentially No. Council does put up bus stop displays supplied through Regional Transport Partnership HiTrans.
c) NaPTAN Management (Yes/No) - Yes
d) Demand Response Transport (Yes/No) Yes
e) Schools Transport (Yes/No) Yes
f) Traffic light priority for Buses (Yes/No) Yes

2. If Yes, who is your software providers?
a) Bus Real Time Information – Nil but see (1) above
b) Registrations and Publicity – Nil but see (1) above
c) NaPTAN Management – Excel
d) Demand Response Transport – Data Images
e) Schools Transport – Access Database
f) Traffic light priority for Buses - Nil

3. When does the software contract end?
a) Bus Real Time Information – Not Applicable
b) Registrations and Publicity  - Not Applicable
c) NaPTAN Management – Not Applicable
d) Demand Response Transport – Ongoing annual renewal procured.
e) Schools Transport – Not Applicable
f) Traffic light priority for Buses – Not Applicable

4. What is the annual payment for this software?
a) Bus Real Time Information – Not Applicable
b) Registrations and Publicity – Not Applicable
c) NaPTAN Management – Not Applicable
d) Demand Response Transport - £10K
e) Schools Transport – Not Applicable
f) Traffic light priority for Buses – Not Applicable

5. If no, which authority manages these for your area?
a) Bus Real Time Information – Regional Transport Partnership HiTrans hold a RTP contract with Vix which may be extended to cover Moray at no cost to Council
b) Registrations and Publicity – Not Applicable per se but see (1) above for bus stop displays.
c) NaPTAN Management – Not Applicable
d) Demand Response Transport – Not Applicable
e) Schools Transport – Not Applicable
f) Traffic light priority for Buses – Not Applicable

6. Which Department is responsible for each of the systems?
a) Bus Real Time Information – Transportation
b) Registrations and Publicity – Transportation
c) NaPTAN Management – Transportation
d) Demand Response Transport – Transportation
e) Schools Transport – Transportation
f) Traffic light priority for Buses - Transportation

7. Number of buses per day? Approximately 70 per day.

8. Number of trips per day? Approximately 500 per day