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Go-Ahead today welcomes the announcement from the Department for Transport (DfT) regarding extended funding of bus services in England, to be provided by the UK Government. 

• Go-Ahead bus company East Yorkshire is launching a demand-responsive bus service in North Lincolnshire next month
• The scheme, called ‘JustGo North Lincs’ is funded by North Lincolnshire Council, providing a sustainable financial model for demand-responsive transport
• Passengers in the region can book a bus on demand through a few taps of an app

• Go-Ahead’s Billion Journey Project is the UK’s largest transport accelerator programme for start-up and scale-up businesses
• Swiftly worked with bus company Go South Coast to improve efficiencies by 15 per cent to enable more reliable and quicker journeys
• Nine innovative companies trialed their technology across Go-Ahead’s bus and rail businesses

• Go-Ahead has developed a unique predictive technology tool to help customers plan the best time to travel on bus services
• ‘When to Travel’ offers dynamic, colour coded bus timetables that show seat availability on services, giving customers who need to travel the confidence to plan bus journeys
•  The app and website feature, launching today, helps passengers avoid busy times whilst capacity is reduced to enable social distancing

• Go-Ahead bus companies have created home activity sheets for children to support parents
• Go South Coast launches online ‘bus school’ with English and art activities
• Buses continue to be at the heart of communities even though fewer services are running

• One-in-three applications for Go-Ahead’s 2020 bus management graduate scheme came from women
• Go-Ahead has set a target to increase female representation in its bus companies from 11% to 20% by 2025
• The company launched an industry-first “Women in Bus” network in 2019 
• Go-Ahead has a gender-balanced board with over 50% female representation