Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to encourage the adoption by the bus industry of the winning submission to the Transport Catapult competition for the design of audio-visual systems on buses.

The winner of the ‘All Aboard’ technology competition, which challenged students around the country to come up with innovative and cost-effective ideas about how to provide passengers with accessible information during their bus journey, was announced on 13^th March 2015.

The Transport Systems Catapult have committed to invest £50,000 to develop the winning design into a working prototype and are now working to procure a suitable technology company to undertake this work.

When a prototype design has been finalised, we will look to engage with bus industry representatives to determine the most appropriate way to trial the new technology.