Bus vehicle specifications, branding guidance and livery design for franchised bus services
Dear Transport for Greater Manchester,
I have a freedom of information request.
Transport for London has published bus vehicle specifications and design standards for London Buses (including branding, bus livery, shelter, bus stop etc.).
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparenc...
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-an...
Would you be able to publish a document of your bus vehicle specifications, including your new electric buses that you have purchased, and a document of your branding guidance and livery design for your franchised bus services?
Are there plans to purchase more zero-emission buses, including the use of dual-doors, which London Buses specifies to reduce dwell times at bus stops?
Yours faithfully,
Natalie Bunce
Good afternoon,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
We acknowledge with thanks your request for information held by TfGM which was received at this office on 13/07/2023.
Information requested as set out below:
"I have a freedom of information request.
Transport for London has published bus vehicle specifications and design standards for London Buses (including branding, bus livery, shelter, bus stop etc.)."
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Good afternoon,
Further to your below request for information, I am writing to advise you that we require more time to respond to your request as we are considering a public interest test under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 43 (2) exempts from disclosure information which would prejudice, or would be likely to prejudice, someone's commercial interests.
We will now endeavour to respond to your request by 7 September 2023.
Sincerely,
TfGM FoI Team
Dear TfGM FoI Team,
I'm still waiting for a response, as it has now taken over a month.
Would you be able to provide a response please?
Yours sincerely,
Natalie Bunce
Dear Transport for Greater Manchester,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Transport for Greater Manchester's handling of my FOI request 'Bus vehicle specifications, branding guidance and livery design for franchised bus services'.
I've been waiting for a couple of months for a response to my FOI request and you haven't released the information to me regarding Bus vehicle specifications, branding guidance and livery design for franchised bus services.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/b...
Yours faithfully,
Natalie Bunce
Good afternoon,
Please find attached TfGM's response to your request for information, received by this office on 13/07/2023. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in providing this information, we have received your previous request for an internal review. With this response now being provided, if you would no longer like us to complete an internal review of this request, please advise us of this.
We have created a brief questionnaire to gather feedback on the FoI/EIR process. We would be grateful if you could take a minute to respond. Please note that this questionnaire is intended to be anonymous, if you would like us to address specific queries about your request, please do so via the internal review process referenced in our correspondence. The form is available via the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponseP...
Sincerely,
TfGM FoI Team
Dear FOI,
Thanks for responding to my FOI request.
You can now cancel the Internal Review.
Yours sincerely,
Natalie Bunce
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email below, we will now withdraw the internal review.
Sincerely,
TfGM FoI Team
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