Busways has been named the winner of the 2022 National Industry Environment and Innovation Award, announced recently by the Bus Industry Confederation (BIC).
The award, presented by BIC Chair Tony Hopkins and Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey, acknowledged outstanding results across a wide range of environmental initiatives from the Busways management team and staff.
Busways’ commitment to the environment and focus on innovations such as future mobility trials, zero emission bus rollouts, software to optimise ZEB charging, switch to environmentally-friendly cleaning products and projects to digitally transform workflow at depots contributed to the judges’ decision.
Busways Managing director, Byron Rowe, said the Busways leadership team nurtures a culture of continuous improvement under the company’s core value of finding better ways.
“Our managers are encouraged to visit depots, talk with industry, listen to customers and keep abreast of trends, so as to propose new ideas within the business to keep providing a more sustainable bus service and a better journey experience for our customers,” he said.
“Over our 80-year history we’ve introduced many innovations which are now standard in the bus industry and we’re continuing to work with our clients, customers and partners as we move with the industry into a sustainable future.
“At Busways trial and testing are an important part of the innovation process, with lessons learned opening a pathway to practical innovation for long term improvements.
“As a result, there is an unparalleled willingness to invest in innovation and sustainability projects across the business.”
Busways was nominated by BusNSW after winning the NSW Award in October, with BusNSW Executive Director, Matt Threlkeld, accepting the national award on behalf of Busways at the BIC Annual Conference in Brisbane.
Busways is the largest wholly Australian-owned bus operator carrying 26 million passengers a year, with a fleet of over 1,350 and 2600 employees, including many on the Central Coast.
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Media release, Nov 17
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