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Busways recognised nationally for innovation and sustainability
NSW operator Busways was recognised for its innovation in the industry with a national BIC award this week
Australian bus operator Busways has been named the winner of the 2022 National Industry Environment and Innovation Award by the Bus Industry Confederation (BIC) at BIC’s annual national conference.
The 2022 BIC National Industry Award for Environment and Innovation was presented to Busways by BIC Chair Tony Hopkins and Queensland transport and main roads minister Mark Bailey for its 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, switching to environmentally-friendly cleaning products and projects to digitally transform workflow at depots contributed to the judges’ decision.
Busways managing director Byron Rowe thanked the BIC Awards committee and welcomed the award, saying 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,” Rowe says.
“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 is 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 then 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 and BusNSW executive award Matt Threlkeld accepted the National Award on behalf of Busways at the BIC Annual Conference in Brisbane, saying “it was recognition of outstanding results across a wide range of innovations and environmental initiatives”.
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