• Alchera Data Technologies has signed an agreement with Lancashire County Council to provide its Alchera Bus solution to support the monitoring and evaluation of the county’s bus network.
• Alchera’s software will aid Lancashire’s internal teams in understanding the ongoing performance of the region’s bus services, using data to quantify where network improvements should be made and evaluating their in-life performance.

Alchera Data Technologies (Cambridge, UK), a market leader in AI-driven mobility software, has entered into a contract with Lancashire County Council to provide ongoing access to its Alchera Bus solution. The partnership supports Lancashire’s commitment to provide more consistent and reliable bus travel and encourage modal shift onto the region’s services.

Alchera Bus harnesses available data to drive evidence-based decision making in the council. The solution will assist Lancashire’s transport planning teams in identifying ‘pinch points’ on the bus network impacting the free flow of buses, enabling the council to address the root causes of congestion and minimise passenger delays. The software uses data from the Bus Open Data Service (BODS), in addition to data supplied by bus operators.

Alchera have supported Lancashire on numerous projects including Transforming Cities Fund and Bus Service Improvement Plan delivery programmes. In addition, they have assisted the council on various Business Case work including their Levelling Up Fund, that if successful will lead to multi-million-pound investment being made available from central government.

This next phase will enable the success of these improvements to be effectively monitored and evaluated, aiding statutory reporting requirements for the Department for Transport and ensuring bus priority measures can be constantly tuned to account for evolving network conditions.

Use of the software is expected to improve bus reliability and increase adoption of bus services, in addition to having a significant impact on Lancashire’s Net Zero ambitions.

Martin Porter, Specialist Advisor for Intelligent and Sustainable Mobility at Lancashire County Council, commented: “We’re delighted to announce our partnership with Alchera, which supports Lancashire County Council’s commitment to deliver better services, protect our environment, support economic growth and care for the vulnerable. Improving the region’s bus services addresses all of these and Alchera’s software allows us to make better use of our resources.”

Matt Pick, Business Development Lead at Alchera, added: “We’ve worked with Lancashire County Council and their supply chain on a number of projects relating to improving local bus services, so it’s fantastic to formalise this relationship with a longer term commitment. This contract allows us to build on the amazing work already undertaken, underpinning Lancashire’s commitment to improving bus services for the benefit of local residents.”

Notes to the Editor

About Alchera: Focused on sustainable highways & smart cities, Alchera specialises in helping operators of transport networks to be more efficient and productive, using real-world AI-driven data & analytics. 

Alchera is working to unlock a future where we can fine tune our mobility infrastructure to adapt and respond to our society’s needs, connecting individuals, businesses and communities. Underpinned by years of expertise in working in the mobility sector, Alchera’s software and advanced machine learning models save organisations millions of pounds a year in operational efficiencies. Alchera’s solutions unlock decision-making across local, regional and national mobility operations, giving absolute, real-time and predicted insights on vehicle, cycle, micro-mobility and pedestrian movements.

With blue chip customers including Europe’s busiest highway and partnerships with major global consultancy firms, Alchera’s software unlocks data-driven decision making for the transport infrastructure sector in the UK and internationally.