Skates promises revised Welsh 20mph approach

Skates promises revised Welsh 20mph approach

Rhodri Clark

Revised guidance on the 20mph default limit in Wales will be published in July, Ken Skates, new Cabinet Secretary for North Wales & Transport, announced this week. In September, local authorities would commence the process of changing some of the 20mph speed limits implemented last September,... continue

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£1.8m fund boosts innovation to decarbonise freight

£1.8m fund boosts innovation to decarbonise freight

Businesses are being invited to bid for a share of £1.8m to make freight cleaner, more sustainable and more efficient. The Department for Transport has launched the third year of the £7m... continue

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Motorists put faith in councils to provide on-street charging

Motorists put faith in councils to provide on-street charging

Research by Vauxhall has highlighted the growing reliance drivers are placing on their local councils to increase on-street charging provision for electric vehicle (EV) drivers. Vauxhall revealed that 75% of motorists are depending on local... continue

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Public charging infrastructure has risen by 49% over past year

Public charging infrastructure has risen by 49% over past year

The number of public electric vehicle chargepoints in the UK has grown by 49% over the past year, says the Department for Transport. There are now 59,670 public electric vehicle charging devices installed in the UK. Compared to 1 April 2023, the... continue

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Tesla Supercharger team disbanded

Tesla Supercharger team disbanded

Tesla has axed its Supercharger division, which operates over 50,000 Superchargers globally, the company says. The end of the... continue

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Daily Mail corrects story about electric vehicles causing potholes

Daily Mail corrects story about electric vehicles causing potholes

Mark Moran

The Daily Mail has been forced to correct an inaccurate and... continue

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Coventry University pioneers electric vehicle charging on the move

Coventry University pioneers electric vehicle charging on the move

Mark Moran

Coventry University is helping to create technology to charge... continue

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Parking associations to publish single code of practice

Parking associations to publish single code of practice

Mark Moran

The UK’s two parking associations are to produce... continue

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SWARCO Smart Charging rebrands as Evolt Charging

SWARCO Smart Charging rebrands as Evolt Charging

SWARCO Smart Charging is formally rebranding its systems and service business to Evolt Charging to reflect its heritage in a name that launched its EV charging business more than 14 years... continue

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UK car production fell in March

UK car production fell in March

UK car production declined in March, down -27.1% year on year to 59,467 units, according to the latest figures published by... continue

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UK sees best first quarter for commercial vehicle production since 2008

UK sees best first quarter for commercial vehicle production since 2008

UK commercial vehicle output rose by 27.4% in the first quarter of 2024, the best Q1 performance since 2008, according to figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Some 32,626 vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches left factory lines, up 18.6%... continue

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Woodhead is new CEO at Living Streets

Woodhead is new CEO at Living Streets

Living Streets has appointed Catherine Woodhead as its new Chief Executive. She is currently Chief Executive of Muscular Dystrophy UK, which she... continue

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Parker moves on after quarter of century at ITP

Parker moves on after quarter of century at ITP

Jon Parker is leaving ITP after 25 years. Parker, who was Director of Transport Planning, said his career highlights include “significant, pioneering behaviour change research... continue

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Wise words from Webb as he bows out at i-Transport

Wise words from Webb as he bows out at i-Transport

Simon Webb, the Managing Partner of consultancy i-Transport, has retired almost 20 years after setting up the practice. He set up the business in partnership with Mark Gimingham in April 2005. Among... continue

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Wales & Western role at Network Rail for Walden

Network Rail’s Wales and Western region has appointed Tim Walden as its new Capital Delivery Director. He joins from the company’s Southern region, where he has held the role of Capital Delivery Director since June 2022. He replaces Stuart Calvert, who has moved to the role of Capital... continue

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Hodson promoted to senior role at Arup

Sarah Hodson has been promoted to the role of Senior Transport Planner at Arup. She has been with the consultant for nearly three years, before which she spent almost a year as the Bus Centre of Excellence’s Project Co-ordinator. ... continue

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Highway role for Nayak at Royal HaskoningDHV

Shubham S Nayak has started a new position as Highway Engineer at Royal HaskoningDHV following nearly two years as Graduate Engineer at the consultancy.... continue

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Labour strengthens moves towards public ownership of  buses

Labour strengthens moves towards public ownership of buses

Peter Stonham

Labour’s shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh... continue

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