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3 February
London mayor Boris Johnson this week officially re-opened Exhibition Road in South Kensington after a three-year makeover...
3 February
The delivery of costly local transport projects could be hampered by the DfT’s plan to devolve major scheme...
3 February
The DfT this week played down the likelihood of Cornwall Council being given permission to introduce a flat rate charge for...
3 February
Ministers have endorsed retail adviser Mary Portas’s call for councils to ensure their town centre parking policies...
3 February
Local authorities should refrain from using the term ‘shared space’ to describe street enhancement schemes...
3 February
Transport for London is to roll-out pedestrian countdown technology to 200 traffic signal locations across the capital. The...
3 February
Glasgow City Council has voiced concern about Network Rail’s plan to upgrade the Edinburgh-Glasgow rail service,...
3 February
Andrew Forster Transport Scotland is considering including local transport projects in the contract to build a bypass of Aberdeen. The 46km...
3 February
Rik Thomas The future of Intelligent Transport Systems is co-operation, Alan Bristow, director of traffic at Transport for London, told...
3 February
The UK’s first privately-owned direct current (DC) rapid-charging station for electric vehicles has been opened in...
3 February
Rik Thomas Once the media storm surrounding the HS2 decision had died down the papers rapidly turned their attention to the...
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