Can alternative fare and ticketing strategies revive rural bus strategies?

Can alternative fare and ticketing strategies revive rural bus strategies?

Cathryn Jones

The assumption that lower fares automatically lead to increased passenger numbers doesn’t always hold true in rural areas. If services are infrequent or don’t connect the places people need to go, reducing... continue

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5 Jun 2025Local Transport Today News
Believ secures £300m of funding

Believ secures £300m of funding

Mark Moran

Electric vehicle charge point operator Believ has secured a £300 million investment... continue

6 Jun 2025EVolution News
Discounting lifts registrations of new electric vehicles

Discounting lifts registrations of new electric vehicles

Mark Moran

Fleet sale drove new car market growth in May as as... continue

5 Jun 2025EVolution News
Scottish Government provides £20m for electric vehicle loans in 2025-26

Scottish Government provides £20m for electric vehicle loans in 2025-26

Mark Moran

Households and businesses with lower incomes across Scotland will be... continue

3 Jun 2025EVolution News
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DfT scraps £2m+ bus network connectivity assessment project

Peter Stonham

The Department for Transport has confirmed that it is abandoning its project to require ‘connectivity assessments’ to be made of local bus networks, a decision likely to bring considerable relief to local transport authorities in terms of the work and costs involved. Eighteen months ago... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News

DfT warns of limits to rail infrastructure spending in response to Transport Committee

Peter Stonham

The Department for Transport has set out its position on funding rail enhancements ahead of the forthcoming Spending Review in a written submission to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee, responding to the committee’s current inquiry into rail investment pipelines. The committee... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
Reform picks leaders of its newly controlled councils, as approach on transport begins to shape up

Reform picks leaders of its newly controlled councils, as approach on transport begins to shape up

Transport and net zero polices are set to come under scrutiny at several councils across England in the wake of the local elections on 1 May. Reform UK made huge gains, taking control of 10 councils from the Conservatives as well as becoming the largest party in four other authorities with No Overall Control (NOC). The party took control in Derbyshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire,... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
Reeves must protect long-term funding for North’s transport schemes, says TfN

Reeves must protect long-term funding for North’s transport schemes, says TfN

Deniz Huseyin

Without a long-term commitment to rail, road and bus investment, the North... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
Funding certainty for transport will boost local economies – UTG

Funding certainty for transport will boost local economies – UTG

Deniz Huseyin

‘Government funding must offer long-term certainty,... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
Put behavioural science centre stage for all transport decisions, says TPS group

Put behavioural science centre stage for all transport decisions, says TPS group

Peter Stonham

The Transport Planning Society (TPS) policy panel has issued a new paper... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
Report for parliament explores technology implications for transport planning

Report for parliament explores technology implications for transport planning

Peter Stonham

Transport planning will be required to harness emerging technologies and... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News

Research shows ‘nuanced’ attitudes to East Oxford LTN

Deniz Huseyin

There have been “nuanced” reactions to the implementation of the East Oxford Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN), a study has found. Even those opposed to the scheme revealed a “tacit acceptance that something needed to be done to tackle car use and support for  the need to... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
Plan to curb road danger mapped out by Living Streets and Bikeability Trust

Plan to curb road danger mapped out by Living Streets and Bikeability Trust

Deniz Huseyin

Tougher jail sentences and lifetime driving bans for those whose actions... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
Study identifies claimed best potential locations for twelve New Towns

Study identifies claimed best potential locations for twelve New Towns

Peter Stonham

A new report outlines the local authority areas with the highest... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
30 May 2025Local Transport Today News

Trade bodies warn against bus franchising in Wales

Deniz Huseyin

Concerns about the viability of bus franchising in Wales have been raised by two trade bodies at a hearing of Senedd’s Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee. Scott Pearson, chair of the Coach and Bus Association Cymru, warned authorities against trying to emulate the... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
30 May 2025Local Transport Today News
Former First Minister distances himself from abolition of Welsh regional consortia

Former First Minister distances himself from abolition of Welsh regional consortia

Rhodri Clark

At the Public Transport Summit, Lord Carwyn Jones emphasised the value of... continue

30 May 2025Local Transport Today News

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