Blue coat attendants now on patrol in Northern Ireland

Blue coat attendants now on patrol in Northern Ireland

Mark Moran

The enforcement of both on-street and off-street parking in Northern Ireland has until now been provided by red-coated traffic attendants through an agreement... continue

10 Apr 2024Parking Review News
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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25 Apr 2024Local Transport Today People
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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25 Apr 2024Local Transport Today People
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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25 Apr 2024Local Transport Today People

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

25 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News

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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25 Apr 2024Local Transport Today People
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

25 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News
Sunak not championing net zero, says CCC chief

Sunak not championing net zero, says CCC chief

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is failing to prioritise climate change after his speech at last year’s Conservative party conference appeared to backtrack on the Government’s... continue

25 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News

What is Uber’s multi-modal plan?

Peter Stonham

Uber has been increasingly promoting partnerships with public transport operators to expand its offer beyond the original private hire car service. It launched a major promotion of its offer of train information and to book rail journeys in the UK last autumn (see LTT881, 28 Nov 2023), offers coach... continue

25 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News
‘Green travel tax should pay for free public transport’

‘Green travel tax should pay for free public transport’

Deniz Huseyin

Free public transport paid for by increased tax on air... continue

24 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News

Switching to EVs means 90% of drivers find cost savings, survey finds

Nearly 90% of respondents to a survey say they have made savings on driving costs after switching from petrol or diesel cars to an electric model. The research by the Green Insurer also found that nearly half (48%) of electric car drivers describe the savings as “substantial” while just... continue

24 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News

UK can turnaround EV sales trends, says APC

The UK could place itself at the forefront of a global turnaround in EV sales trends by embracing five key upcoming developments, according to the latest Demand Report produced by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC). Five major developments could see the UK accelerate itself into pole position... continue

24 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News

DfT offers operators grants to improve information for disabled passengers

The Government is offering small bus and a coach operators a share of £4.65m to install technology that will display and announce information clearly for all passengers, including those with sight and hearing impairments. Operators can bid for Accessible Information Grants to help cover the... continue

24 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News

Long distance limit for young bus and coach drivers to end

Deniz Huseyin

Bus and coach drivers aged 18 to 20 will no longer be stopped from driving routes of no more than 50km, under changes proposed by the Government. This would give young bus and coach drivers parity with 18 to 20-year-olds driving articulated lorries, who can already drive with no distance limit, as... continue

24 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News

Dutch MaaS integrator umob picks up Whim from bankruptcy

Peter Stonham

Dutch MaaS platform umob, which integrates the use of shared mobility, taxi and public transport in one app, has acquired MaaS Global, the Finnish mobility developer behind Whim which filed for bankruptcy last month (LTT888, 21 March 2024). MaaS Global, founded in Finland in 2015, is widely... continue

24 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News

MaaS progress and prospects reviewed in new IET book

A review of recent trends and developments in Mobility as a Service and potential future direction in the field has been published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Authors Beate Kubitz and James Gleave look at the goal of MaaS to support a shift away from personally-owned modes of... continue

24 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News
£1.3m TRIG grants from DfT for innovative transport projects

£1.3m TRIG grants from DfT for innovative transport projects

The latest round of the government’s Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) is now open, with organisations and academics able to win up to £45,000 in funding from a £1.3m pot. The TRIG scheme, delivered by... continue

24 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News

Ordnance Survey develops multi-modal routing tool

A multi-modal routing tool that integrates over one million kilometres of existing OS road, rail, path and ferry networks, along with the 300,000 transport sites that connect them, has been developed by Ordnance Survey (OS). Where transport planners previously had to process and join multiple... continue

24 Apr 2024Local Transport Today News
Government will not change VAT on public charging

Government will not change VAT on public charging

Mark Moran

The government is not looking to cut the VAT rate for public charging nor introduced targeted purchase grants for EV drivers. These are among the... continue

23 Apr 2024EVolution News
Char.gy installs 3,000th public chargepoint

Char.gy installs 3,000th public chargepoint

Mark Moran

Char.gy has reached a significant milestone by installing its 3,000th EV charging point. The company specialises in providing... continue

23 Apr 2024EVolution News
EV sector needs to inspire the next generation of ‘Net Zero heroes’

EV sector needs to inspire the next generation of ‘Net Zero heroes’

Mark Moran

The challenges and opportunities around skills in the electric... continue

23 Apr 2024EVolution News

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