Nearly a third was wiped off the value of shares in FirstGroup today after the operator announced a big fall in operating profits and cancelled... continue

Two options for a second Crossrail route in London, linking the south-west and north-east, have been published for consultation by Transport for... continue

Gary Nulty, Streetwise
With video cameras replacing people on most count surveys over the past decade or so, the lag between fieldwork and final results has increased as... continue

Lenny Winsel
Traditionally urban space design has always favoured vehicle movement over pedestrian movement and the need for high quality transportation... continue

Lána Pennycook
Sydney is Australia’s largest and most densely populated city, with a population of 4.6 million. The city’s central business district... continue

Erik de Romph
Companies such as TomTom possess enormous databases with vehicle-movements based on GPS data to predict traffic jams in real time and, with the... continue

Peter Debney
How do people navigate through a building, a train station or an airport? What happens when you need to evacuate an area, or if a number of exits... continue

Lorenzo Meschini, and Thomas Otterstätter and Johannes Schlaich from PTV Group
Traffic managers know from experience what traffic is going to be like during a specific time and day of the week and can therefore handle incidents... continue

Tom Van Vuren
As a modeller I am used to being challenged by technology, and I’m not just talking about getting used to Windows 8. Newer computers enabling... continue

CAR2GO, THE ‘pay-by-the-minute’ car club launched in the UK in London approximately six months ago (LTT 7 Dec 12), has now started... continue

The DfT this week indicated it had no plans to reply to a letter signed by many of the UK’s transport professors, which set out concerns about... continue

The DfT is believed to be planning to revise its road traffic forecasts for London, having conceded that the currently predicted growth is... continue

Andrew Forster
London’s government should have more power over tax and more freedom to borrow to ensure the capital’s transport infrastructure can keep... continue

Transport Consultant JMP has been bought by a turnaround investment company after running into trouble with a pension scheme deficit. The... continue

Work is underway on the Scottish Government’s project to reinstate the Borders railway between Edinburgh and Tweedbank (just beyond Galashiels)... continue

The Scottish Government has asked Sustrans to work with Scottish Natural Heritage and others to draw up plans for a national cycling and walking... continue

Pedestrians are at fault for the majority of road traffic accidents they are involved in, according to accident reports compiled by the police. Road... continue

A Scottish judge has provoked cyclists’ anger after concluding that a cyclist’s failure to wear a helmet contributed to her death in a... continue

Transport for London and TRL are trialling a range of cycle safety features on the test track at TRL’s Berkshire headquarters. Volunteers are... continue

Lee Baker
Transport for Greater Manchester is pushing stalled plans for collaboration between highways services across the conurbation. The DfT-supported... continue