Consultants have questioned the Government’s  electric vehicle strategy, saying there is little prospect of electric vehicles becoming... continue

The notion that the UK Government is going backwards in its commitment to cut carbon dioxide emissions made the front page of The Independent on 11... continue

A REPORT outlining a role for liquid air in reducing bus diesel consumption and transport carbon emissions has been published following work by Arup... continue

LONDON MAYOR Boris Johnson has introduced a new Ultra Low Emission Discount (ULED) for the capital’s congestion charging scheme.  It will... continue

Tony Duckenfield, Steer Davies Gleave
Looking at new registrations of electric and hybrid vehicles (EVs) we can see a worrying slow-down in growth (Figure 1), which is mirrored by a... continue

Transport for London has hailed emission test results from its New Bus for London. Tests using a vehicle that has been in passenger service for eight... continue

The European Commission plans to introduce a European standard for measuring the carbon footprint of passenger and freight operations. A... continue

The Government has cleared the way for airport expansion in the South East of England by dropping the idea of tightening noise measurement and... continue

The DfT is consulting on a series of changes to its WebTAG transport appraisal guidance. New guidance explains how bus ‘quality factors’... continue

Rik Thomas
ON 18 FEBRUARY, which was the tenth anniversary of the introduction of congestion charging in London, The Daily Mirror asked the rhetorical question:... continue

London mayor Boris Johnson is to exempt goods vehicles and coaches from the fifth phase of the capital’s Low Emission Zone. Phase five, to be... continue

Transport for London has paid compensation to 35 van owners who were incorrectly told their vehicles would not be compliant with the capital’s... continue

Householders in Scotland are to be offered free installation of electric vehicle charging points as part of the Scottish Government’s plans to... continue

Ford, Renault-Nissan and Daimler have agreed to jointly develop a fuel cell system in a bid to bring forward mass-market zero-emission vehicles. The... continue

Local Transport Today
There is no shortage of transport advice for ministers reported in these pages this week. AA president Edmund King is calling on the Government to... continue

Andrew Forster
London mayor Boris Johnson this week called on ministers to examine whether man-made global warming theory is flawed. Johnson said it was time... continue

Just over 3,000 claims were made to the Government’s Plug-in car grant scheme in the first two years of its operation. Since January 2011... continue

Stagecoach Group is investing £75m in 430 new buses and coaches. The operator has placed orders for more than 380 buses for regional bus... continue

Gas and electric-powered vehicles could help cut the carbon dioxide emissions from road freight, according to a new report by Ricardo and AEA... continue

The DfT is to reduce the level of grant support per low carbon bus in the £20m fourth round of the Green Bus Fund announced by the DfT this... continue