England’s PTEs this week criticised the DfT for diverting transport funding away from the largest urban areas to rural areas and the London... continue

David Bayliss, Beaconsfield HP2
Most transport planners will have heard of, if not read, the ‘Buchanan Report’. But I wonder how many will be reflecting on the passing... continue

Keith Mitchell, Chairman, Peter Brett Associates, Reading RG1
I was encouraged by the letter sent by Keith Buchan, chair of the Transport Planning Society, and the 32 professors of transport to transport... continue

Professor Stephen Glaister CBE, Director, RAC Foundation, London SW1Y
As always, AA president Edmund King talks a lot of sense (‘Rethink privatised road plans, motoring chief tells ministers’ LTT 25 Jan). He... continue

Local Transport Today
The House of Commons public accounts committee this week makes strident criticisms of how the DfT manages local transport spending. Or, in the... continue

The DfT has announced a new £30m competitive fund to boost cycling in cities and a new £12m fund to boost cycling in National Parks. The... continue

The Scottish Government is cutting the reimbursement rate bus operators receive for carrying concessionary passholders – but with transitional... continue

Andrew Forster
MPs have voiced alarm at the DfT’s lack of knowledge about how its local transport funds are spent by councils. The House of Commons public... continue

Metro, the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, is bracing itself for difficult negotiations with bus operators over the next concessionary... continue

West Yorkshire’s council leaders are to pay a levy to support the proposed West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund. The levy that the five... continue

Northamptonshire County Council has given more detail of its plan to borrow  to fund a £40m-£45m road. The council says the... continue

The Scottish Government this week rejected the City of Edinburgh Council’s request that the Government fund concessionary travel on the... continue

Cambridgeshire County Council will re-allocate £264,000 of local transport plan funds to allow its private finance initiative provider to... continue

Gwynedd Council is to review the finances of its council-owned professional engineering consultancy after it was found that it is predicted to... continue

The DfT has been urged by MPs to provide a greater steer to local authorities on the unring-fenced funding it provides for highway maintenance. The... continue

Ministers should appoint a board of experts to advise on the nation’s transport and other infrastructure priorities, according to a new report... continue

The number of transport and storage businesses entering administration jumped by 50% quarter on quarter in the last three months of 2012. KPMG... continue

Lee Baker
A DfT decision to extend FirstGroup’s Great Western and Thameslink franchises for over two years has bought the troubled group some breathing... continue

Network Rail is inviting bids from local authorities, train operators and developers in England and Wales for a share of a £20m New Stations... continue

The DfT should give more weighting to the quality of bids when it chooses who to award a rail franchise to, says Brown. The DfT is unusual in... continue