Phil Goodwin
Keith Buchan, chair of the Transport Planning Society, last month wrote that the Department for Transport’s traffic forecasts were “now... continue

AECOM has appointed Alan Crawford as a regional director primarily with responsibility for the Midlands, within its European transportation practice.... continue

Peter Blair has joined consultant WYG to drive growth in its northern offices. He joins from the Denis Wilson Group, where he was operations... continue

James Steer has joined consultant Steer Davies Gleave from Government high-speed rail company HS2 Ltd, where he worked on the project’s... continue

The Government this week made concessions to countryside campaigners and planners by introducing some safeguards against car-based development into... continue

The DfT needs to strengthen the quality of its policy evaluations, an internal review has concluded. “While there are pockets of excellence in... continue

The Government is setting up a Major Infrastructure and Environment Unit to try and reduce the delays to major projects in England brought about by... continue

Transport planners are being asked what needs to be done to encourage more of them to take the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification.... continue

The Government is setting up a new research programme to develop future urban transport technologies. The ‘Transport systems and future cities... continue

Andrew Forster
The DfT’s new Capability Action Plan reports that many people outside Government believe the coalition’s transport policies lack... continue

John Dales
If you blinked over the past fortnight you could have missed any one (or all) of a number of transport-related policy statements and utterances that... continue

LeighFisher has acquired the London and Netherlands-based transportation practice of Booz & Company to strengthen its European infrastructure... continue

Ian Harrison, Devon’s head of economy and enterprise, is to retire at the end of May. Harrison has been with Devon since 1991, latterly working... continue

Mark Kemp has joined Oxfordshire County Council as interim deputy director for highways and transport, replacing Steve Howell who is leaving at the... continue

Philip Rutnam has been named the DfT’s new permanent secretary, replacing Lin Homer, who was appointed chief executive of HM Revenue and... continue

The DfT is being urged to rethink its plans to devolve major transport scheme funding amid claims that the proposed system will create an... continue

Gary Forster, Chief executive, Transaid, London NW1
Further to your tribute to Peter Huntley, I am writing to provide an update regarding Peter’s fundraising. Peter’s original target for... continue

What’s the difference between a policy, a strategy and a plan? It’s a question that has been troubling Merseytravel. “From... continue

Balfour Beatty has signalled that the UK arm of its Parsons Brinckerhoff consultancy will target specialist markets where competition is limited in... continue

Eighty percent of UK households spend more than 10% of their disposable income on transport, according to the RAC Foundation. Households that spend... continue