The Welsh Assembly Government is to fund future rail capital schemes directly, rather than via local government. The immediate result is a 66% cut in... continue

The DfT has appointed Richard Turfitt traffic commissioner for the Eastern Area, starting on 1 May. He previously headed the litigation and... continue

The Government this week signalled significant changes to the way the Regional Funding Allocation system works for prioritising transport projects,... continue

The Government Office for the North West is consulting on proposed changes to the region's draft regional spatial strategy. One of the key transport... continue

The DfT has issued bidding guidance for the second round of the Community Infrastructure Fund that will fund new transport infrastructure to... continue

A trial hovercraft service on the Clyde took place last week that could eventually lead to a permanent service connecting settlements on the Clyde... continue

Metro, the West Yorkshire PTE, has appointed consultants to prioritise locations for new rail stations in the conurbation. Steer Davies Gleave will... continue

Findings from two studies into 500km/hr magnetic levitation (maglev) travel in the UK are expected to be published in May. The studies have examined... continue

The South East of England's regional transport board has written to transport secretary Ruth Kelly calling on the DfT to find resources from outside... continue

The South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority has appointed David Brown (pictured) director general of the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport... continue

Local authorities in the West Midlands region are to commission a review of transport governance arrangements so that they can capitalise on the... continue

Scotland's regional transport partnerships are keeping a close eye on this month's council budget setting processes to see how much funding they will... continue

A fresh round of appeals against Centro-WMPTA's reimbursement plans for elderly and disabled concessionary travel seems likely after bus operators... continue

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has awarded the contract for phase three of a conurbationwide public transport study to MVA Consultancy. MVA... continue

The East of England Regional Assembly has appointed consultants Steer Davies Gleave and logistics consultancy LCP Consulting to prepare a freight... continue

Stakeholders in Surrey were meeting this week to discuss plans to create a new partnership body, Transport for Surrey, to drive forward transport... continue

The South West and South East of England are close to putting in place a new funding regime designed to speed up the delivery of transport and other... continue

A critical report by the Audit Commission into the governance of the stalled Merseytram project (LTT 25 Jan) prompted an editorial in The Liverpool... continue

The DfT's forecast of 15% peak period rail passenger growth into Cardiff between 2009 and 2014 contained in last year's High Level Output Statement... continue

Andrew Forster
Ever since regional councils were scrapped in the mid-1990s a debate has raged about how transport policy should best be delivered in Scotland.... continue