MSPs are launching an inquiry into community transport provision in Scotland. Among the issues the Scottish Parliament’s infrastructure and... continue

Community Transport Association chief executive Keith Halstead is leaving on 31 March for a “new leadership role”. CTA deputy chief... continue

A LONDON-BASED company   behind an application that allows you to hail a taxi from your phone has raised $30m so it can expand. Halio laid... continue

Reading Borough Council is to consult on allowing private hire vehicles to use with-flow bus lanes. Municipally-owned Reading Buses opposes the plan.... continue

Network Rail and the City of Edinburgh Council are studying how to operate a taxi stacking area outside Waverley station. The stacking area is part... continue

London mayor Boris Johnson has called for primary legislation to ban pedicabs from the capital’s streets. In his submission to the Law... continue

Independent bus operators have made a State Aid complaint to the European Commission concerning payments by local authorities in England and Wales to... continue

Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply 50 all-electric cars to London-based minicab company... continue

The community transport sector has grown over the last three years and now provides 15m passengers journeys a year. The Community Transport... continue

Paul Salveson
Life as a councillor continues to be interesting. I’ll come to the saga of our bridge works in my Golcar ward later but first I’ll... continue

Businesses in London’s West End are calling for the number of buses serving Oxford Street to be dramatically reduced when Crossrail opens, with... continue

Ian Ashman, A & J Coaches
Some readers of LTT may recall an article by me in February 2011, ‘Some councils are giving community transport providers an easy ride’... continue

Local authorities are acting lawfully if they allow taxis but not private hire vehicles (PHVs) to use bus lanes, the High Court ruled last week. Mr... continue

Local authorities in the Newcastle city region are in discussion about forming a city region taxi and private hire regulation body, which would take... continue

TFL has has obtained a High Court injuction preventing minicab firm Addison Lee from instructing its drivers to use bus lanes and forcing the firm to... continue

Leicestershire County Council is to consult on reductions to the tendered bus network to deliver £750,000 of savings. Councillors this week... continue

Surely everyone in the country is now familiar with the mantra that we need to walk and cycle more and use our cars a bit less? Well, one sector of... continue

Bristol City Council is replacing two subsidised night bus services with taxi-sharing schemes, in order to cut costs. The N7 and N8 ‘Night... continue

The DfT has ruled out extending the statutory concessionary fares scheme to community transport services. The House of Commons transport select... continue

Andrew Forster
Cambridgeshire County Council plans to launch three local transport franchise pilots this winter, with the  aim of delivering public transport... continue