John Dales
I’m going to kick off this month by, well, kicking off. I’ve just been strolling around the two largest town centres in a London borough... continue

London Boroughs are reviewing their transport plans after receiving confirmation of reduced funding for the next three years. Boroughs had been... continue

Ministers have approved plans to strengthen city-region governance in Greater Manchester, including over transport. The Greater Manchester Combined... continue

Reading Borough Council officers are progressing plans to remove traffic signals from five junctions. The sites have been prioritised from a list of... continue

Consultants are studying ways to improve the pedestrian environment in York city centre. York City Council has appointed consultant JMP to... continue

A package of transport improvements has been recommended to improve access on a key corridor into Swansea. Consultant Arup’s strategy for the... continue

Local Authorities are being pressed to make 20mph the default speed limit across residential roads in order to save lives and make streets more... continue

Doug Hyde has retired from Birmingham City Council, where he was head of transportation development.... continue

A number of neighbouring London boroughs are studying the case for merging their transport departments in order to save millions of pounds. Camden... continue

A new link road has been opened to reduce delays for buses in Poole. The Borough of Poole Council says the £210,000 scheme will cut bus journey... continue

A major revamp to traffic management in Belfast city centre has been published for public consultation by regional development minister Conor... continue

Pedro Abrantes
The House of Commons’ transport committee inquiry into transport and the economy has put the spotlight once again on the link between transport... continue

High streets and other streets with significant pedestrian flows should be designed to keep vehicle speeds at or below 20mph according to... continue

Will McWilliams
The news announced by local transport minister Norman Baker of a new Local Sustainable Transport Fund (see page 3) will be a step in the right... continue

The new Manual for Streets 2: Wider Application of the Principles, published earlier this week by the Chartered Institution of Highways &... continue

London Boroughs are braced for a possible 30% cut in their transport grant from Transport for London next year. TfL has indicated to boroughs that... continue

Reading Borough Council is to investigate whether traffic signals can be removed from 20 junctions as part of a wholesale review of the need for the... continue

Tom Rye
I have been following the recent correspondence on guardrailing on the LTT letters pages with some interest, and attach a child’s eye view of... continue

Last time out, I told you about the schemes that were short-listed for the ‘less costly’ category for the sixth Urban Transport Design... continue

Ministers have written to council leaders across England urging them to reduce street ‘clutter’ such as signs, guardrailings and... continue