Barton moves on to BCP Council after 22 years at TfL

Barton moves on to BCP Council after 22 years at TfL

Glynn Barton is leaving Transport for London (TfL) after more than 22 years to take up the role of Chief Operations Officer of Bournemouth, Christchurch... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People
External affairs role for Twocock at Sustrans

External affairs role for Twocock at Sustrans

Sustrans has appointed Paul Twocock as Executive Director of External Affairs. He joins from his current role as Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Association... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People

Rogers and Parkin to head North Wales group

Ashley Rogers, Chief Executive Officer of the North Wales Business Council, and John Parkin, Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering at the University of the West of England, have been appointed as chair and vice-chair, respectively, of a new North Wales transport delivery group.  The... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People
Black given Director’s role at Mayer Brown

Black given Director’s role at Mayer Brown

Dr Colin Black has been appointed a Director at Transport Planning, Transport Infrastructure Design, and Environmental Assessment consultants Mayer Brown Ltd. He... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People
Gandhi Transport MD at Sir Robert McAlpine

Gandhi Transport MD at Sir Robert McAlpine

Sir Robert McAlpine has appointed Vip Gandhi as Managing Director of Transport. With a career that spans 30 years, Gandi will lead the firm’s growth strategy in... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People
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Galle Saliman hires technical titan James

Graham James has joined transport planning company Galle Saliman as a Technical Director. Graham brings particular expertise in transport economics, appraisal and business cases, as well as rail and public transport planning, in a major boost to the scale and range of services we can offer clients.... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People

Landscape design role for Moores at HS2

He spent three years as Technical Director landscape Architecture at PJA, before which he was at Project Centre for 21 years in a range of roles including Technical Director, Landscape Architecture & Urban Design and Associate Director.... continue

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Waters quits top Welsh transport post

Waters quits top Welsh transport post

Peter Stonham & Rhodri Clark

Lee Waters has announced he will leave the role as Wales’ transport minister once the new First Minister... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

DRT projects face fundamental problems, expert analysis shows

Providing DRT as a cost-effective form of public transport is unlikely to be successful apart from in limited niche operational situations, a detailed examination of their underlying systems and performance published in this issue of LTT concludes. Author Dr John Sutton has studied and worked with... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

Midland Rail Hub gets £123m to begin design and planning work

Peter Stonham

Design work on the Midlands Rail Hub is set to begin after ministers provided an initial £123 million funding injection under the Network North reallocated HS2 funding to local transport projects. The project will boost the capacity and frequency of rail services with new connectivity and... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

'Pandemic impacts on transport behaviour need policy response'

Peter Stonham

The Covid19 pandemic has left a long-lasting impact on travel behaviour, with a widespread shift from commuting to leisure travel, causing a reduction in travel at peak times bringing significant funding challenges for passenger transport, says a new report from the Independent Transport... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News
Welsh 20mph review finds varying approach to exemptions and wants new guidance

Welsh 20mph review finds varying approach to exemptions and wants new guidance

Rhodri Clark

Local authority officers are disappointed with the support and publicity... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

Monitoring of 20mph shows biggest falls in low-exception counties

Rhodri Clark

The largest observed drops in mean traffic speeds on 20mph roads since the change to the default speed limit on restricted Welsh roads are in counties where 20mph has been most widely applied. Data gathered by Transport for Wales before and after 17 September shows that weighted mean speeds on... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News
Keeping women in the driving seat

Keeping women in the driving seat

There has been a significant decline in general attitudes from women towards electric cars over the last two years, a survey... continue

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8 Mar 2024EVolution News
Budget a missed opportunity to support the EV transition

Budget a missed opportunity to support the EV transition

Mike Hawes

This week’s Spring Budget represents a missed... continue

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8 Mar 2024EVolution Opinion
Westminster bookable EV loading bays will boost green deliveries

Westminster bookable EV loading bays will boost green deliveries

The councillor in charge of transport and air quality in the City of Westminster says a new online booking system for electric delivery vans to remotely reserve places to unload will help businesses do their day-to-day job of delivering to businesses,... continue

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Upgraded North Belfast rail station set for Spring opening

Opening of a newly renovated train station in North Belfast is scheduled for this Spring. York Street Train Station, which will replace existing railway facilities at Yorkgate, is due to open for passenger use this spring. The new station will feature improved facilities including, toilets, waiting... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

Station innovation trials in year two of Bristol Temple Meads project

Peter Stonham

Eight technology firms with concepts designed to make rail stations safer, easier to navigate and more sustainable have been selected to develop proposals, with three ultimately invited to trial their innovations at Bristol Temple Meads in year two of the Station Innovation Zone competition... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

DfT backs new Vale of Glamorgan rail station in marginal seat

The DfT has announced that plans for a new station at St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, “will restore services to the area for the first time in 60 years”. However, Transport Secretary Mark Harper’s announcement consisted only of a “commitment to fund the development of a... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

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