Karen Lucas is to join the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds in September as associate professor of transport geography. She... continue

Peter Davies has failed in his attempt to be elected Doncaster’s mayor for a second term. The independent candidate, who developed a set of... continue

Ben Still (pictured) has been appointed interim director general of South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive following the departure of David... continue

Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has criticised the National Audit Office for producing a less than complimentary report about the... continue

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This week’s review of the Government’s high-speed rail plans by the National Audit Office makes grim reading for the DfT. The NAO makes a... continue

Arriva is promoting the benefits of its bid to run services on the West Coast Main Line to northern England as an open access operator. Deutsche... continue

The City of York Council has launched three new bus and travel apps, YorkLIVE, Bus York and York Park & Ride. YorkLIVE provides live traffic and... continue

City of York Council has appointed Balfour Beatty to deliver the first phase of its £22.7m Access York project to expand park-and-ride... continue

The Commissioner of Transport for London, Sir Peter Hendy, recently put in an expenses claim for £175 that related to his boss, London mayor... continue

The cycle hub at Leeds rail is making a loss, with capacity no higher than 50% at peak times, according to Evans Cycles, which runs the... continue

The West Yorkshire integrated Transport Authority looks set to be scrapped under plans of the five West Yorkshire districts to set up a new Combined... continue

Steve Noble has been appointed manager of the Confederation of Passenger Transport’s Northern Region, replacing David Holding who retires in... continue

The City of York Council says the city is to become the first in the country to set up a network of ‘pay-as-you-go’ charging points for... continue

West Yorkshire’s bus operators say they will be happy to talk to Metro and councils about the idea of capturing a proportion of bus fare... continue

The European Commission has no plans to investigate if the Welsh Government’s bus subsidy reforms contravene state aid rules. From this week... continue

Bus operators in North Yorkshire and York face a cut of about 10% in concessionary fares reimbursement payments from June as the councils change how... continue

Traffic volumes over the Humber Bridge have increased by more than 9% since car tolls were halved last April from £3 to £1.50, according... continue

Jonathan Tyler, Passenger Transport Networks, York YO1
In his recent ‘Golcar Circular’ (LTT 08 Mar), Paul Salveson claimed that his home station of Slaithwaite “at a very conservative... continue

Paul Cornfoot has joined Leeds-based transport consultant Fore Consulting as a director from AECOM where he spent 23 years, latterly as a director of... continue

The opening of the Leeds trolleybus system is not expected until 2020, according to Leeds City Council. Last year an opening date of winter 2018 was... continue