Jack Semple, Director of policy, Road Haulage Association Ltd, Weybridge, Surrey KT13
Can I clarify for your readers the issue of 25.25 metre trucks, on which pressure group Freight on Rail commented in a recent issue (‘EU... continue

A review of winter resilience for 2012/13 by the RAC?Foundation has found highways authorities responded well. The review by Brian Smith,... continue

A European research project says it should be possible to recycle 99% of asphalt rather than the 10% achieved in road construction in some European... continue

Your report about TfL trying to model cycling crossed with my last about excuses for non-action on cycling (“TfL revamps traffic modelling to... continue

Chris Barker, Hornsey, London N8
So Leicestershire police want to restrict bus lane times to rush hours (‘Scrap 24hr bus lanes, say police’ LTT 19 Apr). I cannot see the... continue

Roger Sexton, Nottingham NG1
In his otherwise excellent ‘Golcar Circular’ in LTT 3 May, Paul Salveson, like so many other politicians, misses one central point. For... continue

Councillor John Bint, Conservative cabinet member for transport & highways, Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes MK9
I read the letter (Letters LTT 19 Apr) from Stephen Joseph, chief executive of the Campaign for Better Transport, with interest: he devotes five... continue

Consultants have questioned the Government’s  electric vehicle strategy, saying there is little prospect of electric vehicles becoming... continue

The notion that the UK Government is going backwards in its commitment to cut carbon dioxide emissions made the front page of The Independent on 11... continue

Stephen Plowden, London NW1
James Rowntree, the managing director of consultant CH2M HILL, told Andrew Forster that his firm’s involvement in developing Norman... continue

Leon Mannings, Transport policy advisor, Motorcycle Action Group (UK), London SW16
As a former news and features writer for LTT, and now as a member of the mayor of London’s Roads Task Force and Transport for London’s... continue

May Gurney shareholders are to vote on construction firm Kier’s offer to buy the support services company on 13 June. The 5 July is the date... continue

Jonathan Bray, Pteg support unit
The last spending review gave local transport spending outside London a good hiding. Local transport lacked political clout and there were built-in... continue

Balfour Beatty said its order book, at £16bn at the end of March, was up by 5% since the end of the year. Both professional services and... continue

Phil Goodwin
The recent All Party Parliamentary Cycling Inquiry – well reviewed in the last issue of LTT – had results that will continue long past... continue

Skanska UK has reported an operating margin of “just shy of three per cent” in its results for the first three months of the year. The... continue

A REPORT outlining a role for liquid air in reducing bus diesel consumption and transport carbon emissions has been published following work by Arup... continue

By Lee Baker
National Express is bidding for regional rail opportunities in Germany worth €900 million a year after the group’s profits shrunk due to... continue

Will Whitehorn has been appointed chairman of the Transport Systems Catapult board being set up by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy... continue

Lutz Bertling will take over as President and Chief Operating Officer of Berlin-based Bombardier Transportation in June. Prior to joining... continue