Patrick McDonnell
A pilot electric car hire scheme has launched in Paris. The Autolib scheme initially sees 66 of the four seat electric hatchbacks for hire on a pick... continue

James Dark
In June, Jacobs Engineering restructured its UK and European consultancy arm. Transport planning and traffic engineering services were moved into the... continue

Local Transport Today
Things are not great at the moment for the UK universities offering various Masters degrees in transport. Many are continuing to suffer from... continue

FirstGroup has sold its German bus business to venture capitalist Marwyn European Transport (MET). The sale of the 130-vehicle operation for 5.5m... continue

Atkins has made a significant breakthrough in Norway, winning one of the main design contracts for the Follo line, a 22 km new double-track railway... continue

Eagle-eyed LTT readers will have noticed a rather interesting advertisement in the  3 June issue, where Hasselt University in Belgium politely... continue

Rik Thomas
European car maker trade body ACEA (Association des Constructeurs Européens d’Automobiles) has published what it refers to as a... continue

The European Council of Ministers has approved a new directive on road user charges (‘Eurovignettes’) for lorries. The Eurovignette... continue

The Chancellor, George Osborne, this week raised questions about Britain’s long-term target to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80% by 2050... continue

The UK’s capital cities score poorly against their mainland European counterparts when judged according to how car dependent they are,... continue

As the sole private sector owner of a high speed rail line in Europe, the UK’s HS1 has  an obvious incentive to encourage new businesses... continue

Paris-based transport group RATP’s half year results have demonstrated the pressures Europe’s publicly-owned international operators will... continue

Hoeft & Wessel has launched a new compact ticket vending machine. The almex.midi system comes in two versions, with a 230 Volt power supply and... continue

Eurostar has launched a free mobile app that allows passengers to book journeys just before they travel. The app, which is compatible with both... continue

Alexander Eriksen is the new chief executive at Nomad Digital, which provides the rail industry with broadband communications solutions. Eriksen, who... continue

Libor Lochman has been unanimously elected new executive director of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) by the CER... continue

First Group finance director Jeff Carr is leaving to become chief financial officer of Dutch international retailing group Royal Ahold. Carr spent... continue

Carole Coune has taken over as secretary general of the International Transport Forum at the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development... continue

Merseyrail’s managing director Bart Schmeink is to join GVB Amsterdam as its new chief executive on 1 December. GVB is the public transport... continue

The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) has appointed Alain Flausch (pictured) as new secretary general. He will take over at the... continue