The International Monetary Fund has called on the Chancellor to bolster growth by bringing forward capital investment in transport and other... continue

Scotland’s travel behaviour change programme has succeeded in delivering increases in active travel, according to the final evaluation report... continue

The DFT has announced funding for four new rail stations in England and Wales. The biggest award from the New Stations Fund is for over £4.5m... continue

The DFT has released the full written advice given by officials to transport minister Norman Baker about a controversial road scheme given the... continue

Andrew Forster
London’s government should have more power over tax and more freedom to borrow to ensure the capital’s transport infrastructure can keep... continue

Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) offers a benefit:cost ratio of about 2.4 in Metropolitan areas but only 1.3-1.4 in rural areas, according to the... continue

The Scottish Government has announced an agreement with Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils to cap  the councils’ contribution to the... continue

The Scottish Government has ruled out calls to dual the remaining single carriageway sections of the A1 between Edinburgh and the Scottish... continue

Blackpool Borough Council is inviting bids to operate the town’s bike hire scheme, which was launched in 2009 but closed last November... continue

Alistair McPhee, Vice-president transportation systems, Thales UK, London E1W
I agree with London Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Colin Stanbridge and his ‘Grow London – Tell George’ campaign.... 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

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

The Local Government Association has warned the Chancellor against announcing further significant cuts in his spending review next month. The LGA... continue

Stagecoach and Go-Ahead have both reported meeting expectations for revenue growth and profits for the last financial year. Go-Ahead published an... continue

John Dales
Three months ago, I wrote about the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group’s inquiry into the barriers that are preventing more people from... continue

Rik Thomas
THE GREATER Manchester Electric Vehicle scheme, a new electric vehicle charging point network and pay-as-you-go programme, has been launched by... continue

The House of Commons’ public accounts select committee has said that the Government’s £310bn plan to improve the UK’s... continue

Local Transport Today
The eagle-eyed LTT reader will no doubt have observed that this issue of the magazine has got rather a lot of cycling coverage in it. Now that is, in... continue

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has published a report on the costs, funding and growth of Britain’s railways. GB rail financial... continue

Birmingham City Council submitted a bid to the DfT this week for £17 million of the Cycle City Ambition grant to turn “a city built for... continue