Andrew Forster
Greater Bristol’s bus rapid transit plans appear on track after Bristol’s elected mayor announced he had reached agreement with transport... continue

The DfT is to fund 75% of the cost of installing electric vehicle charging points by residents at their home, or by train operators at railway... continue

The DfT has given final approval to a package of road, public transport, walking and cycling improvements in Worcester. The Department will provide... continue

Plymouth City Council is to ringfence Bus Service Operators Grant for bus services when the DfT devolves payments associated with tendered services... continue

Local authorities across England have submitted bids for a share of the DfT’s £170m local Pinch Point Fund to improve local roads. The... continue

Stagecoach is to fund a £3m park-and-ride site in Stockport in what the operator believes to be the first such initiative in the country. ... continue

Scotland’s adults are having to pay higher bus fares because of the way the country’s national concessionary fares scheme for older... continue

Transport Scotland must rethink how it funds cycling if it is serious about boosting cycle trips. That’s the message given by the North East... continue

Transport for London is drawing up plans for a big increase in cycling spending, with £913m provisionally allocated to the mode over the next... continue

The DfT has invited local authorities to bid for a share of two new grants to boost cycling in cities and National Parks. All 28 City Deal areas... continue

Essex County Council is proposing spending an extra £35m over the next two years on highway maintenance. This would take the investment to... continue

GE Capital has agreed to finance eight five-year operating leases for Transport for London bus operators. The £18m deal by the provider of... continue

Andrew Forster
All the political heavyweights in the Coalition were on hand last week to unveil the phase two extensions to the Government’s high-speed rail... continue

Andrew Forster
A number of local authorities in England are discussing plans to audit each other’s major transport scheme appraisals rather than employing... continue

England’s PTEs this week criticised the DfT for diverting transport funding away from the largest urban areas to rural areas and the London... continue

David Bayliss, Beaconsfield HP2
Most transport planners will have heard of, if not read, the ‘Buchanan Report’. But I wonder how many will be reflecting on the passing... continue

Keith Mitchell, Chairman, Peter Brett Associates, Reading RG1
I was encouraged by the letter sent by Keith Buchan, chair of the Transport Planning Society, and the 32 professors of transport to transport... continue

Professor Stephen Glaister CBE, Director, RAC Foundation, London SW1Y
As always, AA president Edmund King talks a lot of sense (‘Rethink privatised road plans, motoring chief tells ministers’ LTT 25 Jan). He... continue

Local Transport Today
The House of Commons public accounts committee this week makes strident criticisms of how the DfT manages local transport spending. Or, in the... continue

The DfT has announced a new £30m competitive fund to boost cycling in cities and a new £12m fund to boost cycling in National Parks. The... continue