Web-based guidance to help local authorities reduce the need to travel from new developments has been launched by the Government’s Commission... continue

Chris Hyde, Head of transport network planning, Transport for London
Your article ‘Problems of transport appraisal intractable say consultants’ (LTT 28 Aug) raises issues known to Transport for London. The... continue

An area travel plan has been launched for business parks in North Colchester. The travel plan has been developed by the Highways Agency and its... continue

Vanessa Kovacevic, Bury St Edmunds
It will surely come as no surprise to those of us who have been in the appraisal field for a number of years that Alan Wenban-Smith and Tom van Vuren... continue

David Simmonds (DSC) & Neil Raha (MVA Consultancy)
Your article about the problems of transport appraisal picks up a lot of interesting issues (“Problems of transport appraisal... continue

Philip Bisatt, Taunton, Somerset
I refer to your article setting out the arguments made by the Local Government Association for a wholesale reform of the system of bus subsidies... continue

Alan Wenban Smith, Urban & Regional Policy, Birmingham
As a land-use planner with a long-standing interest in transport planning, my eye was caught by the article describing the recent... continue

The appraisal of major transport schemes is based on analytical techniques that contain intractable weaknesses, two leading consultants said this... continue

Guidance for English regions on preparing the new single regional strategies that will replace existing regional spatial and regional economic... continue

The Government is consulting on a new standard developer charge that could raise millions of pounds for transport infrastructure in England and... continue

Transport planning should focus on shorter-term time horizons such as 15 years rather than the existing 30 or even 60 because of the added... continue

The London Borough of Islington this week clarified a new ‘sustainable transport’ developer contribution policy after planning... continue

London boroughs are pressing mayor Boris Johnson to revise proposals for part-funding Crossrail from developer contributions. Johnson’s plans... continue

Philip Bisatt, Taunton, Somerset
Articles in your last issue cast doubt on the value for money and ‘green’ credentials of rail projects compared with roads. I think that... continue

Terence Bendixson, University of Southampton
The Government’s policy for towns and cities, with its emphasis on compactness and re-using derelict land, is unfair and wasteful. It is... continue

Mott MacDonald has been formally appointed by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company as lead designer for all infrastructure on the MASDAR project which... continue

London mayor Boris Johnson has published a ‘Statement of Intent’ setting out the foundations upon which his new transport strategy will... continue

Transport planning consultancy JMP is to prepare a travel plan for a new 15-hectare site in Scotland, the company has announced. The site is close to... continue

Graham Nalty, Derby
Your recent publication The essential guide to Data Collection, Analysis and Monitoring in Transport includes an article of very significant... continue

Rik Thomas
Transport can play its part in contributing to genuinely sustainable development says Peter Headicar, reader in transport studies (department of... continue