The Transport Planning Society is funding a short project into whether ‘sustainable’ transport planning should be led by politicians and... continue

Phil Goodwin
‘Peak car’ is the idea that car use may not saturate, but turn down. In Part One in June I discussed the experience of rail use after... continue

Steve Melia, University of the West of England
“Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct... continue

Sue Flack, McLean Hazel
It’s easy to be despondent these days when capital budgets are being cut and transport appears a low priority for politicians – at least... continue

A mixed picture is emerging of how the in-year budget cuts are affecting spending on travel planning and travel behaviour change policies across... continue

The Government is scrapping two environmental organisations that have played an important role in highlighting ‘green’ transport issues.... continue

Keith Buchan, MTRU
Whether Transport modelling (and appraisal) is art or science is a subject that provokes lively debate. But the more fundamental and important... continue

The West Midlands conurbation is to submit a speculative bid to the DfT for a Low Carbon Corridors programme of travel behaviour change and... continue

Programmes to cut home-to-school car trips in England were under threat this week as local authorities cut school travel adviser posts in response to... continue

Mark Thompson & Melissa Burgan, Small Fish
Last month the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) said the process of preparing new local transport... continue

The DfT must provide leadership to ensure that low-cost ‘smarter choice’ travel behaviour change initiatives aren’t decimated by... continue

The Committee on Climate Change has accused the Government of “moving backwards” on  policies to cut car use. The Committee’s... continue

Sefton Council on Merseyside is planning to take over the project management for the second stage of the Access to Port of Liverpool study, part of... continue

‘Green' transport campaigners have called on the DfT to protect spending on public transport, walking and cycling in the looming spending... continue

John Dales
Earlier this week, I spoke (mercifully briefly, from the delegates’ point of view) at the annual ACT TravelWise conference. For those who... continue

Peter Headicar, Department of Planning, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
The recent letter from Eric Pickles, the new communities secretary, to local planning authorities explaining that they should treat his intention to... continue

THE NEED to cut public spending will take priority over all the new Government’s transport spending ambitions – including delivering a... continue

A charity has been set up to promote research in road safety and ‘sustainable’ transport. The GreenSafe Foundation has been established... continue

Andrew Forster
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond this week indicated that London’s Crossrail project would go ahead but warned that other major transport... continue

Greg Hartshorn, Atkins
The latest acronym in the transport planner’s lexicon – ‘DaSTS’ (Delivering a sustainable transport system) – has now... continue