Go-Ahead and Stagecoach have won the first bus franchise contracts to be awarded by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) . Go-Ahead Group will run services in Wirral , and Stagecoach... continue
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is planning a rolling new bus procurement programme of around 90 vehicles per year once franchising in the region is in place from 2027. It aims to see the fleet for large contracts fully electrified by 2036, A report to the WMCA Board recognised the... continue
FirstGroup has established a foothold in the West Midlands as franchising approaches with the purchase of Hills Coaches of Wolverhampton. It also marks a further expansion of First in the coach market. The deal brings 22 coaches and 40 staff based at a depot in the city where bus franchising is to... continue
The Bus Services (Wales) Act has received Royal Assent, though Transport for Wales warned of possible delay to starting the bus franchising process. The new Act goes further than equivalent legislation for England and Scotland in making future ministers responsible for providing all bus services... continue
On cycling, the strategy says this “has significantly increased over recent years thanks to sustained investment in cycling infrastructure which has delivered more than 430km of high-quality cycle routes”, but it wants to build on this momentum. “Throughout the plan, investment in... continue
TfL’s new draft five year business plan focuses on a £72bn investment to modernize London’s network, targeting growth, financial sustainability, and reducing congestion. Key initiatives include expanding the DLR to Beckton Riverside/Thamesmead, new Piccadilly and DLR trains,... continue
Transport for London ‘s new first-ever London network-wide strategy spanning all of London’s highway network pledges to cut overall traffic congestion and speed up bus services in the five years up to 2030. The London on the move plan outlines aims to roll out new technology, bus... continue
The new seven-year contract from Transport for London for Indra Group to take over the Oyster and Contactless travel payment and authorisation system has now formally been placed, after a judged lifted a ban on that happening. Signing has been held up several months by a dispute between TfL and... continue
At the court hearing granting TfL’s application to lift the automatic suspension it emerged that Cubic was disqualified in the bidding because it failed a specific TfL “pass-fail” technical requirement at the final tender stage. It continues to seek substantial damages for losing... continue
New Department for Transport (DfT) statutory guidance aims to improve the safety and accessibility of floating bus stops for all users, DfT says. On 20 November the Minister for Roads Simon Lightwood wrote to all local authorities in England asking them to pause the installation of floating bus... continue
TfL has been forced to withdraw its own Bus Stop Bypass Safety Review for a second time, it has been reported Previously the 2024 report had to be corrected because TfL had apparently undercounted the injuries at the stops by 30%.after admitting that data from 37 out of 121 bus stops was included... continue
A new House of Commons Transport Committee report has urged the Government to make the most of what it calls “once-in-a-generation opportunities to better support the transport manufacturing sector to nurture and grow the skills it needs to thrive.” Following its Inquiry into Skills for... continue
The Transport Committee has launched an inquiry that will examine the ambitions and potential effectiveness of the Government’s new Road Safety Strategy. Published in January , the new strategy is the first road safety strategy in over a decade Its stated aims are to reduce the number of... continue
Tower Hamlets Council’s plans to remove three major Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, and Columbia Road without obtaining the approval of the Mayor of London was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has found, forcing them to remain in place The court found that Mayor... continue
The Trail Riders Fellowship (TRF) has failed on all five grounds it argued in a High Court challenge to a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) made by Lincolnshire County Council. The TRO prohibits any motor or horse drawn vehicle from using roadway which forms part of the Viking Way long distance... continue
An increasing number of parents are being paid up to £5,000 a year to themselves take their children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to school in Kent, rather than the council providing the service. The Reform UK-led authority pledged to get on top of the soaring cost... continue
In written evidence to the Commons Public Account Committee’s current inquiry into home-to-school transport, Oxfordshire says it is introducing Personal Travel Budgets to make savings , and is also seeking efficiencies in taxi use, better utilisation of the council’s home-to-school... continue
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