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6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
Campaign group urges Labour to shelve ‘white elephant’ road schemes

Campaign group urges Labour to shelve ‘white elephant’ road schemes
Deniz Huseyin

The future of roads policy in England has been called into... continue

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6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News

Project showing cost benefits of active travel published after five-year delay
Deniz Huseyin

A modelling project that calculated how much funding was required to meet national active travel targets in England has finally been published by DfT five years after it was produced. This followed a legal challenge by Transport Action Network (TAN). The paper, which assessed the Government’s... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
Data, AI and innovation will ‘radically reshape transport’ says ITS UK

Data, AI and innovation will ‘radically reshape transport’ says ITS UK
Deniz Huseyin

Calls for the next Government to be at the forefront of self-driving... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News

Five-year road investment strategy postponed
Deniz Huseyin

Details of which road schemes will be included in the next five-year investment strategy, which was due to be published at the end of May, will now not be released until after the General Election. The third road investment strategy (RIS3) draft will outline which road schemes the Government will... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
Intercity battery train trial to start on Transpennine routes

Intercity battery train trial to start on Transpennine routes
Deniz Huseyin

The first intercity trials involving a train where a diesel... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News

Infrastructure changes could justify reverting to 30mph, says review panel
Rhodri Clark

Infrastructure changes could help justify restoring the 30mph limit on some Welsh roads where 20mph was introduced by default last year, says the final report of the team which reviewed the exceptions process for the Welsh Government. The team, which included consultant Phil Jones, found that... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
Welsh 20mph default limit has already saved lives, says former minister

Welsh 20mph default limit has already saved lives, says former minister
Rhodri Clark

The Welsh 20mph default speed limit has already saved lives since its... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
Services return to Levenmouth after £116m investment in rail line

Services return to Levenmouth after £116m investment in rail line
Deniz Huseyin

A railway line in Fife, Scotland, has re-opened more than 50... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
Reformed railway needs to be able to bring in third-party funding, says Hendy

Reformed railway needs to be able to bring in third-party funding, says Hendy
Rhodri Clark

The reformed railway should be able to say how much funding could be... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
DfT’s future involvement in rail depends on ministerial ‘appetite’

DfT’s future involvement in rail depends on ministerial ‘appetite’
Rhodri Clark

The extent of future ministerial involvement in the reformed rail... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
'Network Rail should be replaced with new integrated body'

'Network Rail should be replaced with new integrated body'
Rhodri Clark

Network Rail has outlived its useful purpose, its own... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News

Bee Network more reliable than pre-franchise services, says TfGM
Deniz Huseyin

Bus services in Greater Manchester have become more reliable since they came back under public control, according to new figures. Between 19 and 25 of May, 75.2% of Bee Network buses were on time, compared with 65.5% on commercial services and 68.4% of the same period last year prior to... continue

6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News
6 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News

Cyclist and pedestrian road deaths rise in Scotland
Deniz Huseyin

There was rise in the numbers of pedestrians and cyclists killed in Scotland last year, according to figures from Transport Scotland’s Statisticians. Last year pedestrian fatalities went up from 34 to 47 while cycling fatalities increased from 2 to 7. The number of casualties was also up,... continue

5 Jun 2024Local Transport Today News

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