The Welsh Government has announced plans to create accessible and inclusive transport networks. The Travel for All strategy is based on five key principles: ensuring people feel safe; ensuring they feel... continue
Primary school pupils will get the opportunity to identify improvements required in and around their school under a new scheme launched by Active Travel England (ATE). The Active Travel Inspectors (ATI) initiative is designed to empower Key Stage 2 pupils to... continue
Primary school pupils will get the opportunity to identify improvements required in and around their school under a new scheme launched by Active Travel England (ATE). The Active Travel Inspectors (ATI) initiative is designed to empower Key Stage 2 pupils to... continue
More than three-quarters of London’s School Street schemes covered the costs of installing ANPR cameras within two years, according to analysis carried out by campaign group Mums for Lungs. Its findings are based on Freedom of Information requests sent to all 32 London boroughs and the City... continue
More than 100 fewer people were killed or seriously injured on the West Midlands’ roads in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period the previous year, reports the Regional Road Safety Partnership. The 18% reduction in deaths and serious injuries follows the implementation of the... continue
Partial decriminalisation of speeding, more pedestrianisation, 10mph zones,... continue
People on low incomes are saddled with transport costs that put them at... continue
Train operator c2c has become the second train operator to be nationalised, following SWR earlier this year. c2c had been controlled by Italy’s state-owned rail company Trenitalia since 2017. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said c2c passengers had been su?ering “spiralling costs,... continue
Since Silvertown Tunnel opened in April, there has been “significantly less... continue
A new ‘lane rental’ scheme is being considered in Greater Manchester to tackle congestion and cut disruption from roadworks on the city region’s busiest routes. Under the plans – proposed by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) in partnership with the ten local highway... continue
More than 17,000 electric vehicle chargepoints have been added to the UK network in the past year, reports the Department for Transport Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood confirmed the number of chargepoints in the UK has grown by 27% in the past year, with 17,370 added since July... continue
New guidance to help boroughs roll out cross-pavement electric vehicle... continue
An inquiry into the regulation of taxi and private hire vehicles in England has been launched by the Transport Committee. The cross-party group will examine the effectiveness of current licensing frameworks, the impact of regulatory inconsistencies across councils, and the adequacy of safeguarding... continue
The Welsh Government proposes to replace seven transport grants with a Regional Transport Plan (RTP) delivery fund, distributed to the four Corporate Joint Committees (CJCs). The CJCs are statutory groupings of local authorities which have a duty to create and deliver RTPs and Regional Transport... continue
Powys County Council is proposing to introduce new 20mph limits on some sections of road, following the “listening exercise” held in response to protests against the outcome of 20mph becoming the default speed limit on Welsh restricted roads in 2023. Welsh Government ministers were... continue
Bradford and Sheffield have been awarded £28m in extra government funding for zero-emission buses. The DfT said the money will “support jobs in engineering, construction and green manufacturing, boosting regional economies and delivering the government’s plan for... continue
More than 40,000 journeys have been made since the launch of a... continue
More than 10 million ‘tap and go’ journeys have been made on Bee Network buses in four months, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has reported. Since its launch on 24 March, more than 1.1 million individual customers have used contactless tap and go on buses, said TfGM. Of all... continue
Advocacy bodies for new types of urban mobility have expressed hopes that the DfT will close the gap between the UK other countries that make far greater use of shared mobility. Local authorities are to be given new powers to manage on-street micromobility schemes through a licensing regime, as set... continue
The Tiger pass scheme, offering £1 journeys for under 25s in... continue
An electric bike hire scheme is set to start in Cardiff next spring, replacing Nextbike, which ended its scheme in December 2023 due to high levels of vandalism and theft. The new scheme will be fully funded and operated by a private company, with the council saying it will only cover the cost of... continue
The Government has extended trials of rental... continue
A plan to turn a disused railway tunnel into a cycleway has been dismissed as too expensive by transport minister Lilian Greenwood. Campaigners had asked for the re-purposing of Queensbury Tunnel, which closed in 1956, and was part of a line linking Bradford and Halifax with a branch to... continue
A new transport interchange in St Helens town centre has been granted planning permission by St Helens Borough Council. The project is supported by £32m in funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority via the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), alongside... continue
A £33m transport hub in Swindon, Wiltshire, comprising a bus interchange and new... continue
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