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553 - 3 September 2010: News
Local Transport Today
Regular news
M6 Toll ‘shows toll roads have no future’
Britain's only toll road is losing millions of pounds a year, a fact that calls into question the Government’s enthusiasm for further toll... continue
Categories: Pricing / Charging / Tolling, Road building, West Midlands
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Big name speakers join 2020 line-up
The LTT-sponsored Travel2020 conference programme on September 29-30 has added more industry heavyweights, with Jeremy Acklam (a new generation... continue
Local Transport Today
Media monitor
Nationwide smartcard public transport ticketing applauded by Sunday Express
Rik Thomas
On 5 September The Sunday Express devoted its front page to the suggestion that: “A plastic smartcard acting as a single ticket for all buses,... continue
Categories: Fares / Ticketing / Concessionary, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Lead Story
Councils map out sub-regional partnerships to drive transport
Business secretary Vince Cable will publish a White Paper on sub-national growth in October
A new pattern of sub-regional transport planning in England was starting to take shape this week as councils submitted plans for Local Enterprise... continue
Categories: General transport / Mode, Local / Regional government structure, England
Local Transport Today
Regular news
‘Learn bus tendering lessons from Dutch’
Transport policy-makers should look to the Netherlands to learn how franchising can improve local public transport networks, the Passenger Transport... continue
Categories: Buses / Coaches / FTR, All of UK, Europe
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Rethink speed camera policy, AA tells ministers
Motoring organisation the AA this week called on ministers to rethink their opposition to speed cameras in England, and claimed that the views of... continue
Categories: Road safety, Speed cameras, England
Local Transport Today
Lead Story
Councils study fine print of DfT’s local transport funding shake-up
A shake-up to how the local transport settlement is calculated could see some councils in England gain or lose millions of pounds. The DfT is... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, Local transport, Road management / Maintenance, England
Local Transport Today
Lead Story
The campaigners’ campaigner reveals secrets of success that scuppered Heathrow’s third runway
John Stewart
When the new Government announced this summer that it would not support a third runway at Heathrow (or a second at Stansted) it hardly seemed like... continue
Categories: Air quality / environment, Aviation / Airports, East of England, Greater London, Southeast England
Local Transport Today
Lead Story
New roads no longer offer good value for money claims academic
The Government will maximise value for money from transport spending by scrapping spending on new roads and diverting the funds into low-cost safety... continue
Categories: Economics / Appraisal / BCR, Funding / Financing, General transport / Mode, Road building, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Punters steer clear of Cardiff’s bike hire
Cardiff bike hire scheme has proved to be a slow burner
Cardiff Council this week said it was confident about the future of its bike hire scheme despite figures showing it has been used for just 1,500... continue
Categories: Cycling, Funding / Financing, Wales
Local Transport Today
Regular news
17,000 daily trips on London bike hire
London's bike hire scheme is now attracting 17,000 trips a day, Transport for London report this week. In the first month of the scheme, TfL reports... continue
Categories: Cycling, Greater London
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Bus operator launches corporate travel club
Bus operator First Group is rolling out a cut-price bus travel scheme for employees that goes some way to reinstating the benefits of the... continue
Categories: Buses / Coaches / FTR, Fares / Ticketing / Concessionary, Pricing / Charging / Tolling, All of UK
Local Transport Today
In brief
Cycle standards for capital’s housing
All new residential developments in London should have dedicated cycle storage spaces, according to the mayor of London’s new housing design... continue
Categories: Cycling, Housing / New towns, Planning / Land use / LDFs, Greater London
Local Transport Today
In brief
No refresh for Scots transport plan
The Scottish Government has scrapped plans to refresh the national transport strategy, published in 2006. Transport Scotland’s director of... continue
Categories: General transport / Mode, Scotland
Local Transport Today
In brief
TPS studies politics of ‘green’ travel
The Transport Planning Society is funding a short project into whether ‘sustainable’ transport planning should be led by politicians and... continue
Categories: Academic research, General transport / Mode, Sustainable transport, All of UK
Local Transport Today
In brief
New zero carbon report published
A new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute says road and rail transport in the UK can be completely decarbonised by 2050 but that dealing... continue
Categories: Academic research, Carbon emissions / Carbon trading, General transport / Mode, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Lead Story
Public level crossings face axe as Network Rail expands programme
Network Rail is expanding its programme of level crossing closures from private crossings to those on public rights of way. The owner of the... continue
Categories: Pedestrians, Railways, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Ministers call for sign and guardrail removal
Ministers have written to council leaders across England urging them to reduce street ‘clutter’ such as signs, guardrailings and... continue
Categories: Road management / Maintenance, Road safety, Town centre / City / Suburban transport, England
Local Transport Today
In brief
Scots bus journeys fall but rail trips rise
The number of bus passenger journeys in Scotland fell 0.8% in 2008/09 to 493 million, according to figures released by Scotland’s chief... continue
Categories: Buses / Coaches / FTR, General transport / Mode, Railways, Scotland
Local Transport Today
In brief
Merseyside’s elderly cut bus trips
The number of free concessionary bus passenger trips made on Merseyside fell by 8% last year, according to Merseytravel. Overall bus passenger... continue
Categories: Buses / Coaches / FTR, Disabled & Special needs, Elderly, Fares / Ticketing / Concessionary, Railways, Northwest England
Local Transport Today
In brief
Free travel for former armed forces?
Former armed service personnel could get free travel on public transport for five years as part of a new military covenant being prepared by the... continue
Categories: Buses / Coaches / FTR, Fares / Ticketing / Concessionary, Railways, All of UK
Local Transport Today
In brief
DfT releases BSOG claim data
Arriva London is the biggest recipient of Bus Service Operators Grant (fuel duty rebate), receiving £21.7m in the last full year, according to... continue
Categories: Buses / Coaches / FTR, Funding / Financing, England
Local Transport Today
In brief
Wirral cuts parking enforcement
Parking enforcement in the Wirral is to be reduced under a new contract signed between the council and contractor NSL Services. NSL currently holds... continue
Categories: Parking, Pricing / Charging / Tolling, Northwest England
Local Transport Today
Lead Story
Blight scheme for high-speed rail residents opens for business
The DfT has opened the exceptional hardship scheme (EHS) for property owners affected by the proposed high-speed rail line from London to... continue
Categories: Planning / Land use / LDFs, Railways, East of England, Greater London, West Midlands
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Council opposes slowing down journeys to cut CO2
Western Isles Council has criticised a Scottish Government suggestion to slow down ferry services as a way of cutting carbon dioxide emissions. The... continue
Categories: Carbon emissions / Carbon trading, Maritime / River / Canal, Scotland
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Go-ahead for Highland road designs
Design work is underway for a series of road improvements in and around Inverness, Scotland’s transport minister Stewart Stevenson has... continue
Categories: Road building, Scotland
Local Transport Today
Media monitor
Councils deny Telegraph claims of Workplace Parking Levy interest
Rik Thomas
On 23 August The Daily Telegraph warned its readers that: “Motorists across the country could be charged hundreds of pounds a year to park at... continue
Categories: Parking, Pricing / Charging / Tolling, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Media monitor
BBC suggests that electric cars aren’t going to take off... yet
Rik Thomas
On 28 August the BBC’s News 24 channel warned its viewers (and, subsequently, its online readers) that: “Electric cars ‘may be... continue
Categories: Car use, Carbon emissions / Carbon trading, Energy / Fuel, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Media monitor
Hammond explains Coalition transport policies to local voters
Rik Thomas
On 24 August transport secretary Philip Hammond used a column in The Surrey Herald (he is MP for Runnymede & Weybridge) to explain to the people... continue
Categories: General transport / Mode, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Media monitor
Radio 4 discusses lack of evidence to back cycle helmet wearing
Radio 4 debate
Rik Thomas
On 27 August the BBC’s Radio 4 programme More or Less tackled the perennially controversial subject of cycling helmets. “Many riders... continue
Categories: Attitude/behaviour, Cycling, Road safety, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Media monitor
Economist backs fare rises on ‘middle class rail network’
Rail tickets
Rik Thomas
On 19 August The Economist discussed the possibility of significant increases in the cost of rail travel in the near future, and the implications... continue
Categories: Fares / Ticketing / Concessionary, Funding / Financing, Railways, All of UK

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