Senior rail industry manager Chris Gibb has spoken of an intolerance of dissent after being removed from the board of Department for Transport Operator Ltd (DFTO Ltd) for commenting at a Parliamentary... continue
The Commons Transport Committee has welcomed the Government’s response to its report on the Railways Bill and a commitment to provide more information, but it has rejected the committee’s suggested amendments to the legislation to limit political interference. The Committee... continue
Current government decarbonisation plans will significantly overshoot the anticipated progress sought in the Climate Change Committee’s 7th Carbon Budget ,concludes an report from Professor Greg Marsden as part of his Inspiring Futures for Zero Carbon Mobility (INFUZE) project. For the first... continue
The Government’s new Structures Fund will enable councils in England to carry out long over-due repairs on ageing bridges, flyovers and tunnels, the DfT has announced, as bids are now invited. The funding will make sure transport infrastructure is more resilient to extreme weather, while... continue
Local highways authorities could lose their share of the £1.6bn highways maintenance block grant for the 2026/27 if they fail to comply with new rules on how they spend funding to fix potholes and maintain local roads, the DfT has warned. The changes will ensure that investment in local roads... continue
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund (RJRF) has invited initial contributions exploring how ‘System of Systems’ thinking can help scope and, if possible find solutions, “for the multi-faceted challenge of sustaining roads infrastructure.” It notes that 75 years ago founder William... continue
MPs have voiced concerns that £500m spent on preparatory work for road schemes which were subsequently scrapped was a waste of taxpayers' money. At a Transport Committee meeting, National Highways was unable to confirm that any benefits had been gained from spending money on schemes... continue
A senior National Highways official has told MPs that the company did not create a plan to meet its 2025 casualty reduction target because this was dependent on factors outside its control. Appearing before the Transport Committee last week, National Highways bosses were challenged by Labour MP... continue
National Highways has told MPs that it reaffirms its aim to improve around 250 sites where road runoff provides a high risk of polluting the environment, despite being set a lower target in the Road Investment Strategy (RIS 3) and advice from its regulator that it should come clean about what... continue
The Department for Transport’s TASM division has signalled upcoming changes to how uncertainty is to be treated in its Transport Analysis Guidance, along with introduction of a new discount rate sensitivity test, which appear potentially significant, and may raise debate amongst... continue
Recent trends in car use and trip making are overlooked in the proposed new DfT advice on uncertainty, which appears to only envisage an increase, Professor Phil Goodwin has warned. “The point is, that for personal travel, car use per person has been declining, not increasing, and the 2022... continue
Aberdeen’s ill-fated hydrogen bus scheme has cost the city council almost £14m, reveal figures obtained by STV News. The buses have been out of service since 2024 following problems with hydrogen supply. Earlier this year the council announced the project has been abandoned in favour of... continue
Provisional winners in the third round of Scottish Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) grants have been named. Leasing company Rock Road is awarded £11.5m to assist with purchase of 93 electric buses and provision of 101 chargers. This will include 52 buses for Dumfries and Galloway Council. A further 17... continue
Sales of zero-emission bus volumes in the UK fell -20.4% to 588 units in the first quarter of 2026, but out-performed the overall market, according to data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Nearly two in five (37.3%) new buses registered were zero emission vehicles... continue
Chinese electric passenger vehicle developer BYD is to ntroduce a battery-electric coach to the UK later this year. The company hopes the move will put it in a strong position to dominate the switch from diesel by coaches, seen as a key contribution to net zero in the sector. BYD already... continue
The Government has confirmed it will include the UK’s share of international aviation and shipping emissions in its future legally-binding climate budgets. Minister for Climate Katie White said the Government has laid a statutory instrument to formally include the UK’s share... continue
Approximately 90% of Heavy Goods Vehicle journeys in North East Scotland stay within the region and average only 33km, a study by regional transport partnership Nestrans has found. The Battery Electric HGV Feasibility Study will be presented to the Nestrans board later this month, but the Scottish... continue
A guide to using Vision-led approaches to transport planning has been published by the International Transport Forum on the eve of its annual Summit in Leipzig Germany next week, where the concept will be discussed alongside the main theme of Funding Resilient Transport. It follows discussion... continue
The Aberdeen Rapid Transit scheme is continuing to progress, with a demonstration event using a tram-style bus planned for the next two months. The North East of Scotland Transport Partnership (NESTRANS) was told last week that the Irizar tram-style vehicle would visit between late May and... continue
The Fifth Delivery Plan for Scotland’s National Transport Strategy highlights how local authorities are increasingly operating bus services themselves. Highland Council has led the way, operating bus services since 2022. It is now developing a model for the creation of Britain’s... continue
Transport for Wales has appointed Externiture Ltd to review all bus stops in South West Wales by the end of this year. The region is the first where all bus services will be franchised. The Welsh Government has not promised to fund modernisation of bus stops to defined standards, but the results of... continue
Westmorland and Furness Council has proposed cuts to non-statutory free transport for schoolchildren in a bid to address rising costs. The Cumbrian authority describes school transport as a key area of expenditure, rising from £15.3m in 2023/24 to a projected out-turn of £19.6m in... continue
Plans by local authorities to address rising school transport costs with cuts to post-16 provision would put access to education at risk for children and young people with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities), the Public Accounts Committee’s recent report on home-to-school... continue
Oxfordshire County Council is to discuss how to invest £4.2m raised from its temporary congestion charge scheme at a cabinet meeting in May. Proposals include: a discounted £3 combined parking and bus to run from 1 June until 31 December; funding to deal with ‘missing... continue
East West Rail is now proposing to electrify most of the planned railway between Oxford and Cambridge, but the gaps that will remain between electrified sections are a matter of concern for freight interests. EWR has embarked on a new consultation over the future railway, drawing on insights from... continue
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