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Local Transport Today
Regular news
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Heritage railway seeks to fulfil mainline ambitions
Andrew Forster
Tony Sparks stands at the boundary of the Great Central Railway in Loughborough. Through the palisade fencing the trackbed of the former... continue
Categories: Bridges, Funding / Financing, Railways, East Midlands
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
338 words
Targets in their sights
Andrew Forster
"Care will be needed before taking decisions to stop the data collections which feed performance measures.” So said the Department for... continue
Categories: General transport / Mode, All of UK
Local Transport Today
News extra
2188 words
Could localism agenda save speed cameras from the scrapheap?
Andrew Forster
Speed and red light cameras in Oxfordshire were turned off last weekend  following the county council’s decision to slash funding to the... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, Road safety, Security / Crime / Police, Speed cameras, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
379 words
Mixed messages for speed cameras
Andrew Forster
In recent weeks it has become increasingly clear that the coalition government has got into something of a stew over its policy on speed cameras.... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, Road safety, Speed cameras, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
368 words
Narrowing the horizon
Andrew Forster
The news that some of the country’s school travel advisors face redundancy is not only sad for the people concerned but also makes gloomy... continue
Categories: Attitude/behaviour, Funding / Financing, School / University transport, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Lead Story
453 words
Penning prompts authorities to rethink road safety strategies
Andrew Forster
Highway Authorities and police forces across England are rethinking their road safety strategies following the receipt of a letter from road safety... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, Road management / Maintenance, Road safety, Security / Crime / Police, Speed cameras, England
Local Transport Today
Regular news
575 words
Road pricing? We don’t need that for at least 20 years says Hammond
Andrew Forster
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond this week rejected calls to introduce road charging on England’s motorway network and described the existing... continue
Categories: Pricing / Charging / Tolling, Road management / Maintenance, England
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
387 words
Paying for road use
Andrew Forster
One Policy that will never be far away from the headlines is road pricing. No matter how many setbacks there may be to its delivery, the champions of... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, Pricing / Charging / Tolling, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
372 words
To cut, and where to cut
Andrew Forster
George Osborne this week outlined the public expenditure plans for the next four years that will shape the detailed discussions about transport in... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, General transport / Mode, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Regular news
287 words
Osborne opens debate on state’s role in transport provision
Andrew Forster
A fundamental reappraisal of the Government’s role in transport provision was signalled this week by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. George... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, General transport / Mode, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Regular news
520 words
Counties fear being short-changed by concessionary fare reforms
Andrew Forster
County councils fear they won’t receive sufficient Government grant to cover the cost of taking over concessionary fare responsibilities from... continue
Categories: Buses / Coaches / FTR, Disabled & Special needs, Elderly, Fares / Ticketing / Concessionary, Funding / Financing, Local / Regional government structure, England
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
381 words
What should the state do?
Andrew Forster
George Osbourne must wish it was as easy to cut spending in all other departments as it is in transport. The new Government is less than a month old... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, General transport / Mode, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Aviation News
373 words
Cuts - Making the case
Andrew Forster
If LTT were a fly on the wall in the DfT then this issue would read rather differently. The new ministerial team are two weeks into their posts and... continue
Local Transport Today
Lead Story
629 words
Crossrail squeezes through as Hammond warns of austerity
Andrew Forster
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond this week indicated that London’s Crossrail project would go ahead but warned that other major transport... continue
Categories: Aviation / Airports, Funding / Financing, General transport / Mode, Railways, Regional transport, Sustainable transport, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
381 words
Painful times ahead
Andrew Forster
New Governments usually enjoy a honeymoon period when the electorate and media are full of optimism that the country’s new leaders will bring... continue
Categories: Buses / Coaches / FTR, Funding / Financing, General transport / Mode, Railways, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Regular news
378 words
Review transport governance to cut costs, Scots ministers urged
Andrew Forster
Scotland's regional transport partnerships could hold the key to delivering efficiency savings in the transport sector,  ministers have been... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, General transport / Mode, Local / Regional government structure, Regional transport, Scotland
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
395 words
Abandoning road pricing: Dutch courage?
Andrew Forster
As a nation we frequently compare transport policy with our European neighbours and usually we conclude that things are done much better elsewhere.... continue
Categories: Pricing / Charging / Tolling, Road management / Maintenance, All of UK, Europe
Local Transport Today
Lead Story
398 words
DfT selects Manchester to test bus policy and road reforms
Andrew Forster
THE DfT is to part-fund a major study of bus services in Greater Manchester that looks set to shape national bus policy. Details of the study... continue
Categories: Buses / Coaches / FTR, Local / Regional government structure, Road management / Maintenance, Town centre / City / Suburban transport, Northwest England
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
363 words
Does Transport policy determine elections?
Andrew Forster
The conventional wisdom is no but anyone browsing the astonishingly-long list of press releases issued by the DfT in the last month could be forgiven... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, General transport / Mode, All of UK
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
369 words
High-Speed Rail, is it moving too fast to stop?
Andrew Forster
One of the most striking features of the Government’s White Paper on high-speed rail is the self-confidence with which it presents the case... continue
Categories: Funding / Financing, Railways, All of UK
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