Day 3 of COP28 in Dubai was a dense and full-on affair. I am here in my capacity of official observer for the International Society of City and Regional Planners, and – as I did when I attended COP26 two years ago – I’ve convinced my friends... continue
I arrived in Dubai last night at around 2am. I know the city well, and was expecting a lot of celebration for the COP event, with welcome posters and strong messaging everywhere. I was disappointed; it was all fairly subdued, with the exception of the excited taxi drivers... continue
Lord Davies of Gower has been appointed a junior minister at the Department for Transport, replacing Baroness Vere. Prior to his appointment as parliamentary under secretary of state (roads and local transport), Lord Byron... continue
Natasha Grice has joined the watchdog Transport Focus from her post of interim head of customer strategy at Chiltern Railways. Her appointment completes a new-look senior... continue
Sophie Allison has been appointed managing director of Midland Metro Limited (MML) after carrying out the role on an interim basis for the last two years. She joined Centro, the predecessor of Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), in 2006 and moved to MML, as head of business transformation, when it... continue
Costain has appointed Jonathan Willcock as its new managing director of the Transportation Division. For the last three years Willcock has been the managing director of... continue
Northern has appointed Jayne Breen as its new head of property. Breen joins from Carlisle Support Services but was previously Northern’s head of engineering services. Prior to that she was also the train presentation delivery manager for their services in the North West, managing the teams... continue
Arriva Rail London (ARL) has appointed finance and commercial director Steve Best as new managing director. Best joined ARL as finance director in 2013 under the London Overground Rail Operations Limited (LOROL) concession. Best succeeds Paul Hutchings, who will move to a new role at Arriva UK... continue
Marie Godward is new knowledge transfer manager - net zero at Innovate UK KTN. She previously spent two years as assistant transport strategy officer at... continue
Mounting costs of construction plus the need to remodel the Midlands... continue
The Welsh Government has provided further information about the bridging period between the current and franchised bus models, but is still unable to say when legislation to enable franchising will be introduced in the Senedd. Similar legislation was passed for England and Scotland before the... continue
Transport for Wales has defended its modelling of bus journey times which helped to inform the Welsh Government’s decision to make 20mph the default speed limit and to provide no additional funding to address the impact of the change on buses. Some authorities face significant increases in... continue
Data collecting flaws within the rail industry have led to the DfT and ORR having to withdraw the full rail usage journey figures for the last eighteen months due to confusion over the impacts of the Elizabeth Line opening. The problem affects the complete National Rail (including Elizabeth Line)... continue
The business case for HS2 will be updated next year but requires months of work because so much of the previous modelling of costs and benefits has been altered by the cancellation of the high speed line north of Lichfield, the House of Commons Transport Committee was informed on 15 November. Alan... continue
Transport Secretary Mark Harper re-emphasised the Government’s thinking about the cancellation of the Northern HS2 sections and the reallocation of the money saved to other transport expenditure. He told MPs that rail had dominated transport spending because of HS2 and yet other modes were... continue
The Transport Committee has welcomed the Government’s positive response in The King’s Speech to its calls for new legislation for self-driving vehicles, but says its ‘safety ambition’, for the technology to replicate a human driver, is “too weak” as set out in... continue
The Welsh Government has admitted it has no data on progress towards its key 2025 targets on modal shift, published more than two years ago in the Net Zero Wales Carbon Budget 2. However, the growth in zero emission car sales is line with the Climate Change Committee’s pathway. The Net Zero... continue
Better connectivity is needed to reduce car reliance, tackle high emissions in rural areas and support new business start-ups in the South East of England says Transport for the South East (TfSE), the Sub- national Transport Body, in its first State of the Region report. The report shows where the... continue
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