The transport sector faces increased disruptions related to geopolitics, climate change and energy security raising challenges and uncertainties that need to be prepared for... continue
Coventry University is helping to create technology to charge... continue
UK car production declined in March, down -27.1% year on year to 59,467 units, according to the latest figures published by... continue
UK commercial vehicle output rose by 27.4% in the first quarter of 2024, the best Q1 performance since 2008, according to figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Some 32,626 vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches left factory lines, up 18.6%... continue
Living Streets has appointed Catherine Woodhead as its new Chief Executive. She is currently Chief Executive of Muscular Dystrophy UK, which she... continue
Jon Parker is leaving ITP after 25 years. Parker, who was Director of Transport Planning, said his career highlights include “significant, pioneering behaviour change research... continue
Simon Webb, the Managing Partner of consultancy i-Transport, has retired almost 20 years after setting up the practice. He set up the business in partnership with Mark Gimingham in April 2005. Among... continue
Shubham S Nayak has started a new position as Highway Engineer at Royal HaskoningDHV following nearly two years as Graduate Engineer at the consultancy.... continue
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is failing to prioritise climate change after his speech at last year’s Conservative party conference appeared to backtrack on the Government’s... continue
Uber has been increasingly promoting partnerships with public transport operators to expand its offer beyond the original private hire car service. It launched a major promotion of its offer of train information and to book rail journeys in the UK last autumn (see LTT881, 28 Nov 2023), offers coach... continue
An order by Transport for London for ten more Class 345... continue
Free public transport paid for by increased tax on air... continue
Nearly 90% of respondents to a survey say they have made savings on driving costs after switching from petrol or diesel cars to an electric model. The research by the Green Insurer also found that nearly half (48%) of electric car drivers describe the savings as “substantial” while just... continue
The UK could place itself at the forefront of a global turnaround in EV sales trends by embracing five key upcoming developments, according to the latest Demand Report produced by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC). Five major developments could see the UK accelerate itself into pole position... continue
The Government is offering small bus and a coach operators a share of £4.65m to install technology that will display and announce information clearly for all passengers, including those with sight and hearing impairments. Operators can bid for Accessible Information Grants to help cover the... continue
Bus and coach drivers aged 18 to 20 will no longer be stopped from driving routes of no more than 50km, under changes proposed by the Government. This would give young bus and coach drivers parity with 18 to 20-year-olds driving articulated lorries, who can already drive with no distance limit, as... continue
Dutch MaaS platform umob, which integrates the use of shared mobility, taxi and public transport in one app, has acquired MaaS Global, the Finnish mobility developer behind Whim which filed for bankruptcy last month (LTT888, 21 March 2024). MaaS Global, founded in Finland in 2015, is widely... continue
A review of recent trends and developments in Mobility as a Service and potential future direction in the field has been published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Authors Beate Kubitz and James Gleave look at the goal of MaaS to support a shift away from personally-owned modes of... continue
The latest round of the government’s Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) is now open, with organisations and academics able to win up to £45,000 in funding from a £1.3m pot. The TRIG scheme, delivered by... continue
A multi-modal routing tool that integrates over one million kilometres of existing OS road, rail, path and ferry networks, along with the 300,000 transport sites that connect them, has been developed by Ordnance Survey (OS). Where transport planners previously had to process and join multiple... continue
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