Two new sections of motorway bus lane opened in Belfast this week, offering predicted peak time journey time savings of up to 15 minutes for passengers compared... continue
Emergency crews were called to a fire in a multi-storey car park in the Irish city of Waterford last month. Shoppers at an Aldi supermarket beneath the car park were forced to evacuate the shop when the blaze broke out at around 5pm on 5 February. No one was injured in the fire. A Garda... continue
Patronage on Belfast’s Glider bus service, launched last September, has already reached the level that was expected in 2028. The operation, featuring articulated buses and new bus lanes, runs from the Dundonald park-and-ride site, in the east, to the city centre and on to Colin and Dunmurry... continue
NCP is the operator of Belfast Harbour’s new 900-space car park, which opened on 21 January. The £20m... continue
APCOA Parking staff supported an Irish children’s hospice by collecting toys. The 2018 Christmas Toy Appeal in aid of the LauraLynn... continue
Motorists in Northern Ireland have been fined £1.4m in the past three years for abusing in disabled bays. More than 16,000 penalty charge notices (PCNs) were issued to motorists who used the bays without displaying a Blue Badge. The figures were supplied to BBC News NI by the Department for... continue
Northern Ireland's consumer protection body overturned £40,000 worth of fines issued by private parking companies last year. The Consumer Council, an independent body tasked with helping consumers across a range of sectors in Northern Ireland, said the challenges relate to 333 tickets in the... continue
Consultant Momentum Transport has strengthened its Dublin operation with the appointment of Deirdre Eogan as principal consultant within its transport planning division.... continue
Belfast’s Queen’s University has become the first... continue
Dublin City Council and Belfast City Council are seeking smart, low-cost solutions to optimise freight and cargo deliveries in urban centres in order to reduce the number of goods vehicles... continue
If 20% of private car trips were replaced with shared... continue
Belfast’s £90m bus rapid transit project – Glider – has been fully launched with the introduction of new articulated vehicles last week.... continue
Transport for the North (TfN) must not try to redirect funding from urban to inter-urban transport improvements, a council has said. Responding to TfN’s draft strategic transport plan, Gateshead Council in Tyne and Wear says the document’s emphasis on improving inter-city links... continue
Regular passenger flights will commence in June between Carlisle Lake District Airport and London Southend, Belfast and Dublin. The airport, located six miles east of Carlisle, is owned by Stobart Group. Flights will be provided by Scottish operator Loganair.... continue
With the passing of local elections next Thursday, we’ll likely start to hear more again about how councils are planning to meet their legal obligations on nitrogen dioxide concentrations. The authorities identified by the Government last summer as needing to prepare action plans had until... continue
Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructurehas awarded the contract to dual a 16-mile section of the A6 Londonderry-Belfast road between Drumahoe and Dungiven to Sacyr, Wills Bros and Somague. The £220m project is expected to take four years to complete. ... continue
Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail has appointed APCOA Parking Ireland to operate 67 paid car parks, including Rosslare Europort. The contract is for three years with a possible extension of a further two years. It covers car park management, pay & display machines, roll-out of the APCOA... continue
Online parking reservation provider ParkCloud has strengthened its... continue
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