Northern Ireland bus manufacturer Wrightbus has begun consultation on reducing its workforce by 95 amid challenging market conditions. Chairman of Wrights Group, Mark Nodder OBE, said: “Wrightbus, along with the rest of the industry, is facing some very difficult conditions in its domestic market at present, with current order intake for new vehicles at relatively low levels. In order that the business remains competitive in the long-term, it is vital that we promptly take appropriate steps."... 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
Youth and experience were both honoured at the British Parking Awards 2018, which were held in London on Friday 9 March. The awards... continue
Over 150,000 parking fines were issued in Northern Ireland last year, according to figures from the Department for Infrastructure (DfI). More than 94,000 penalty charge notices (PCNs) were issued in 2017 for on-street parking offences. A further 57,000 PCNs were issued for off-street and bus lane... continue
Derry City and Strabane District Council has agreed to write off nearly £180,000 in unpaid parking fines, because it has exhausted all avenues for retrieving the bad debts. The Northern Ireland council’s business and culture committee approved the move. A spokesman explained that... continue
Transport secretary Chris Grayling suggested this week that the Retail Prices Index may not be used to calculate annual increases in rail fares in future, as protests against this year’s increases were staged at railway stations. Regulated fares in most of England and Wales increased by 3.6%... continue
The extension of street parking controls across Northern Ireland could raise up to £5m a year, a briefing document produced for the Northern Ireland Assembly suggests. Introducing parking charges at all hospital and social care sites and a new policy for civil servants are also... continue
The winners of the British Parking Awards 2018 will be revealed at a gala ceremony held in London during March by the comedian Lucy Porter. The competition is free to enter and, as is now traditional, the deadline for submissions has been extended to... continue
Lord Adonis, chairman of the Government’s National Infrastructure Commission, has voiced interest in the idea of a tunnel between Britain and Ireland. “I’m intrigued – no more at this stage – by a tunnel from Ireland to Wales/Scotland,” said the former Labour... continue
A group of European specialists in road user charging are warning that shortfalls in fuel tax caused by a move to emissions-free vehicles means current ways of funding the road network are not sustainable. They have called for new thinking to improve mobility options and improve productivity. At a... continue
The Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) is urging politicians to repeal a legal anomaly that requires all users of e-bikes to hold a licence, register their machines and wear crash helmets. Northern Ireland treats pedal bikes featuring electric motors for assistance in the same... continue
Mark Treadwell is new operations manager UK & Ireland at Papercast, which develops bus stop passenger information using solar powered wireless e-paper displays.... continue
Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has... continue
Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure has awarded Siemens a four-year contract to maintain traffic management equipment, including traffic signals, vehicle activated signs, and ANPR cameras. ... continue
People living in Belfast are being encouraged to take up walking and cycling as a way of leading a... continue
Go-Ahead Group has won the contract to provide bus services in outer Dublin, the first open tender process run by Ireland’s National Transport Authority. Go-Ahead will operate 24 routes with 125 buses and around 350 drivers. The contract will commence in late 2018 and run for five years with... continue
The British government has said it wants to avoid creating a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after the UK leaves the European Union (EU) in March 2019. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that will share a land border with an EU member state post-Brexit.... continue
Online parking reservation provider ParkCloud has... continue
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