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9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today Comment
Lewisham partners with Zest to deliver on-street EV charging

Lewisham partners with Zest to deliver on-street EV charging

Mark Moran

Lewisham Council is working with Zest to expand public EV... continue

13 Jan 2026EVolution News
Navigating pavement parking

Navigating pavement parking

Chris Wade

For years, my neighbours parked on the pavement outside my home in Cambridge.... continue

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10 Jan 2026Parking Review Opinion
9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

TfL shapes position to feed into government approvals

Peter Stonham

Though the Government will make the final decision on any driverless vehicle operations in London under the Automated Vehicles Act 2024, the views of Transport for London (TfL) and the boroughs will need to be taken into account. In a document describing its approach to automated vehicles published... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

Lazards get £20m contract to find £7.5bn private finance for Thames Crossing company

Peter Stonham

Lazard & Co. Limited, the global financial advisory and capital funding and asset management firm, have been awarded the £20m government contract to be Strategic Sale Advisor in the quest to secure private sector investment to build the new Lower Thames Crossing (LTT928 18th December... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

Rural Mobility Fund DRT trials report published

In 2021, DfT provided £20 million through its Rural Mobility Fund (RMF) to 15 local authorities in England outside London to trial DRT in rural and suburban areas, which schemes would be participating in an ongoing monitoring and evaluation process. An interim evaluation was published in... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

DfT publishes best practice guidance on DRT guidance

Peter Stonham

The DfT has published new best practice guidance on demand responsive transport (DRT) for local transport authorities in England The guidance aims to help the authorities implement “ flexible, on-demand shared transport that fills gaps, reduces social isolation, and serves as an alternative... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

Impressive local area bus ridership recovery illustrates positive policy benefits

Peter Stonham

Nine local authority areas now have higher average bus passenger journeys per resident in 2025 than, pre-COVID, in 2019, concludes a new analysis of bus use data by consultant Steer. Author Stephen Bishop describes it as a ‘phenomenal outcome’ for these places. The analysis is based on... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News
DfT aims to save up to 70% by using AI to process consultations

DfT aims to save up to 70% by using AI to process consultations

Deniz Huseyin

An AI-powered system designed to respond to consultations... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News
9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

DfT ‘lost’ 73% of the GBR consultation responses

The DfT has reissued the Government’s response to last year’s public consultation on establishing Great British Railways to reflect the omission of more than 6,000 responses from supporters of We Own It, which campaigns for public ownership of public services. The group  claims the... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

GBR ‘should take account of more than LTPs’

GBR should take account of all appropriate transport strategies in each Mayoral Strategic Authority rather than only Local Transport Plans (LTPs), Midlands Connect has suggested in its submission to the Transport Committee. The Bill sets out that GBR and the Office of Rail and Road should have... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

Transport for All wants ORR to be GBR’s licensing authority

Transport for All, representing disabled people, is concerned by the power the Railways Bill proposes to give the Secretary of State, who will become “the sole grantor and modifier of the GBR licence”, in its words. Currently, the ORR independently  issues licences but the Bill... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

GBR will be ‘vertically fragmented’ unions and Mayoral authority warn

The UK Government’s contrasting models for funding GBR’s infrastructure and train operations will retain vertical fragmentation within what is meant to be an integrated organisation, the Transport Committee has been told in two evidence submissions. In November, the Government said that... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

New tyre, brake and roadside technologies could reduce impact of PM2.5 emissions

Deniz Huseyin

A range of new technologies could potentially reduce the impact of PM2.5 particulate emissions, concludes a new report for the DfT. The study by consultancy Ricardo says that the technologies fit broadly into four categories: brakes, including brake design and materials, and the use of regenerative... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

Transport Committee launches new inquiry in bid to accelerate EV transition

Peter Stonham

The Commons Transport Committee has launched a new inquiry into how the Government can accelerate the country’s transition to widespread use of electric vehicles (EV). The inquiry comes against the backdrop of manufacturers being mandated to end the sale of new pure petrol or diesel cars by... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

EV truck grants raised as new HGV CO2 emissions consultation opens

Peter Stonham

Road Hauliers and logistics fleet operators are being offered discounts of up to £120,000 on new electric trucks under an additional £18m announced by the government to increase the Plug-in Truck Grant until March, as part of a £318m plan to reduce emissions in the freight... continue

9 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News
Public chargepoint provision rose by 19% in 2025

Public chargepoint provision rose by 19% in 2025

Mark Moran

There has been 19% year on year increase across the board in the number of EV chargepoints available in Britain. These are among the headline... continue

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Transport Committee chair welcomes action on pavement parking

Transport Committee chair welcomes action on pavement parking

Mark Moran

The House of Commons Transport Committee’s chair Ruth... continue

9 Jan 2026Parking Review News
DVSA brings in Warmington to cut driving test waiting times

DVSA brings in Warmington to cut driving test waiting times

Deniz Huseyin

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has... continue

8 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

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