An alliance of parking operators, landowners, food delivery companies and e-mobility providers are working together to develop a network of urban logistics hubs in London. The hubs are located in car parks,... continue
A once treeless, vehicle-dominated street in Waltham Forest has been transformed by rain gardens, widened footways and the removal of parking spaces. Sutherland Road now boasts around 500 square metres of rain gardens, 500 square metres of footway, 68... continue
‘Mini Switzerland’ project to get £6m for Peak District trial In Better Connected, the Government announced it would provide £6m funding to support an integrated transport demonstrator programme in Hope... continue
Few details have yet been given about the Mass Transit Taskforce announced as being established in the ‘Better Connected’ policy paper. This said “The Taskforce will assess the wider economic, spatial and social benefits of integrated mass transit systems, and examine the funding,... continue
A commitment to great attention on coaches in transport policy at both a strategic and operational level has been welcomed. The integration strategy notes how coaches “can be particularly overlooked in transport planning yet provide essential links between many towns, cities, airports and... continue
Transport East’s innovative agent-based travel behaviour model has been flagged for wider use in the government’s Better Connected strategy. BERTIE (BEhaviouR & Transport: Impact & Equity), is featured as a case study in the strategy in relation to better use of data and digital... continue
The fact that the Better Connected paper is mainly a round-up of existing Government policies and aspirations that it hopes to achieve has meant that most of the responses to it are broadly uncritical. Amongst those raising concerns that it takes a “rose-tinted” view of too many issues,... continue
Freight must be fully embedded within the transport system and not be treated as a separate or secondary consideration, states Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT(UK)). It argues that freight is fundamental to how the economy functions and how places operate. “It... continue
The Government’s Better Connected integrated transport strategy, published... continue
The long-awaited new Local Transport Plan (LTP) guidance just published by the DfT has highlighted how the recently-introduced requirement for Local Transport Authorities to produce an annual Local Transport Delivery Plan, will now function alongside the LTP process. While the LTP is still... continue
The Department for Transport has made it clear it will press on with appointing a first chair for Great British Railways despite the establishment of the new organisation still being some 18 months away, and many GBR preparation tasks having just been given to the Chair of the existing company DfT... continue
The Government is giving six mayoral combined authorities in England a further £500,000 of government funding each to help them introduce bus franchising Franchising is now the policy being implemented by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Liverpool City Region, South Yorkshire, the West... continue
New guidance designed to support and improve bus enhanced partnerships (EPs) in England has been released by the DfT. The document follows the publication of a review of EPs in January, which revealed that some partnerships are not currently delivering. In these cases, “support is... continue
The DfT has published a policy paper setting out its “vision” for bus services in England. According to the document, the “best way to make the local bus service successful is for it to have a strong revenue base of passengers”. This requires bus services to be... continue
Pilot moves to shift responsibility for public health to regional mayors could offer the chance to integrate transport and health plans and make better use resources. New Health Devolution two-year trials have been announced by the government for Greater Manchester (Andy Burnham) and South... continue
A coalition of global investors, investment consultants and pension funds has issued a public statement demanding that freight and logistics firms take urgent action to address air pollution. The sector’s limited progress to date is translating into “escalating material health and... continue
Keolis and Amey have joined forces to win another light rail contract, this time for operation and maintenance of the Luas system in Dublin. The contract, valued at approximately €1.3bn, starts on 1 September and has a core term of seven years, with the option to extend for up to six years.... continue
The London Assembly has published an analysis of automation ahead of expected trials in the capital of self-driving vehicles without a safety driver this spring. Report author Philip Lewis refers to a study by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, which said that one of the biggest challenges an... continue
Guidance on new permits designed to enable small-scale trials of self-driving passenger transport services has been issued by the DfT. This is intended to help local authorities and transport bodies understand the automated passenger services (APS) permitting scheme, established by Part 5 of the... continue
A consortium that includes Wrightbus, Queen’s University Belfast and Loughborough University has been awarded a £250,000 Government grant to develop self-driving buses. Delivered by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the programme aims to grow the UK’s connected and... continue
There was a significant increase in the number of Blue Badges held in England compared with the previous year, new data from the DfT shows. In the year ending March 2025, the total number of Blue Badges was 3.07 million, an 8% increase (228,000 badges) compared with March 2024. Approximately 5.2%... continue
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