Britain’s largest car-sharing provider, Zipcar, is planning to close its UK operations by the end of the year. The US-based company, which is owned by car rental giant Avis Budget, is to suspend new bookings after 31 December, pending the outcome of a consultation with its staff. It has been... continue
A glitch in the way some variable speed cameras interact with signs... continue
The latest local government revenue and expenditure returns highlight that total parking gross... continue
If you work in parking, you’ll know that Blue... continue
London Heathrow Airport is to increase passenger drop-offs at its terminals and will be enforcing a time limit for the first... continue
Connected car services provider Parkopedia has worked with SoundHound AI, a developer of voice and conversational AI, to... continue
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is seeking advice from the Climate Change... continue
Amongst a range of transport implications from the 2025 Autumn Budget will be new a pay-per-mile charge for electric vehicles to be introduced from 2028. This will help offset declining fuel duty revenues, though plug-in van and truck grants remain to promote EV take-up for businesses. The... continue
Ministers have announced £7.3bn capital funding for local highway maintenance in England over the next four years, keeping the £500m ‘uplift\from last year, but requiring councils to jump through more hoops to get the extra cash. The details of the funding from 2026-27 to 2029-30... continue
The Chancellor confirmed existing plans for significant investment in key rail, road and local transport projects, including pressing on with the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), the completion of HS2 to Euston, East West Rail, and the Transpennine Route Upgrade and the additional funding for local... continue
Details have been released of the Integrated Settlements for the 2026/27 to 2029/30 financial years for Greater Manchester, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region, North East Regional Combined Authorities and Greater London Authority. These tables set out the funds in... continue
Heidi Alexander told the Transport Committee that the Government’s planned Integrated National Transport Strategy, now due for publication next year, “will be broad, and it will be ambitious”. Asled what it would and would not cover she said “This is a strategy for domestic... continue
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has ruled out Government funding for any public transport improvements required to underpin expansion of airports. Previous Governments have taken a co-funding approach, with the DfT contributing £200m for the recently completed £250m... continue
Asked about the The third road investment strategy (RIS3) due to be published in March, and whether there would be a greater focus on maintenance, Heidi Alexander said: “What we are trying to do through RIS3 is get the balance right.” “We want to progress significant enhancements,... continue
Heidi Alexander was challenged on the level of DfT’s spending resources, and how performance was measured , and how to improve the finances of the railways. Olly Glover MP pointed out that following the spending review, the Resolution Foundation calculated that real-terms per-person... continue
Asked about the The third road investment strategy( RIS3) due to be published in March, and whether there would be a greater focus on maintenance, Heidi Alexander said, “What we are trying to do through RIS3 is get the balance right.” The Transport Secretary has stressed that on each of... continue
Committee members expressed disappointment at the Department’s failure to embrace a number of suggestions made in its recent report on buses, in particular to consider adopting an ambition for local transport authorities to provide a minimum level of public transport connectivity based on... continue
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