Transport for London’s draft business plan sets out its programme for the future of London’s transport network. The new document covers TfL’s plans and investment priorities to 2029/30. It sets out how TfL will deliver changes to its services and seek to improve the experience... continue
Police Crime Prevention Initiatives is to directly manage of the scheme that issues Park Marks to well-run car parks. The Safer Parking Scheme, and a number of related security accreditations, had... continue
Delivery of Disabled Motoring UK’s Park Access... continue
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) board has confirmed the appointment of Helen Hardy as Chief Executive Officer, following a successful seven-month period as Interim CEO. Last June, Paul... continue
Former Kier Highways transport lead Joe Incutti has been made group managing director for Kier Infrastructure. He now heads a division with a £2bn annual turnover and more than 6,000 employees. The Kier Infrastructure division combines Kier’s design, build and maintenance capabilities... continue
Coach firm proprietor Kathryn Pulham has become the new Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) President, taking over from Stagecoach London Managing Director Paul Lynch. Pulham has... continue
Transport for London has secured court approval to go ahead with its major new ticketing and revenue management renewal, despite an ongoing dispute with previous supplier Cubic. It comes as TfL has published a wide-ranging new business plan for its activities over the next five years. The plan... continue
In a surprise announcement, Nick Harris has said he will step down very shortly as... continue
The DfT expects to have the first Chair of Great British Railways in post within months, but has not yet decided what to do with its Shadow GBR activity. Both have remits to bring together Network Rail and train operators in preparation for GBR’s launch next year. Applications for Chair... continue
The special purpose company set up to develop the East West Rail project looks set to be incorporated into Network Rail, following the Government’s review of arm’s length bodies. The Conservative Government announced in 2016 that delivery of design, construction and operation of the... continue
Professor Greg Marsden is on a new quest to obtain information from the Department for Transport related to the government’s Carbon Budget Growth Delivery Plan published late October last year. He wants the Department to report the areas it has supplied data and analysis for with respect to... continue
The Channel Tunnel has been used for the first time by an electric Heavy Goods Vehicle carrying freight. The innovation followed a meeting where transport ministers from the UK’s four nations discussed decarbonising HGVs and other Heavy Duty Vehicles (HDVs). Last week the Government issued a... continue
The Department for Transport has published new detailed guidance explaining how local transport authorities in England can establish a franchising scheme for bus services in line with the new Bus Services Act 2025. It comes with an accompanying bus franchising manual. The 54 page guidance outlines... continue
New minimum standards for Enhanced Partnerships (EPs) will be a condition of future bus grant funding, the Department for Transport says in a new Review of Enhanced Partnership performance to date, seeking to identify the characteristics that deliver best results. To promote transparency and... continue
A set of five flexible franchising options is given in the new DfT franchising guidance, including a ‘grow it out’ model as an example of a partial franchise model, which “could be a pragmatic route for authorities looking to build franchising capacity gradually, starting from a... continue
On cycling, the strategy says this “has significantly increased over recent years thanks to sustained investment in cycling infrastructure which has delivered more than 430km of high-quality cycle routes”, but it wants to build on this momentum. “Throughout the plan, investment in... continue
TfL’s new draft five year business plan focuses on a £72bn investment to modernize London’s network, targeting growth, financial sustainability, and reducing congestion. Key initiatives include expanding the DLR to Beckton Riverside/Thamesmead, new Piccadilly and DLR trains,... continue
Transport for London ‘s new first-ever London network-wide strategy spanning all of London’s highway network pledges to cut overall traffic congestion and speed up bus services in the five years up to 2030. The London on the move plan outlines aims to roll out new technology, bus... continue
The new seven-year contract from Transport for London for Indra Group to take over the Oyster and Contactless travel payment and authorisation system has now formally been placed, after a judged lifted a ban on that happening. Signing has been held up several months by a dispute between TfL and... continue
At the court hearing granting TfL’s application to lift the automatic suspension it emerged that Cubic was disqualified in the bidding because it failed a specific TfL “pass-fail” technical requirement at the final tender stage. It continues to seek substantial damages for losing... continue
New Department for Transport (DfT) statutory guidance aims to improve the safety and accessibility of floating bus stops for all users, DfT says. On 20 November the Minister for Roads Simon Lightwood wrote to all local authorities in England asking them to pause the installation of floating bus... continue
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