A mixed-use development is to be built above Farringdon station, one of 12 Elizabeth Line projects that TfL hopes will raise a total of £500m. An agreement has been signed between TfL and developer HB Reavis to build a 138,000 sq ft scheme above Farringdon's new Elizabeth line platforms... continue
Trust in the rail industry has fallen to its lowest point for six years, reveals a report from the consumer organisation Which? In July 2018, only 23% said they trusted train travel, a 6% drop compared with July 2017. This makes train travel one of the least-trusted consumer industries, only above... continue
New laws to crack down on dangerous cyclists have been... continue
On 29 July the Department for Transport (DfT) released its Blue Badge consultation: summary of responses and... continue
The Department for Transport (DfT) has set out its Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS), which aims to improve accessibility for... continue
In recent years we have been on a rollercoaster ride of... continue
The car park serving an inter-war apartment building in Westminster, London has been refurbished. Dorset House is a block of 185 upmarket flats built in Marylebone... continue
The Mayor of London is being urged to make better use of the River Thames, which is currently an... continue
The London Borough of Enfield has fitted purpose-built... continue
A director of an off-airport parking company admitted misleading travellers using Gatwick Airport who thought they paid for their cars to be stored securely. Instead vehicles booked in with Best Meet and Greet were left in public car parks and fields. West Sussex County Council’s Trading... continue
A damning assessment of the HS2 project was prepared by a... continue
Leon Daniels, Transport for London’s former managing director of surface transport, received a severance payment of almost £445,000 when he left the organisation last December. Garrett Emmerson, TfL’s former chief operating officer for surface transport, received almost... continue
The Treasury is to work with the private sector to establish an investment fund to accelerate the delivery of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced plans for a £400m Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund in the Budget last November. The plan... continue
The DfT is consulting on a proposed new grade of petrol that could cut carbon dioxide emissions. The proposal would allow fuel suppliers to increase the amount of bioethanol in petrol from the current 5 per cent limit (E5) to ten per cent (E10). The DfT says this could cut carbon dioxide emissions... continue
The Government has launched a call for evidence on the impact of emissions from brakes, tyres and road wear. Transport minister Jesse Norman said: “The Government has worked with the University of Plymouth to improve scientific understanding of the impact of these tiny particles and we... continue
Local and national governments are overlooking the potential for driver education to reduce air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions from road vehicles, according to IAM RoadSmart’s head of technical policy. Tim Shallcross said many drivers did not understand the technology incorporated in... continue
The Government has given local planning authorities more leeway to set maximum parking standards in new developments in the final version of the updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England. The draft version, published for consultation in March (LTT 16 Mar), said maximum... continue
The DfT has issued a call for evidence on how to increase the use of electric cargo bikes and electric vans for delivery services in urban areas. The DfT says e-cargo bikes have “huge potential” but asks if financial support is... continue
Transport for London is working with consultants Jacobs and AECOM and mobile network operator O2 on a project to analyse travel demand using anonymised mobile phone data. The parties are working to fuse the ‘event data’ with a range of complementary datasets to better... continue
The DfT has issued a call for evidence on how to support new mobility products and services in urban transport, such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS). The Department asks for views on what laws and regulations need to be amended to facilitate new transport technologies and services. Feedback will... continue
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