More than 40% of respondents to a TransportXtra survey believe that councils should cover the costs of operating bike share schemes. In a Twitter poll asking who should pay for bike share schemes, ‘local authorities’ came top with 41%, followed by ‘users of the scheme’... continue
Jesse Norman MP, appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Transport in June 2017, will be giving a keynote speech and taking questions at Smarter Travel LIVE! on 19 October. As Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for... continue
An international business campaign designed to fast-track... continue
Businesses are suffering anxiety about the investment required to... continue
The initial findings of the Electric Nation trial suggest that smart charging could be a... continue
Motorists do not want future car technology to prevent them from breaking the law by speeding or illegally using a phone, a survey suggests. More than three-in-five drivers would be happy to see other road users have compulsory technology that prevents dangerous and illegal driving, suggests the... continue
A cyclist who knocked over and killed a woman in London, has been sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders' institution. Charlie Allison was cleared of manslaughter but found guilty of bodily harm by "wanton or furious driving". Charlie Alliston was travelling on a fixed-wheel track bike that... continue
Autonomous vehicles are likely to deliver a wide... continue
The Mayor of London is asking TV and radio broadcasters to... continue
The City of London is planning to create taxi ranks reserved for electric vehicles. The Corporation is keen to encourage the use of electric... continue
A number of car-makers have launched... continue
In the twentieth century, planning for the city was about planning for the car. In recent years, however, the true impact of this approach has become only too apparent. From a changing global climate to the obesity epidemic, an over-reliance on the private automobile is driving many of the... continue
Transport for London wants to collect depersonalised Wifi data from Tube travellers’ mobile phones on a regular basis after hailing the success of a trial. A four-week pilot ran between November and December last year. Focused on 54 stations within travelcard zones 1-4, it saw more... continue
The DfT is reviewing the findings of two studies into how technology could be used in the National Travel Survey (NTS). Moving away from a paper-based survey may, however, lead to a break in the survey’s time series. The NTS currently collects data about household travel patterns... continue
A new type of rumble strip to encourage cyclists to cut their speed when approaching dangerous junctions is to be trailled in an EU-funded research project. The €7.1m MeBeSafe project is exploring ways to modify road user behaviour to improve safety, including driver training, in-vehicle... continue
Highways England is exploring how motorway and trunk road layouts and traffic sign designs could be modified to make driving easier and safer for older people. An Atkins/CH2M joint venture is conducting the work. The contract end date is 30 June 2018.... continue
The University of the West of England’s Centre for Transport and Society, and University College London, have launched a website to document experiences from projects to remove or reduce road traffic in the UK. The website will cover measures such as road closures; reductions to road... continue
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