Vehicle leasing specialist Octopus Electric Vehicles (Octopus EV) has extended and upsized its funding line from global banks, bringing its... continue
Uber is looking to further develop its engagement with local transport authorities following participation in a mixed-fleet Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) pilot launched with the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA). The initiative integrates a DRT fleet with Ubers within... continue
Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Chris Whitty has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and... continue
Robert Llewellyn, actor, comedian and writer, will be the host for the Decarbonising Transport Awards 2026 on Friday 27 March at the Royal Lancaster Hotel. Llewellyn is famous for his... continue
Arup has appointed John Fagan as Global Business Leader for Rail. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Fagan has worked in operational planning, business... continue
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has brought in Paul Groves as its new Train Services Director for Thameslink and Great Northern. Groves began his career as a driver for Heathrow... continue
Saila Acton has been promoted to the role of Business Manager at the Urban Transport Group. She has been with the body for 11... continue
Leon Kong has taken on the role of Head of Integrated Data Strategy at GBRX, the strategic innovation body for Britain’s railway. Kong was previously at Greater Anglian... continue
The new General Secretary of train drivers’ union ASLEF is Dave Calfe. He is replacing Mick Whelan, who has been General Secretary since 2011. Calfe has been president of the union’s executive committee for seven years. ... continue
The Chancellor has been urged to reform a range of vehicle charges and duties in her forthcoming budget in a submission by a newly revived group seeking significant changes to transport-related taxation. “Overall the system is surprisingly complicated, especially for HGVs, out of date and in... continue
Devolved governments and mayoral strategic authorities (MSAs) are set to be given a new statutory role under changes set out in the Railways Bill. This will ensure that the newly formed Great British Railways (GBR) will make decisions closer to the communities they affect, improving integration... continue
The Office of Rail and Road will become an advisor and ‘critical friend’ to the Transport Secretary and GBR, as part of a radical overhaul of its rail functions. GBR will replace the ORR in determining access to the network and charges for private-sector operators to use the network.... continue
One of the main talking points in rail circles since Labour was... continue
Urgently adopting distance-based digitally managed road user charges, at a... continue
Accelerating the shift towards zero emission cars is among the central ambitions set out in the Government’s new Carbon Budget and Growth and Delivery Plan (CBGDP).According to the multi-sector plan, the UK’s shift to a “cleaner, more efficient and better integrated transport... continue
The Government’s whole economy Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan (CBGDP) ought to give us a steer on what it is expecting from the transport sector in delivering the decarbonisation pathway to the end of the 6th Carbon Budget. But it is pretty opaque on that matter. This plan follows two previous attempts which were both thrown out in the courts... continue
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