Three female front line workers will be the cover stars of British Vogue next month. A London Overground train driver, an east... continue
People from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority groups are at a higher risk of dying from coronavirus, says a report by Public Health England (PHE). The report, called Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19, shows age remains the biggest risk factor associated with COVID-19, while... continue
The rules covering new measures to be imposed at the UK border from next week to protect against coronavirus have been revealed by the Home Secretary and Transport Secretary. The self-isolation measures being introduced from Monday 8 June are designed to prevent new cases being brought in from... continue
The Freight Transport Association is urging the government to follow through on its promise to... continue
The future of England’s clean air zone (CAZ)... continue
An offer of quick and easy-to-use technical support to local authorities charged with recasting urban streetspace to meet new statutory guidance in the light of Covid-19 has been sent to transport secretary Grant Shapps by a group of professional representatives co-ordinated by Urban Design Group... continue
The DfT this week announced a £254m 12-week fund to restore bus services in England outside London to normal as Covid-19 restrictions are eased. The Covid-19 Bus Service Support Grant Restart (CBSSG Restart) funding will cover the losses that operators incur by restoring normal services... continue
The Government must fund the additional costs of providing school transport during Covid-19 social distancing, the Urban Transport Group has said. The UTG wants the Government to meet the “full additional costs resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic on the provision of transport to... continue
More councils in England have warned of financial distress unless the Goverment comes up with further funding to cover their additional costs and income losses from Covid-19. The Government has already provided... continue
Leeds City Council has reported a big drop in road traffic casualities because during Covid-19 movement restrictions. The council has compared road traffic casualties in the first 18 weeks of 2020 and 2019. All casualties fell by 40 per cent, from 643 (2019) to 383 (2020), while those killed or... continue
Local authorities’ own financial problems... continue
Councils in England should be given freedoms on spending Government grants for transport and economic development because of Covid-19, the Local Government Association has said. LGA chairman James Jamieson has written to Simon Clarke, the MP for regional growth and local government, setting... continue
Local authorities in England this week received notification of their indicative allocations from the first £45m of the DfT’s £250m budget for active travel schemes. Of the total £250m, £225m is being provided directly to local transport authorities and London... continue
Bus operators may be unable to give cast-iron commitments to provide match-funding in the DfT’s All-Electric Bus Town competition because Covid-19 has wrecked their investment programmes. The funding competition will see... continue
West Yorkshire Combined Authority has suggested halting... continue
Covid-19 may not have a big lasting impact on rail commuting in West Yorkshire, the combined authority has suggested. An officer report to councillors said it was impossible to know the timescale or magnitude of the impacts. “It is legitimate to ask both: (a) Will demand return, in the... continue
Fewer, but longer, passenger trains may be the way to improve service punctuality on some routes in the north of England, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has suggested. Poor punctuality and reliability has plagued services in the north of England in recent years but WYCA officers have... continue
The government is likely to replace its operation of the Northern rail franchise in with a concession model, though the change may be many months away because of Covid-19. In a report discussing the future of Northern, officers of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority told councillors: “It is... continue
The DfT and Transport for the North (TfN) are at odds about the consultation on the Northern Powerhouse Rail project, according to Nexus, the Tyne and Wear PTE. “Ministers are keen to consult the public on high level options but wish to focus on Manchester to Leeds,” Nexus... continue
The Government’s push to electrify road transport is based on naivety, the undue influence of the Committee on Climate Change, and a lack of engineering expertise within Government, an academic has said. Professor Michael Kelly, the former chief scientific adviser to the Department for... continue
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