The concept of a 'Major Road Network for the North' to connect the economic centres is introduced by the first strategic transport plan for northern England. Transport for the North's 13 connectivity priorities for the roads network... continue
The DfT has shortlisted three bidders for the West Coast Partnership franchise, which will include running initial services on the HS2 network. The shortlisted bidders are: • First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited, a joint venture of FirstGroup plc (70%) and Trenitalia UK Limited... continue
The Tees Valley Combined Authority is developing a plan for a dual carriageway Darlington Northern Bypass connecting the A1(M) at junction 59 north of the town, with the A66 at Little Burdon roundabout to the east. The CA says the new road would relieve the A167 and A1150 through Darlington,... continue
A major road network (MRN) of the most economically important roads in the north of England has been identified by Transport for the North. The network of local authority roads and Highways England roads is described as... continue
Tees Valley Combined Authority (CA) is to explore the partnership and franchising powers of the Bus Services Act 2017. The CA has allocated £80,000 to the work, which will pay for an officer to be seconded from Darlington Council to develop options, and fund external consultancy support as... continue
Transport for the North has opened talks with potential suppliers of a back office system for smart and contactless ticketing. TfN wants passengers to be able to make journeys on multiple modes of transport and across multiple operators, and be charged the ‘best price’ for the... continue
On 12 June The Guardian devoted a lengthy article to the proposed ‘dockless’ bike hire due to open in Manchester at the end of the month. Describing the concept of dockless bike hire schemes as... continue
West Yorkshire Combined Authority is to recruit between ten and 22 full-time equivalent staff to help deliver the area’s transport investment programme. Staff will be recruited across areas such as project management, programme management, civil engineering and transport planning. The staff... continue
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is exploring... continue
Hull City Council is to procure two contracts to update its urban traffic control (UTC) system. The council currently uses the SCOOT (Split Cycle Optimisation Technique) urban traffic control system to co-ordinate traffic signals on main roads. More than 80% of the telemetry in the system is... continue
Halton Borough Council will lead the procurement of a joint intelligent transport systems for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority area. The contract should commence on 1 April 2018 and run for an initial six years with potential for four one-year extensions. It will cover traffic... continue
A dockless public bike hire system is to be piloted in Manchester. Chinese firm Mobike will provide 1,000 bikes in the six-month pilot scheme covers central Manchester and Salford. It is due to launch at the end of... continue
The City of York Council has awarded FirstGroup a seven-year contract to deliver the city’s park-and-ride services from February next year. First is the current operator of the services. The new contract will see First operate fully electric buses on three of the six routes, with new Euro 6... continue
Bill Dixon, the leader of Darlington Council, has been appointed cabinet member for transport at the Tees Valley Combined Authority, which is chaired by elected mayor Ben Houchen. ... continue
Liam Robinson, the chair of Merseytravel, has been appointed transport portfolio holder for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority chaired by Labour mayor Steve Rotheram. Rotheram is portfolio holder for policy, finance and resources, digital and innovation. Barrie Grunewald, the leader of St... continue
Phil Halewood has joined the Northern England business unit of SYSTRA Ltd as an associate director. He moves from Celeritas Transport Services Ltd, where he has been involved in bus interchange and rail station devolution projects for Transport for Greater Manchester. ... continue
Transport for the North (TfN) chief executive David Brown will leave in September to become managing director of Arriva Rail North Ltd, operator of the Northern franchise. Brown succeeds Alan Chaplin, who has been acting managing director since February. ... continue
Chesterfield Borough Council in Derbyshire has withdrawn its application to become a member of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority, a decision that averts the need for a remapping of transport responsibilities. The Sheffield City Region Combined Authority consulted on a proposal last... continue
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is now using a camera system to detect drivers trying to avoid paying for parking by tailgating when leaving its barrier-controlled car parks. Besides representing a... continue
City of York Council is set to extend bus operator First York’s park & ride for the seven years with a contract that will see greener buses and contactless payment introduced. The bid was approved by the executive at a council meeting on 18 May and the new contract arrangements are set to... continue
A 'smart' bike sharing scheme without docking stations or public funding that... continue
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