A woman who left her BMW with an airport meet & greet parking firm returned to find it had been driven nearly 500 miles and issued with a parking fine while she was away. The car owner Zoe... continue
A 1,640-space car park is to be built by Liverpool City Council to replace the King’s Dock multi-storey destroyed by fire on New Year’s Eve. The new car park will... continue
Staff at NCP Moorfields car park have raised more than £700 for Liverpool-based national mental health charity Chasing the Stigma by rolling up their sleeves and running a regular... continue
The Government says it will not be rushed into making a decision on a new submission from council leaders in Yorkshire calling for an elected mayor-led Yorkshire Combined Authority to be in place by May 2020. The original plan was submitted to Government earlier this year by the ‘One... continue
Sheffield City Council has announced plans to introduce... continue
Proposals for a light rail network serving Leeds and... continue
West Yorkshire Combined Authority wants to agree a ‘bus alliance’ (or voluntary partnership) with operators to take bus policy forward over the next three years (2019-2021). Dave Pearson, WYCA’s director of transport services, told councillors: “It is proposed that, in the... continue
The North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) covering Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland has been formally established. Its creation follows the collapse of a plan to elect a mayor to lead the North East Combined Authority (NECA) because of opposition from councils south of the Tyne. NECA... continue
When my elderly Polo failed its MOT because of multiple defects, I decided to give public transport a try. Not only were driving and road rage becoming increasingly stressful, there was also the financial benefit of my concessionary travel pass, which was a real bonus when compared to the... continue
Cumbria County Council wants to work with the Government on replacing the current two-tier model of local government in the county with a unitary structure. Cumbria’s leader, Stewart Young, told colleagues he would ask local government secretary James Brokenshire for the... continue
Nuisance behaviour on the Manchester Metrolink trams could soon be hit with fines of up to £1,000, says Transport for Greater Manchester... continue
Three teenagers from Oldham who repeatedly kicked a man as he lay in a pool of blood at a tram stop on Manchester’s Metrolink have been jailed. A man in his 40s was getting off the tram at Freehold Metrolink stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line on Thursday 8 March when the three youths... continue
Wirral Council has confirmed that NSL will continue to run the council’s parking enforcement regime for the next five years, with... continue
One or more charging clean air zones (CAZs) may be implemented in Greater Manchester after modelling suggested the area’s air quality problem is worse... continue
Highways England has launched a six-week consultation on options for relieving traffic problems on the A595 in Whitehaven, Cumbria. The ‘high level’ proposed solutions identified include improving the existing road, constructing a bypass and improving the A595 between major employment... continue
Leeds City Council is proposing short-term exemptions... continue
Derby City Council has ruled out introducing a charging Clean Air Zone (CAZ), despite being one of the five cities the Government initially said must introduce one to comply with the EU limit value on nitrogen dioxide. Derby, Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham and Southampton were named in a 2015... continue
Doubling three single track sections of the Tyne and Wear Metro is the North East Combined Authority’s top priority for enhancing the network. Outlining ambitions for the Metro to play a bigger role in meeting the area’s transport needs, Tobyn Hughes, NECA’s managing... continue
Manchester Airport to Middlesbrough train services could be extended to Redcar and Saltburn under plans being developed by Tees Valley Combined Authority (led by Conservative mayor Ben Houchen), train operator TransPennine Express, and sub-national transport body Transport for the North. The change... continue
Transport for the North is to receive an extra £37m from the Treasury to develop the Northern Powerhouse Rail proposals for new and upgraded rail lines to connect the North’s major cities. The funding builds on £300m previously committed to ensure HS2 infrastructure can... continue
Darren Kirkman (pictured) has joined consultant SYSTRA as an associate in its Manchester office, where he will focus on growing the company’s transport planning business in the North West. He was previously lead officer for freight and logistics at the... continue
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