IONITY has opened two new 400 kW high-power charging sites in Fort William and Inverness, expanding its Scottish network to 12 locations. The aim to support... continue
With rival robotaxi fleets now testing in London, self-driving news source Cars Of The Future has partnered with research... continue
A Scottish council has been accused of failing to consult a rural community over soon-to-be-installed traffic lights on a historic rural bridge. Adding to the sense that this is a local authority weak on communication, Argyll and Bute Council declined to answer several of the technical questions put to it by TransportXtra, including whether the ostensibly operational decision was, in... continue
Britain now has more vehicles on its roads than ever before, with the total fleet rising by 1.4% to 42,549,649 vehicles in 2025,... continue
A new snapshot analysis from EV charging industry body... continue
HM Revenues & Customs (HMRC) is to appeal a Tax Tribunal ruling on 5% VAT for public charging. Public EV charging... continue
For too long, drivers without a driveway have been... continue
Energy secretary Ed Miliband has set out a package of new measures designed to accelerate the UK’s clean energy transition in response to... continue
It is a privilege to be here at the National Growth Debate. This summit tackles one of the... continue
UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has set out measures to ensure clean, homegrown power as the government plans to break the link between volatile gas prices and electricity. Miliband also wants to... continue
Electric vehicle chargepoint operator Believ has partnered with Mitchells & Butlers, a pub and restaurant company,... continue
‘Mini Switzerland’ project to get £6m for Peak District trial In Better Connected, the Government announced it would provide £6m funding to support an integrated transport demonstrator programme in Hope... continue
Few details have yet been given about the Mass Transit Taskforce announced as being established in the ‘Better Connected’ policy paper. This said “The Taskforce will assess the wider economic, spatial and social benefits of integrated mass transit systems, and examine the funding,... continue
A commitment to great attention on coaches in transport policy at both a strategic and operational level has been welcomed. The integration strategy notes how coaches “can be particularly overlooked in transport planning yet provide essential links between many towns, cities, airports and... continue
Transport East’s innovative agent-based travel behaviour model has been flagged for wider use in the government’s Better Connected strategy. BERTIE (BEhaviouR & Transport: Impact & Equity), is featured as a case study in the strategy in relation to better use of data and digital... continue
The fact that the Better Connected paper is mainly a round-up of existing Government policies and aspirations that it hopes to achieve has meant that most of the responses to it are broadly uncritical. Amongst those raising concerns that it takes a “rose-tinted” view of too many issues,... continue
Freight must be fully embedded within the transport system and not be treated as a separate or secondary consideration, states Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT(UK)). It argues that freight is fundamental to how the economy functions and how places operate. “It... continue
The Government’s Better Connected integrated transport strategy, published... continue
The long-awaited new Local Transport Plan (LTP) guidance just published by the DfT has highlighted how the recently-introduced requirement for Local Transport Authorities to produce an annual Local Transport Delivery Plan, will now function alongside the LTP process. While the LTP is still... continue
The Department for Transport has made it clear it will press on with appointing a first chair for Great British Railways despite the establishment of the new organisation still being some 18 months away, and many GBR preparation tasks having just been given to the Chair of the existing company DfT... continue
The Government is giving six mayoral combined authorities in England a further £500,000 of government funding each to help them introduce bus franchising Franchising is now the policy being implemented by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Liverpool City Region, South Yorkshire, the West... continue
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