The government’s new pipeline approach to rail enhancements in England and Wales will see the Treasury make final decisions on individual rail enhancements. The pipeline approach, explained by the DfT last month (LTT30 Mar), will see projects approved on a case-by-case basis, replacing... continue
Councils in the North East of Scotland are proposing to quash developer... continue
Scottish transport minister Hunza Yousaf has pledged to ensure the next phase of Scotland’s road improvement programme takes into account the needs of autonomous vehicles. The Sunday Times reports that Yousaf has been in talks with the UK Government about an autonomous vehicle pilot... continue
Tom Flanagan has been appointed director of the Tay and Central Scotland transport partnership (Tactran) on a two-year contract. He is currently interim head of economic development at constituent authority Perth and Kinross Council and will take up the post in July, succeeding Eric Guthrie, who is... continue
Q-Park has completed the purchase of the Quartermile parking facility in Edinburgh. Quartermile is a mixed-use redevelopment of the 19-acre site of the former Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh’s city centre. When completed, the development will feature 1,000 residential apartments, offices,... continue
Open Parking has appointed Sharon Silcock as its business development manager with responsibility for... continue
“The internal combustion engine has changed the world as much as almost any other invention of the last 150 years,” The Guardian suggested in an editorial on 25 March. “The car has reshaped our cities and colonised our imaginations [because] it seems to offer autonomy for... continue
On 23 March The Scotsman’s transport correspondent, Alastair Dalton, contemplated the ongoing ‘battle’ between pedestrians and motorised vehicles for space in our cities. “They are greener and perhaps safer than other cars, but if the future of our most popular form of... continue
Transport Scotland has appointed consultant Arup to study opportunities for increasing line speeds between Carstairs and Rutherglen and between Newcastle and Dunbar to capitalise on the introduction of HS2 services between London and Scotland (LTT 02 Mar).... continue
Transport Scotland has appointed PDMS (UK) Ltd and Euclid Ltd to deliver a replacement transport administration back office (TABO) system to process concessionary travel reimbursement. The system must also have the capability to handle account-based ticketing, in line with Transport... continue
Electric vehicle owners may have to accept temporary... continue
Bus operators are to be given until the end of 2022 to achieve full... continue
The £745m Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, a new 29-mile dual carriageway round the western edge of the city, will open this autumn, Transport Scotland has announced. The road had been supposed to open this spring but has faced delivery problems, including bad weather and the collapse of... continue
Councils in South East Scotland have decided to freeze their contributions to SEStran, the South East Scotland transport partnership, at £190,000 in 2018/19, rejecting options for cuts of up to 15 per cent. The contribution from the eight member authorities totalled £225,000 in 2011/12... continue
The DfT and Transport Scotland have outlined their new pipeline approaches to funding rail enhancements. The Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline (RNEP) for England and Wales will replace the current system of... continue
Rapid electrical vehicle (EV) charging points have been installed... continue
Electric vehicle chargers have installed at a business park located near the M8... continue
Former Swansea council leader Mike Hedges, now a Welsh Assembly Member, put an interesting question to Welsh transport secretary Ken Skates last week: “Will the cabinet secretary consider quick wins such as the reopening of railway stations such as Landore, creating bus-train interchanges... continue
Transport Scotland has awarded Tracsis a contract to conduct surveys of Scotland’s national concessionary travel scheme for older and disabled people, and the young persons scheme. Tracsis was the only bidder for the contract, which includes on-board surveys. The contract will run for... continue
The City of Edinburgh Council has shortlisted four bidders for the contract to extend the tram line from the city centre to Newhaven in the north: a BAM Colas Rail joint venture (JV); Dragados; a Farrans Sacyr Nopul JV; and a Sisk Steconfer JV. The four will be invited to tender in mid-April for... continue
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