Edinburgh targets Blue Badge fraud

Edinburgh targets Blue Badge fraud

A citywide crackdown on Blue Badge fraud in Edinburgh has seen several stolen and misused badges seized and cars impounded. The City of Edinburgh Council initiative is targeting areas where Blue Badge misuse has been reported. This includes the use of lost or stolen badges or those that belonged to... continue

11 Mar 2024Parking Review News
AM-GO will accredit airport meet & greet operations, says BPA

AM-GO will accredit airport meet & greet operations, says BPA

The British Parking Association has launched the Approved Meet and Greet Parking Operator Scheme, known as AM-GO. The BPA has worked with its members, major airports and key stakeholders to deliver a scheme which the association hopes will... continue

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IPC launches meet & greet accreditation

IPC launches meet & greet accreditation

The International Parking Community has launched an accreditation scheme for companies offering meet & greet services at airports. The IPC Accredited... continue

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13 Mar 2024Parking Review News
Well kept car parks are good for business

Well kept car parks are good for business

Overlooking the importance of well-maintained parking facilities could have a damaging impact on a business’s reputation, warns a new report. The study by... continue

12 Mar 2024Parking Review Features
Barton moves on to BCP Council after 22 years at TfL

Barton moves on to BCP Council after 22 years at TfL

Glynn Barton is leaving Transport for London (TfL) after more than 22 years to take up the role of Chief Operations Officer of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council. He has been TfL’s... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People
External affairs role for Twocock at Sustrans

External affairs role for Twocock at Sustrans

Sustrans has appointed Paul Twocock as Executive Director of External Affairs. He joins from his current role as Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Association... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People

Rogers and Parkin to head North Wales group

Ashley Rogers, Chief Executive Officer of the North Wales Business Council, and John Parkin, Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering at the University of the West of England, have been appointed as chair and vice-chair, respectively, of a new North Wales transport delivery group.  The... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People
Black given Director’s role at Mayer Brown

Black given Director’s role at Mayer Brown

Dr Colin Black has been appointed a Director at Transport Planning, Transport Infrastructure Design, and Environmental Assessment consultants Mayer Brown Ltd. He... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People
Gandhi Transport MD at Sir Robert McAlpine

Gandhi Transport MD at Sir Robert McAlpine

Sir Robert McAlpine has appointed Vip Gandhi as Managing Director of Transport. With a career that spans 30 years, Gandi will lead the firm’s growth strategy in... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People

Policy expert Geffen leaves Cycling UK

Roger Geffen is leaving Cycling UK after more than 21 years with the charity in a range of policy roles.  He will continue to work part-time as a Traffic Reduction campaigner with the campaign group Transport Action Network.... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People

Galle Saliman hires technical titan James

Graham James has joined transport planning company Galle Saliman as a Technical Director. Graham brings particular expertise in transport economics, appraisal and business cases, as well as rail and public transport planning, in a major boost to the scale and range of services we can offer clients.... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People
Transport research post for Jakeman

Transport research post for Jakeman

Karla Jakeman is starting an additional position as Employee Director at Transport Research Foundation (the owners of TRL). “This is... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People

Landscape design role for Moores at HS2

He spent three years as Technical Director landscape Architecture at PJA, before which he was at Project Centre for 21 years in a range of roles including Technical Director, Landscape Architecture & Urban Design and Associate Director.... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today People

New qualifications planned for parking professionals

The British Parking Association is to launch a new set of qualifications in partnership with City & Guilds. The current Level 2 in parking enforcement and Level 3 in notice processing will cease to be available in the coming months. These will be superseded by alternative qualifications... continue

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Waters quits top Welsh transport post

Waters quits top Welsh transport post

Peter Stonham & Rhodri Clark

Lee Waters has announced he will leave the role as Wales’ transport minister once the new First Minister... continue

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8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

DRT projects face fundamental problems, expert analysis shows

Providing DRT as a cost-effective form of public transport is unlikely to be successful apart from in limited niche operational situations, a detailed examination of their underlying systems and performance published in this issue of LTT concludes. Author Dr John Sutton has studied and worked with... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

Midland Rail Hub gets £123m to begin design and planning work

Peter Stonham

Design work on the Midlands Rail Hub is set to begin after ministers provided an initial £123 million funding injection under the Network North reallocated HS2 funding to local transport projects. The project will boost the capacity and frequency of rail services with new connectivity and... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

'Pandemic impacts on transport behaviour need policy response'

Peter Stonham

The Covid19 pandemic has left a long-lasting impact on travel behaviour, with a widespread shift from commuting to leisure travel, causing a reduction in travel at peak times bringing significant funding challenges for passenger transport, says a new report from the Independent Transport... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News
Welsh 20mph review finds varying approach to exemptions and wants new guidance

Welsh 20mph review finds varying approach to exemptions and wants new guidance

Rhodri Clark

Local authority officers are disappointed with the support and publicity... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

Monitoring of 20mph shows biggest falls in low-exception counties

Rhodri Clark

The largest observed drops in mean traffic speeds on 20mph roads since the change to the default speed limit on restricted Welsh roads are in counties where 20mph has been most widely applied. Data gathered by Transport for Wales before and after 17 September shows that weighted mean speeds on... continue

8 Mar 2024Local Transport Today News

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