30 Jan 2025EVolution News

‘Green Bonds’ could save 40% on rolling stock costs, say Glasgow academics

Rhodri Clark

A study by University of Glasgow academics for the rail union ASLEF has claimed that the Scottish Government could save at least 40% by using ‘green bonds’ to finance new trains. Green bonds are used to fund investments which specifically support action on climate change and other... continue

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Switching to digital pays off

Switching to digital pays off

Rebecca Maisey

Parking permits have long been used to give parking rights to specific user groups.... continue

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1 May 2025Parking Review Opinion
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1 May 2025Parking Review Products & Services
RAC: Parking firms on track to issue nearly 14.5m PCNs in 2025

RAC: Parking firms on track to issue nearly 14.5m PCNs in 2025

Private parking firms are on course to issue a record 14.5 million charge notices to drivers this year, suggests RAC analysis of DVLA Keeper At Date Of Event (KADOE) data. Parking charge notices (PCNs) are issued for alleged parking contraventions... continue

1 May 2025Parking Review News
AppyWay offers unified TRO platform

AppyWay offers unified TRO platform

Kerbside management technology developer AppyWay has developed a Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTRO) Module that means its Traffic... continue

1 May 2025Parking Review Products & Services

Taranto launches web-enabled enquiry portal for DVLA’s KADOE database

Taranto has launched a portal to enable access to DVLA’s KADOE (Keeper at Date of Event) service in response to the planned decommissioning of the agency’s Web-Enabled Enquiries service (WEE). Taranto is an established KADOE Link Provider. Its lookup portal leverages the DVLA’s... continue

1 May 2025Parking Review Products & Services
PayByPhone teams up with Q-Park

PayByPhone teams up with Q-Park

Q-Park is working with PayByPhone to provide automatic payments for off-street parking to over 60 parking facilities in... continue

1 May 2025Parking Review Products & Services
NPED launches Drive Legal campaign

NPED launches Drive Legal campaign

Vehicles that do not comply with tax, insurance and safety rules are threatening the integrity of the UK roads network. Non-compliant... continue

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1 May 2025Parking Review News
Can oversized cars be cut down to size?

Can oversized cars be cut down to size?

The growing popularity of large cars means that more than 1 million of the vehicles sold in the UK each year are now too big to fit a typical urban car... continue

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1 May 2025Parking Review Features
The power of positive parking

The power of positive parking

Mark Moran

The North East Parking Show returned to Newcastle upon Tyne for its third edition,... continue

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1 May 2025Parking Review Features
Easing EV driver payment anxiety

Easing EV driver payment anxiety

Keith Brown

There are many viable ways to make cashless payments. But, while it’s always good to have... continue

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30 Apr 2025EVolution Opinion

DfT looking at cost of PCNs outside London

The Department for Transport is assessing the case for increasing the cost of penalty charge notices issued outside London. While the value of PCNs in London is decided by the mayor, for those outside the capital the fee bands are decided by the transport secretary. Alex Mayer, Labour MP for... continue

30 Apr 2025Parking Review News
Lugg steps back from WSP director role

Lugg steps back from WSP director role

Matthew Lugg has stepped back as Director of Local Transport at WSP in the UK & Ireland after eight years at the company. His initial role was Head... continue

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29 Apr 2025Local Transport Today People
Senior role for Howard at VivaCity

Senior role for Howard at VivaCity

John Howard is starting a new position as Business Development Team Lead at VivaCity. Howard joined the company in January 2024 as... continue

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29 Apr 2025Local Transport Today People
Elliot is TfGM’s Network Director Rail

Elliot is TfGM’s Network Director Rail

Simon Elliot has been promoted to the role of Network Director Rail at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), which he joined in November 20127... continue

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29 Apr 2025Local Transport Today People
Vehicle manufacturing growth in March fails to offset first quarter decline

Vehicle manufacturing growth in March fails to offset first quarter decline

UK car and commercial vehicle production rose by 17.1% to 79,018 units last month, according to the latest figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Output of cars, vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches increased in comparison with a weak March last year, when the... continue

25 Apr 2025EVolution News
Walker elected as BPA chair

Walker elected as BPA chair

Mark Moran

Richard Walker, head of parking at the North Essex Parking Partnership, has been... continue

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Bus franchising plans in Scotland still delayed by legal challenge and funding gap

Rhodri Clark

Scotland is still awaiting the full mechanisms for bus franchising and bus partnerships, six years after the relevant legislation was passed. An internal December 2024 update by Transport Scotland, released under the Freedom Information Act, said: “The further regulations and guidance... continue

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