The assumption that lower fares automatically lead to increased passenger numbers doesn’t always hold true in rural areas. If services are infrequent or don’t connect the places people need to go, reducing... continue
Managing parking is a balancing act that requires meeting the needs of the sometimes competing needs of residents, businesses and the many visitors. Being able to... continue
Mitesh Solanki has been elected new President of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT). He takes over from Glenn Lyons, Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at UWE Bristol. At his Presidential Inauguration at the CIHT’s offices in London, Solanki said:... continue
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has appointed an early career professional Adviser to support the Trustees. Zahra Ali has been appointed to the role for a two-year period. Chair of Trustees... continue
Vernon Everitt has been named as the preferred candidate to be Chair of the Transport for Wales board. Everitt will take on the role while continuing in his current as post Transport Commissioner and chair of Transport for Greater Manchester. He is also a current Non-Executive Director on the... continue
Figures representing the wide range of talent working across the transport sector were recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Jenny Hamilton, Lead Sponsor at Transport for London (TfL), received an MBE for her work master-planning some of the capital’s busiest and most complex Tube... continue
The Welsh Government appears to be setting a slower pace than local government would like for rolling out simple zebra crossings at road junctions. Cardiff Council began a trial of the crossings, which do not feature Belisha beacons, at three junctions in 2022. The results were encapsulated in a... continue
Denbighshire County Council’s decision not to restore 30mph limits on any sections of road is a blow to the Welsh Government’s hopes of greater consistency on 20mph limits across Wales, because Denbighshire has the lowest percentage of exceptions to the 20mph default limit. When the... continue
Connected Places Catapult has appointed 24 professionals from a range of disciplines to a new Advisory Board for the Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) programme. The board has been tasked with shaping the TRIG programme by providing strategic guidance, sector insights and industry... continue
The Labour government has scrapped a £950m fund set up by the previous administration to support the roll-out of rapid... continue
VREO Innovations, a developer of camera-based parking... continue
The UK is now the leading electric vehicle market in Europe, says energy and commodity analyst... continue
Disabled Motoring UK has named two leading parking... continue
Parcel delivery company DPD is to invest £330m building seven distribution centres in the next two years. Each location will be optimised in terms of transport links to ensure the most... continue
Local authorities can now use an online tool to help them... continue
Local authorities which currently own bus companies do not currently envisage going down the franchising road, but could that change as pressures on local government finances increase even further, or if there’s a view in a larger LTA that franchising should be introduced? After bus... continue
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