The Treasury’s Green Book Review , published alongside the Chancellor’s spending statement , claims to mark “a new approach to appraisal in the public sector”. It is one which should enable the more effective assessment of place-based... continue
A new vision for UK ports will propel prosperity in Britain’s coastal communities says DfT. Plans to boost expansion of the ports are linked to the release of proposed new national policy statement for ports (NPSP). The guidance is designed to help ports save time and money on planning... continue
FirstGroup has re-stated its aim of turning Lumo into a... continue
Chief Executive of West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Laura Shoaf has announced she is “moving on” after four... continue
The £3 cap for single bus fares in England is to be extended into 2027, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced during her Spending Review statement in the Commons. The cap, which was due to end in December, will now continue until “at least” March 2027, said Reeves. The initial... continue
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has put a major focus on investment in transport in the northern and midlands mayoral areas in the DfT’s allocation under her government spending announcement. Promised changes to the Treasury Green Book investment appraisal rules have been published which should mean... continue
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed to have more than doubled existing investment in local transport in England’s city regions in a package of funding allocations worth £15.6bn over the next five years. The announcement came a week ahead of the full Spending Review in speeches in... continue
There has been some relief at how transport fared in the spending round despite the Department for Transport (DfT) seeing its annual day-to-day budget decrease by 5% for the five year period ahead - one of the largest cuts in the review. The reduction is said to be mostly down to a big drop in the... continue
The DfT has published the details for the annual allocations to the nine mayoral transport authorities announced in the Spending Review. The total of £15.6 billion is now being called Transport for City Regions (TCR) funding and replaces what was previously the City Region Sustainable... continue
Plans to create an all-electric bus fleet in Greater Manchester and the development of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network in Liverpool are among the beneficiaries of the £15.6 billion funding package for urban Mayoral transport projects in England announced by the Chancellor Rachel... 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
Former Transport for London Director of Buses Louise Cheeseman has... continue
Blending real time data and modelling, leading to dynamic short-term predictions, should be a productive avenue to release the value of the mass of transport- related data now available, but causing challenges in processing and presentation say authors Tom van Vuren and Philippe Perret in two new... continue
The robustness of DfT road traffic projections over recent years and into the... continue
FirstGroup is hoping to launch a new open access rail service which would go to London from Hereford via Cwmbran. The plans would connect Hereford and London, with stops in South Wales, including Cwmbran, Pontypool & New Inn and Abergavenny, iand also call at Bristol Parkway and Severn Tunnel... continue
The campaign to reinstate an Open Access direct rail link between... continue
The Department for Transport has published its latest forecasts for freight traffic at UK ports, through to 2050. They supersede the previous set produced in 2019. Compared to 2023, total UK port traffic is forecast to have grown by 1.2% in 2035 and by 7.8% in 2050, that is from 420.6 m tonnes in... continue
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced £445m for railways in Wales over ten years. It will be spent on new stations and upgraded railway lines, and delivered through both direct funding and additional money for the Welsh Government. The funding will be divided as follows: £300m UK... continue
A trial of driverless taxis is due to start in London next spring after the... continue
Nearly 40,000 jobs could be created, roads could be safer, and billions could be added to the economy as self-driving vehicle pilots start in England from spring 2026, according to Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander. Firms will be able to pilot small scale “taxi and bus-like” services... continue
The £3 cap for single bus fares in England is to be extended until March 2027, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced during her Spending Review statement in the Commons on Wednesday. The cap, which was due to end in December, will now continue until “at least” March 2027, said... continue
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