Loughborough University is to stop running its undergraduate transport management and air transport management degrees due to falling demand when the final cohort graduates next July. They are... continue
A new transport and mobility research centre has opened at Aberystwyth University in Wales. The Centre for Transport and Mobility (CeTraM) is co-directed by Professor Peter Merriman (Dept of Geography and environmental Science) and Charles Musselwhite (Psychology), leading a group of academics... continue
Self-charging trains was among the innovations to win DfT funding in the First of a Kind 2022 competition. This year’s competition focused on concepts designed to transform rail travel for passengers while decarbonising the network. The competition is delivered by Innovate UK, on behalf of... continue
People in low-income households in Scotland may be offered car club membership or rental of low-carbon vehicles in conjunction with a possible car scrappage scheme, transport minister Jenny Gilruth has revealed. She told MSPs that work was being finalised on the design of a pilot mobility and... continue
More than 50% of Londoners are in favour of city centres being car-free, with exemptions for car-sharing clubs, taxis and cars used by disabled people, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by Survation for the Car Free Megacities campaign, found 51% want car-free cities in London,... continue
Councils can help save motorists as much as £6000 a year by encouraging them to use their cars less, according to new report commissioned by bus operator Stagecoach. Financial, environmental and community benefits of reduced car use and calls for... continue
Bath & North East Somerset council has implemented 20mph speed limits to busier roads outside of the centre of Bath that predominantly carry through traffic. In total the changes affect around six miles of highway, with approximately 140 new signs being installed, said the council. The new... continue
The Welsh Government has advised local authorities to consider potential, as well as current, active travel on individual streets when deciding which sections of road to exempt from the 20mph default speed limit, which will apply across Wales from 17 September. The government’s new guidance... continue
Restricting speed limits to 20mph in town and city centres does not seem to reduce road traffic collisions, casualties, or driver speed, a study by Queen’s University Belfast has concluded. Over a three-year period, researchers drew on data for road traffic collisions, casualties, driver... continue
Train operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is to appear at a Competition Appeal Tribunal in February 2023 facing allegations that millions of passengers paid twice for part of their journeys. GTR operates the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchises. The claim has been launched by... continue
Following dashed hopes of a settlement to the... continue
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt pledged his support for schemes such as HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail in the Autumn Statement, although his refusal to keep commitments in line with inflation means projects could be delayed. The chancellor pledged support for infrastructure projects and said he would... continue
The Scottish Government has said it is committed to investing in road and rail capital schemes, despite high inflation and the prospect of a reduced funding allocation from the Treasury. Tom Arthur, the SNP minister for public finance, planning and community wealth, said the level of inflation in... continue
The newly formed Corporate Joint Committee for Mid Wales is considering using the old TraCC partnership to commission consultants to work on the new Regional Transport Plan (RTP). TraCC (Trafnidiaeth Canolbarth Cymru) was previously one of four regional transport consortiums (RTCs) which brought... continue
Government amendments to The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill announced by DCLG Secretary Michael Gove are designed to "Strengthen devolution within England is a key component of Levelling Up' he said, including enhanced powers for “mayors to manage their key routes networks to increase... continue
The Chancellors Autumn Statement also on 17 November itself, meanwhile, promised to “refocus” the investment zone ideas put forward by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng. Jeremy Hunt said: “The Government will seek to accelerate delivery of projects across its infrastructure... continue
The Government has been forced to postpone legislating for already... continue
Go-Ahead Group has bought Devon bus and coach operator Dartline Coaches in a retirement sale. The deal will see 118 employees and 84 vehicles become part of the group’s Go South West subsidiary. Dartline will continue to operate as a standalone business expanding Go South West... continue
More details have been revealed on how operators will be reimbursed for offering a maximum £2 bus fare for three months starting in January. The Government's Bus Fare Cap Grant (BFCG) will distribute the £60m allocated to the £2 flat fare scheme planned in England outside London... continue
Bus operator First Cymru is working with supplier Ticketer to pilot tap on, tap off contactless payment that uses a ‘crow-flies’ distance to calculate the fare for a journey. First Bus claims it as a UK first, and expands upon existing tap on, tap off work with Ticketer. The three-month... continue
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