Transport secretary Grant Shapps has told councils to conduct opinion surveys to cut through the “noise” generated by active travel schemes, such as segregated cycle lanes and low traffic neighbourhood residential street closures. Many councils have experienced a backlash against active... continue
The Chancellor this week announced a new... continue
The Treasury this week published a new version of its appraisal guidance, the Green Book, which reduces the emphasis on benefit:cost ratios (BCRs), and gives more attention to the local economic impact of projects. The Green Book is used for the appraisal of all proposals that... continue
A lack of funding certainty is hampering Transport for the North’s work programme, board members heard last week. Paul Kelly, TfN’s financial controller, reported: “TfN currently lacks any funding certainty with regard to either its core operations or its... continue
Birmingham City Council has lost access to funding for a radial road dualling scheme because of a redesign to make the project better for active travel and public transport. The A457 Dudley Road improvement scheme involves dualling about 1.25 miles of the road between the Ladywood... continue
Covid-19 could force the City of Edinburgh Council to meet more of the costs of the Edinburgh tram extension to Newhaven from reserves. Construction of the tram line from York Place in the city centre to Newhaven via Leith Walk is currently underway. The council believes the project can... continue
Sir Peter Hendy has invited evidence to inform his Union Connectivity Review for the Government, which is considering how better transport links between the UK’s four nations can promote economic prosperity and improve the quality of life. One of the issues that the review is keen to hear... continue
The government has named the four members of the Union Connectivity Review team who will support its chairman, Sir Peter... continue
Fifteen rail reopening proposals in England have been awarded up to £50,000 each to allow the ideas to be developed. The awards from the ‘Ideas’ stream of the DfT’s Restoring Your Railway fund come despite rail demand plummeting to a level not seen for more than a... continue
Seven areas of England have been rewarded with an extra portion of the DfT’s £175m Active Travel Fund grant because their bids reflected the ambitious programmes that the Government wants all councils to deliver. The beneficiaries are revealed in LTT’s comparison of the grant... continue
West Sussex County Council is promising to install a high quality permanent cycleway in Shoreham after local councillors complained about the council’s decision to remove a ‘pop-up’ temporary lane only installed this summer. Conservative-controlled West Sussex this... continue
Leeds City Council has published the brief for a design competition to end the traffic dominated environment in City Square. City Square is the first experience most rail travellers have of Leeds after stepping out the railway station, which lies on the southern side of the square. Despite... continue
The City of Edinburgh Council is to hold two consultations on the city’s first low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) of residential road closures, with residents being asked for views before its implementation and after it has been installed. The council plans to implement the scheme in the... continue
Vandals have damaged automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) cameras and traffic counting equipment installed in the London Borough of Hackney’s low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) residential street closure schemes. Jon Burke, Hackney’s cabinet member for energy, waste,... continue
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030, the Prime Minister has announced, though sales of new hybrid cars and... continue
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is pressing ahead with his plan to introduce bus franchising as the industry grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic. Burnham had been due to take a final decision on his franchising... continue
Transport for Greater Manchester is making changes to how it assesses the case for supported bus services. Alison Chew, TfGM’s interim head of bus services, told councillors the cost per passenger (CPP) threshold method needed review. “Currently, £2.50 is used as a CPP... continue
Transport Scotland has invited bids for the first tranche of its £500m Bus Partnership Fund for bus priority measures such as bus lanes, bus ‘gates’, guided busways and traffic signal priority. The initial tranche will pay for the preparation of scheme appraisals and... continue
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has failed to secure its preferred candidate to lead the Cambridge Autonomous Metro (CAM) project. The combined authority named David Hughes as its choice for the chief executive post for its new company One CAM Ltd in a report presented... continue
The impact of Covid-19 on the public finances may force the Government to end the policy of free off-peak bus travel for older and disabled people, Hampshire County Council believes. Conservative-controlled Hampshire wants the policy changed so that English National Concessionary Travel Scheme... continue
The Greater Cambridge Partnership is to reallocate £50m earmarked for better bus services to pay for zero emission buses and cycling schemes. The GCP had allocated £75m of its £744m programme for better bus services. A report by consultant Systra, published earlier this year,... continue
Intermediate stations on the East West Rail line between Bedford and Cambridge could become foci for housing development under Government plans. Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) are leading the investigations. Officers from the Cambridgeshire and... continue
A planned charging clean air zone (CAZ) applying to cars and other traffic on the A10 dual carriageway through the Hertfordshire town of Broxbourne has been abandoned amid concerns that the charges would shift the pollution problem elsewhere. But alternative ways of cutting the area’s illegal... continue
The Treasury is looking again at nationwide road pricing to replace lost fuel duty as more motorists switch to electric vehicles. The Times reported last... continue
The Scottish Government should build a new route for a landslip-prone section of the A83 trunk road in the same corridor, Argyll and Bute Council and the regional transport partnership have said. Transport Scotland launched a consultation in late September on options for a new road to end the... continue
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