The Annual Survey of Mobility as a Service is now in its third year. Whatever your work in transport, either as a planner, providing public transport, bike share, car hire, leasing, payments,... continue
The ownership structure of Britain’s bus industry... continue
Highways and transportation practitioners can now apply to become chartered transport planning professionals through the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT). The CIHT has been granted an amendment to its Royal Charter to award the title chartered transport planning... continue
Former Oxfordshire County Council transport and planning... continue
The health danger of dust on underground sections of London’s Tube network may be much lower than from particulates above ground, Transport for London believes. London Assembly environment committee chair Caroline Russell wrote to TfL about tube dust earlier this year (LTT 15 Mar). Russell... continue
Air quality barriers more than nine metres high are to be installed... continue
Heathrow Airport plans to introduce an ultra-low emission zone by 2022 in advance of introducing a wider vehicle access charge for all cars, taxis and private hire vehicles entering the... continue
Direct action climate group Extinction Rebellion says it will not put air passengers’ lives at risk in any protests that aim to force the closure of Heathrow Airport. Leaked emails have revealed that the group discussed flying drones at the airport on 18 June to force its closure... continue
Aruna Sivakumar, acting director of the Urban Systems Laboratory at Imperial... continue
The campaign to make 20mph the default speed limit on most... continue
Kent County Council is to pilot measures to slow vehicle speeds to 24mph so that signed-only 20mph speed limits can then be justified. Kent... continue
Transport for London is consulting on cutting the speed limit on all of its roads within the central London congestion charge zone from 30mph to 20mph by May next year. The policy would apply to 5.6 miles of road including Millbank, Albert Embankment, Victoria Embankment, Lambeth Palace... continue
The Scottish Government’s plan to give councils the power to implement a workplace parking levy has stirred up debate between... continue
Uber-owned electric bike hire firm Jump has launched its first UK?scheme in the London Borough of Islington. The scheme features 350 bikes. Users locate available bikes with an app. A hire costs an initial £1 with the first five minutes free and a charge of 12p a minute thereafter. The clock... continue
London mayor Sadiq Khan has criticised Westminster City Council and other un-named boroughs, accusing them of trying to thwart his cycling agenda. The... continue
Oxfordshire County Council has approved a scheme to improve cycle safety at a notorious city centre junction. Oxfordshire’s cabinet member for the environment, Yvonne Constance, last week approved the redesign of... continue
Cycling infrastructure design standards often fail to meet the needs of those using adapted cycles including tricycles, tandems and cargo bikes, according to a new report by Sustrans and consultant Arup. “Adapted cycles are typically wider (up to 1.2 metres), longer (up to 2.8 metres) and... continue
Transport policy needs to recognise the arrival of the age of algorithms and policy- makers must become algorithmically literate to deal with a range of challenges from machine-driven systems, Governments have been warned. A new report by the International Transport Forum, presented last week at... continue
A need for a major investment to increase track and platform capacity in and around Cambridge rail station has been identified in a study. Network Rail’s Cambridge corridor study has considered the rail infrastructure needed to provide for demand growth to 2043. The DfT provided 50 per... continue
The DfT has “gone rogue” on climate change, sidelining the issue in its plans, policies and guidance to local authorities and bodies such... continue
Transport for London has launched a demand responsive bus... continue
The Welsh Government has still not concluded funding negotiations for Cardiff’s long-delayed bus station and does not know when the facility will open. Construction has yet to begin at the site near Cardiff Central... continue
Brighton & Hove Buses is taking delivery of 30 hybrid buses capable of zero-emission operation through the council’s ultra-low emission zone. The buses also feature cameras that remove the need for wing mirrors. The company is investing £9.2m in the Euro VI micro-hybrid... continue
The DfT and the operator of the Wales and Borders franchise have criticised plans for an open access rail service between London Paddington and Cardiff Central. Grand Union Trains wants to run an hourly service between the cities, calling at Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction and... continue
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