The DfT is to finally give highway authorities in England outside London the power to enforce moving traffic offences such as banned turns and yellow box junction infringements. Councils in London already have the powers. Ministers have long resisted calls for the powers to be extended elsewhere, apparently amid concern that the change will lead to a huge number of penalty charge notices being issued to drivers. The DfT now says the powers in London have “significantly reduced police workload on traffic offences, while also improving enforcement”. It proposes that, outside London, motorists should be issued with a warning for a first offence, and fines for subsequent offences. The Government is also exploring giving mayoral combined authorities control over the... continue
The Government’s new body Active Travel England will... continue
Councils could pilot franchises for deliveries and waste management services as a way of reducing vehicle movements. The DfT says it will work across Government and with stakeholders to explore how councils can “better co-ordinate the number of deliveries and waste collections in... continue
Road scheme appraisals are flawed because the base case scenarios, against which schemes are assessed, exclude policies to achieve the Government’s net zero target for greenhouse gas emissions, an academic has claimed. Writing in this issue, Phil Goodwin says the base case should... continue
Dr Katharina Burger from the University of Bristol, with Raffaello Rossi from the University of Bristol and Elisa Becker from the University of Exeter are... continue
Transport planners have urged the DfT to improve its core travel demand model to stop it over-estimating trip rates, particularly in big cities such as London and Manchester. Concerns about the National Trip End Model (NTEM) forecasts... continue
New guidance on how changed land-use planning assumptions, such as housing projections, can be incorporated into transport modelling in between updates to the National Trip End Model (NTEM), has been published by the DfT. NTEM, the trip generation model for England and Wales, is only updated... continue
Transport project promoters in England should incorporate lower economic growth projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) in their scheme appraisals, the DfT has said. The OBR has recently published two sets of lower GDP projections. The first were issued in March and do not... continue
The DfT is preparing travel demand scenarios that will reflect possible long-term impacts of Covid-19. The scenarios are part of a wider work programme on using scenarios in business cases, and the treatment of uncertainty in appraisal and modelling. “We will be ensuring that the... continue
Transport project promoters seeking DfT funding must assess their schemes using a higher monetised value of carbon dioxide emissions. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently leading a cross-departmental review of carbon valuation, which will... continue
The DfT is to consult on what should be the appropriate length of appraisal period for all types of transport scheme. It currently recommends an appraisal period of 60 years from the scheme opening year for projects expected to have indefinite lives. “In practice there is a large... continue
Sweeping reforms to England’s planning system were announced by the Government this week, including replacing the Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) developer contribution systems with a new nationally set... continue
The Sheffield City Region Combined Authority is launching a review of the conurbation’s bus network. It also plans to fully integrate South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) into the combined authority structure. The bus network will be reviewed on a district-by-district... continue
The Government has awarded funding to help prepare Warrington Borough Council’s municipal bus operator Warrington’s Own Buses convert its entire bus fleet to electric operation. The proposed Very Light Rail innovation centre in the West Midlands, which had been at risk of collapse... continue
A possible cash crunch for the bus industry in Wales was averted this week with the Welsh Government’s announcement of £10m to fund increased service levels while passenger numbers remain depressed by Covid-19. The Government also pledged to make an announcement of further funding next... continue
The Scottish Government has announced up to £67.8m for bus operators to provide higher service levels than can be justified while patronage remains depressed because... continue
The DfT was preparing to announce a fresh round of Covid-19 emergency funding for bus services outside London as LTT closed for press. It is expected to commit to continue paying support for the foreseeable future. LTT understands that the Department will announce £218.4m for eight... continue
The Prime Minister is a keen cyclist and championed the mode when London’s mayor. Here is his foreword to the DfT’s new policy document, Gear change – a bold vision for cycling and walking “I have always known that millions more people in this country want to cycle, if... continue
The DfT’s new active travel strategy document Gear Change: A bold vision for cycling and walking may be billed as being about two modes but the emphasis... continue
The DfT is to review the Network Management Duty in the Traffic Management Act 2004 because of concern it does not align with current day policy objectives. The duty requires highway authorities to ensure traffic moves freely on their roads. The DfT points out that it published new statutory... continue
A guide to help councils successfully deliver active travel schemes has been published by London Cycling Campaign and consultant Urban Movement. Simon Munk, infrastructure campaigner at the LCC, who helped write the report, said: “When you ask people if they support more cycling and... continue
Boris Johnson’s wish to see a huge increase in cycling will only have a chance of coming true if the road... continue
Councils in Greater Manchester want the Government to allow their proposed charging clean air zone (CAZ) to cover a Highways England road. Local authorities only have responsibility for air quality on their own roads. Responsibility for pollution on the Strategic Road Network (SRN)... continue
Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES) plans to give some vehicle owners a two-year exemption from the Bath clean air zone (CAZ) restrictions because of the economic impact of Covid-19. The Class C CAZ will cover central Bath (LTT 24 Jan). Non-compliant buses, coaches and lorries... continue
Coventry City Council plans to designate part of a radial road a low emission zone (LEZ) to bring nitrogen dioxide concentrations down to below legal limit values. The LEZ will apply to the eastern end of A4114 Holyhead Road where it joins the city’s ring road. Coventry’s... continue
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