Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement that fuel duty will again be frozen in the Budget has given renewed impetus to calls for the introduction of road pricing to... continue
Uber drivers staged strikes in several UK cities in a protest over pay and working conditions. Drivers taking part on the action switched off their apps from 1pm on 9 October, making themselves unavailable for work, union organisers said. Protests were also held outside the ride-hailing app's... continue
Bristol City Council has suggested introducing a... continue
Plans for an electric vehicle charging network across Edinburgh have been approved by the city’s transport and environment committee. Edinburgh has more than 23% of all licensed electric vehicles in Scotland. The City of Edinburgh Council and Transport Scotland commissioned the Energy Savings... continue
Leeds City Council is set to introduce a Clean Air... continue
New research from YouGov released to mark the start of International Walk to School Monhas found the Top 10 things British parents of 4 to 11-year-olds find most annoying about the school run. Traffic congestion and pavement parking top the list of things that annoy parents about the school run,... continue
Demolishing houses along one of Britain’s most polluted roads has emerged as one of the best options in a study to address air quality problems. In 2016, it was revealed that A472 Hafod-yr-ynys Road, in the South Wales Valleys, suffered the highest concentrations of roadside nitrogen dioxide... continue
Crimes on the rail network have risen by 17%, according to figures released by the British Transport Police (BTP) in its annual report. The BTP said that there were some 61,159 crimes in England, Scotland and Wales, in 2017/18 compared with 52,235 in 2016/17 period. Despite fluctuations in rates... continue
Eight councils have persistently high nitrogen dioxide (NO2) limits, which must be addressed urgently, says a new report from the DfT and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. The report offers an update on the National Air Quality Plan, which requires 33 councils to submit studies... continue
The Highways Agency has published revised plans for... continue
An MSP has questioned whether the new Forth road crossing was opened prematurely, given that disruptive works followed its opening in August 2017. A recent Audit Scotland examination of the Forth replacement crossing’s construction found that the final cost, £1.34bn, was 8% to 16% lower... continue
Welsh transport secretary Ken Skates is to ask Vale of Glamorgan Council whether a group convened to review options for a proposed new road is sufficiently representative. Objectors to the scheme to build a road between M4 Junction 34 and the A48 claim that the review group is dominated by... continue
The closure of a pair of flyovers in central Liverpool... continue
The UK Government’s announcement that the M4 Severn Crossings tolls will be abolished slightly earlier than planned has coincided with official acknowledgement that congestion in the region will worsen. Statistics obtained by LTT confirm that traffic has grown substantially this year, despite... continue
Rail passenger numbers in South East England have... continue
The new Wales and Borders rail contract will start on Sunday without the Infrastructure Delivery Partners in place for the Core Valley Lines modernisation. Transport for Wales awarded the 15-year Operator and Development Partner (ODP) contract to KeolisAmey in June. This includes operation... continue
The DfT has admitted a letter instructing councils in England to pause work on level surface street designs was targeted at town centres and not residential developments. The DfT is now working with the Ministry of... continue
The Transport (Scotland) Bill as currently drafted will legitimise pavement parking in busy commercial areas, according to Transform Scotland. The Bill includes a section that would prohibit parking on footways to facilitate movement by pedestrians, wheelchair users and others. However, Transform... continue
Parking management undertaken by councils is an... continue
ScotRail is likely to be penalised next year for missing its target of 60% of journeys being made with smart ticketing, following slow take-up of its smartcard. Usage of mobile tickets will count towards that target, Transport Scotland said last week, but ScotRail’s m-ticketing product is... continue
Transport for London (TfL) is giving opportunities to small businesses to trade at transport hubs across the capital through a new partnership with online street trading platform StreetDots. The project enables customers to buy street food and coffee and will later offer them the opportunity to... continue
Consultancy WSP won the ITS World Congress Award for Best Action for Supporting Diversity. The trophy was presented at the ITS World Congress in... continue
Dockless bike hire firm Ofo has announced it is pulling out of the London boroughs of Waltham Forest, Richmond, Wandsworth and Redbridge as well as half of Southwark. The Chinese firm said the boroughs do not attract enough users and are “more complicated to manage by our teams”.... continue
Bath and North Somerset Council are seeking a contractor to run an electric cycle hire scheme. Supplier engagement will be held on the 15 October at the Guildhall in Bath. The deadline for applications is 4 December 2018. Interested parties should contact Jo Sammons on 01225477608 or email:... continue
The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is seeking information from councils on taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) entering or moving within a Clean Air Zone. Councils in England and Wales will be required to share certain details on licensed taxis and PHVs to a central... continue
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