Mobike is to roll-out its dockless bike hire system across London without the prior agreement of boroughs or Transport for London. The Chinese firm says the... continue
Arriva is to launch its ArrivaClick demand responsive bus service in Liverpool later this summer. The announcement came as Go-Ahead Group subsidiary the Oxford Bus Company launched its PickMeUp on-demand service (LTT 11 May). Arriva is working with Merseytravel on plans to roll-out... continue
Former London cycling commissioner Andrew Gilligan has... continue
Opponents of Heathrow Airport expansion are preparing a legal challenge to the Government’s airports National Policy Statement (NPS), which was approved last week by a huge majority in the House of Commons. MPs voted by 415 to 119 to approve the NPS, making the provision of a Heathrow third... continue
The UK is not on course to achieve its fourth (2023-2027) or fifth (2028-2032) carbon budgets and transport is a major source of the difficulty, according to the Committee on Climate Change. With the closure of many coal-fired power stations, the transport sector is now the UK’s largest... continue
Extending Crossrail from Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet in Kent and building a multi-modal crossing of the Thames estuary are among the recommendations made by a Government commission on the future of the Thames Gateway. The Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission was set up in 2016 to examine the future... continue
Westminster City Council is to lead a new plan to... continue
London borough officers have written to the mayor’s office to express concern about the deteriorating quality of road accident collision data provided by the Metropolitan Police. The issue is highlighted in a letter sent last month by Mark Frost, head of traffic & transport at the... continue
Scottish local government has voiced concerns about a proposed Bill to make 20mph the default speed limit on roads in built-up areas. Green MSP Mark Ruskell’s proposed Restricted Roads (20mph Limit) (Scotland) Bill was discussed at the environment and economy board of the Convention of... continue
The Welsh Government’s annual funding and work... continue
A Welsh think tank has proposed a levy on parking at out-of-town shopping centres to raise funds for sustainable transport, and claims the idea has some support in councils. The recommendation features in an Institute of Welsh Affairs report on decarbonising transport by Chris Roberts, who... continue
The Welsh Government must urgently introduce a new travel survey to gather the data required for monitoring and managing transport decarbonisation, according to a new report by the Institute of Welsh Affairs. Report author Chris Roberts says the lack of statistics since Wales withdrew from... continue
The national speed limit on single carriageway roads should... continue
The Government is to pilot the use of investigation teams dedicated to analysing the cause of road collisions. The RAC Foundation, which has championed the idea, will lead the trial, supported by £480,000 of Government funding. The Foundation will work alongside the DfT, Highways England, the... continue
The business case for dualling the A47 between Peterborough and Wisbech in Cambridgeshire could be enhanced if thousands more new homes are built in the corridor, according to a report for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The A47 is a trunk road and the main east-west... continue
Transport Scotland insisted this week that the door had not been closed to Scotland’s seven regional transport partnerships (RTPs) inputting into the second strategic transport projects review (STPR2), which will decide Scotland’s future transport investment priorities. STPR2 is... continue
Bus and rail patronage in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire has fallen sharply over the last two years, according to data published by Nestrans, the North East Scotland transport partnership. Rail patronage through the area’s eight stations is down 18 per cent in just two years: from 6,032,870 in... continue
Inter-urban bus routes between Dumfries and Edinburgh will continue but at a reduced level of service, after one of the council funders slashed its support. The 101/102 routes are currently operated by Stagecoach with £390,984 of subsidy a year. South West regional transport partnership... continue
The South East Scotland’s real-time bus information website and app has been closed down following bus operator First Scotland East’s withdrawal from the system. Information will, however, continue to be communicated to the public through the hundreds of public information screens... continue
North-west traffic Commissioner Simon Evans has ruled on what information Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has a right to request from operators to inform an assessment of bus franchising for the conurbation. The Bus Services Act 2017 allows prospective franchising authorities to request a... continue
Greater Manchester’s 18 commercial bus operators have come together under the branding OneBus, as Transport for Greater Manchester and mayor Andy Burnham continue to weigh-up whether to pursue bus franchising. OneBus branding will start to appear on the circa 1,500 buses deployed in the... continue
Bus operators in Wales are to be reimbursed on a regional basis for carrying passengers under the Welsh Government’s concessionary travel scheme. Since the pioneering nationwide free travel was established in 2002, each of the 22 unitary authorities has made reimbursement payments to local... continue
Public transport users in the Midlands will benefit from fare caps on contactless card payments under a proposed regional brokerage system. Transport for the West Midlands (TfWM), Nottingham City Council, and shadow sub-national transport body Midlands Connect are exploring the way to deliver... continue
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is commissioning an initial feasibility study into bus franchising. The £150,000 study will explore the operating costs and revenues of the area’s bus network and provide an “unambiguous understanding of the level of financial... continue
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