In the face of increasingly frequent extreme weather incidents, transport funding may have to be re-prioritised in preparation for “catastrophic disruptive events,” transport academic Greg Marsden has... continue
National Highways is considering evaluating all completed road schemes after three years, instead of one year and five years after opening. It believes this would provide more meaningful data than the established timing of Post-opening Project Evaluations (POPEs). NH currently has a large backlog... continue
Short and medium distance train journeys in Spain will be free of charge for four months from September with the aim of reducing the impact of the cost of living crisis. Spain has decided to go one step further by making train travel on its Renfe services free between September and December this... continue
Independent bus operators in Wales say Transport for Wales could be... continue
More than 13 million bus journeys have been undertaken since the Scottish Government introduced free travel for residents aged under 22, but so far fewer than half of the eligible people have applied for the pass. The government is seeking assurances from local authorities that applicants are not... continue
Hampshire County Council’s plans to cut transport funding by around £800,000 a year will have “disproportionate effect on vulnerable people”, a borough council in the county has warned. Eastleigh Borough Council said the proposed cuts, from April 2023, will remove some... continue
Plans to re-open the long closed rail link from Rawtenstall to Manchester has received overwhelming support in a survey carried out by Rossendale Council. Some 86% of Bury and Rossendale residents who responded to the survey support a new rail link from the Lancashire town to Manchester city... continue
A proposed £2 cap on bus fares in England this autumn and winter could leave operators and local authorities having to plug funding gaps, according to a bus industry analyst. The £2 cap is under consideration as a practical way to help people cope with the increasing cost of living.... continue
The Government has launched a ‘Jet Zero Strategy’ which, it says, commits UK domestic aviation to achieving net zero emissions by 2040, with all airports in England becoming zero-emission by the same year. The strategy will enable “guilt-free” air travel, according to the... continue
Catriona Swanson has been promoted from associate to associate director at consultancy Phil Jones Associates (PJA). She jointed PJA’s expanding Manchester office in February 2021, prior to which she led active travel teams at Salford City Council and Arup. Other promotions within the active... continue
Shamit Gaiger is the new managing director at the West Coast Partnership Development team, the shadow operator for HS2 Ltd. She was previously at consultancy AECOM where she spent more than three years as head of advisory Europe. Gaiger has led rail sector deal negotiations on behalf of HM... continue
SLC Rail has appointed Neil Micklethwaite as its non-executive director. He has been chief operating officer for CMAC Group since May. Prior to that the spent six years at Stagecoach Group, most recently as business development director.... continue
Stephanie Meyers has been promoted to associate director at Integrated Planning Ltd. She has been with the consultancy for nearly 12 years, through a range of roles, from consultant, senior consultant, principal consultant and associate.... continue
Matthew Clark has been promoted to the role of associate director at Steer. He has been with the consultancy for more than 18 years as an associate. For the past four years he has also been a trustee with shared transport charity CoMoUK.... continue
Laura Clarke OBE is to take over as CEO at ClientEarth on 5 September. The environmental charity’s founding CEO James Thornton will transition into the non-executive role of founder and president. Clarke is currently British High Commissioner to New Zealand and has spent 20 years in... continue
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has awarded eight bursaries for students to take up MSc studies. The Trustees of Rees Jeffreys Road Fund meet each year to award bursaries to students undertaking transport related MSc studies in the UK. The founder of the Fund, William Rees Jeffreys, was a keen... continue
Efficiency targets set out in the Government’s road building programme have been met in the first two years of its second road period (RP2), reports National Highways. An efficiency target was first set at £2.23bn, which has been revised to £2.11bn following SR21 and the Transport... continue
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