Councillors in Birmingham will be asked to authorise a consultation next week on a charging clean air zone (CAZ) covering all types of vehicle, including cars. The proposal (see page 16), comes as Leeds City Council this week announced changes to its Category B charging CAZ, covering buses, coaches, HGVs, taxis and private hire vehicles. The revisions, which follow a consultation, include a smaller boundary and a reduction in the daily charge for some non-compliant vehicles. The Freight Transport Association welcomed the changes announced by Leeds.“Leeds Council has listened to a key FTA argument about restricting the size of zones where possible,” it said. “The proposed boundary of the city’s zone has been adjusted to achieve the same air... continue
The DfT is consulting on priorities for the next round of... continue
A set of principles to guide the behaviour of transport planners has been published by the Transport Planning Society. Writing this week’s Viewpoint column, Keith Buchan, the Society’s director of director of skills, says: “The principles are part of the process of making... continue
The National Infrastructure Commission is asking consultants to assess the benefits of shifting freight from road to rail, and from rail to road. The... continue
Wide-ranging reforms to the way active travel programmes are... continue
A fleet of refurbished former London Underground trains will be delivered to the Isle of Wight if the Government accepts franchise operator... continue
Active travel components of Welsh Government road schemes are being reduced to compensate for increased construction costs, Sustrans Cymru has claimed. Since 2013 Welsh ministers have been under an obligation to include provision for walkers and cyclists in road schemes. The Active Travel (Wales)... continue
Worcestershire County Council has revised its proposed... continue
Nexus wants to collaborate with new mobility firms to make Tyne and Wear a testbed for transport innovations. The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive has announced a market engagement exercise for companies and experts involved with flexible on-demand transport, aggregator applications, low... continue
Lincolnshire’s bus market is too fragile to... continue
Bus operator National Express West Midlands says it will disregard petitions about the future of bus routes that are subject to live consultation processes. The operator says listening to petitions could skew its network review process, which involves several stages of public... continue
Rutland County Council is re-running a tender process for a popular bus route after the first process became mired in confusion. The Rutland Flyer 1 service links Melton Mowbray and Corby via Oakham and carried 127,200 passengers in 2017/18. The council launched a new tender for the route in... continue
A London-wide byelaw to manage dockless bike share... continue
Dockless bike hire firm Urbo is quitting London just months after starting operations. A statement on the Irish company’s website says: “We regret to inform you that, from 4 July, Urbo will no longer be providing shared bike services in the London boroughs of Enfield, Waltham... continue
All local authorities in Scotland will be given the power to implement bus franchising, under powers contained in the Scottish Government’s new Transport (Scotland) Bill. The Bill also includes powers for the creation and... continue
Roundabouts could be replaced by signalised junctions... continue
Liverpool City Council is to borrow £185m over 25 years to improve the city’s road network. The majority (£160m) of the funding will be allocated to road reconstruction over the next five years with £25m allocated to resurfacing. The council says total capital financing... continue
Derby City Council has asked an internal audit team to investigate an almost doubling of the cost of a road improvement scheme. The A52 Wyvern transport improvement scheme features extra lanes near the Wyvern junctions, carriageway resurfacing, a new skip road, a signal-controlled crossroads, and a... continue
Northern and western relief roads for the city of Durham feature in the county council’s local plan consultation. A Northern Relief Road connecting the A691 and A690 would feature a new crossing of the River Wear. The council says the road, which has been mooted ever since the 1970s,... continue
London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan to transform Oxford... continue
Westminster City Council has applied for a judicial review to halt TfL’s construction of Cycle Superhighway 11 between Swiss Cottage and central London. TfL announced in May that it plans to start work on the Swiss Cottage part of the scheme next month (LTT 11 May). Swiss Cottage lies... continue
The DfT has awarded £7.1m to six of England’s eight Cycle Ambition Cities for further measures to improve conditions for cycling. Cambridgeshire County Council has been awarded £550,000 to help install a ‘Dutch-style’ roundabout in Cambridge. The Fendon... continue
The Government should create a Strategic Timetabling Authority to plan the rail timetable and settle disputes about priorities, a timetabling expert has said. Jonathan Tyler of consultant Passenger Transport Networks says the current rail timetable is full of irregularities and poor... continue
Reducing overcrowding is the Government’s top priority for the next Cross Country trains franchise. The current Cross Country (XC) franchise, operated by DB-owned Arriva, is due to expire in late 2019 but can be extended by up to one year. Consultation on the specification for the new... continue
The DfT has rejected a call from the owner of Luton Airport for more East Midlands trains to call at Luton Airport Parkway station. The station is currently served by Thameslink trains and just one East Midlands Trains service an hour. The airport wanted the DfT to increase East Midlands... continue
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