Sheffield, Leeds and Bristol city councils are all reviewing whether they still need to implement a clean air zone (CAZ) to comply with legal limits on nitrogen dioxide concentrations. The councils say Covid-19 has fundamentally altered travel patterns, raising questions about whether a charging CAZ is still necessary. Bristol’s proposal to introduce a blanket ban on diesel cars in part of the city centre has been rejected by the Government. Birmingham, Bradford and authorities in Greater Manchester this week told LTT that they remained intent on implementing their clean air zones. Meanwhile, Oxford City Council claims to be the first authority in the country to propose setting a target for nitrogen dioxide below the Government’s 40μg/m3 annual mean. The... continue
Road traffic volumes in Britain are exceeding their pre-Covid... continue
Thousands of new homes could be built in an isolated, car dependent location in south Oxfordshire after a planning inspector indicated he was minded to approve the proposal. Jonathan Bore has backed a plan to build homes on Chalgrove Airfield in his preliminary conclusions on South... continue
The elected mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has urged people to start using public transport again, warning that services will be cut if they don’t. James Palmer said: “Despite an increase in recent weeks, the number of... continue
Oxford City Council claims to be the first council to propose a citywide target for nitrogen dioxide concentrations lower than the national objective. The national air quality strategy sets an objective for the annual mean of nitrogen dioxide to be below 40μg/m3. Oxford’s new draft air... continue
The rail industry has launched a campaign to persuade people to use rail again as figures suggest that patronage is only just over a third of pre-Covid levels. The launch of the #RailToRecovery campaign by the Rail Delivery Group, comes amid fears of a second wave of Covid-19 cases,... continue
Welsh transport minister Ken Skates has urged the DfT to support plans to enhance rail capacity on the south Wales main line between Cardiff and the Severn Tunnel. Skates has welcomed the emerging conclusions of the South East Wales transport commission chaired by Lord Burns. It... continue
Bristol city Council hopes to persuade ministers to drop their insistence that the council must introduce two charging... continue
Leeds City Council says Covid-19 and continuing upgrades to vehicle fleets may mean there is no longer a need to implement a charging clean air zone (CAZ) in the city. The Government has ordered Leeds to implement a Class B CAZ covering a large part of the city as part of a clean air plan to... continue
News that Bristol, Sheffield and Leeds city councils are all reviewing the need for clean air zones has been welcomed by the Road Haulage Association. Chris Ashley, its head of policy on the environment and regulation, said: “We have consistently said that CAZ policy needs reviewing and... continue
Sheffield City Council is reviewing whether its proposed city centre clean air zone is still necessary.Sheffield consulted last summer on a proposed Class C CAZ for the city centre (LTT 05 Jul 19). The council said this week: “Our current direction from Government to implement a clean... continue
Labour-controlled Birmingham City Council is pressing ahead with its plan for a Class D clean air zone (CAZ) within the city’s ring road. A council spokeswoman told LTT this week: “Birmingham remains committed to launching it’s CAZ in 2021. Air pollution continues to be a... continue
Local authorities in Greater Manchester plan to launch a consultation next month on their proposed conurbation-wide Class C clean air zone. The eight-week consultation has been held up by... continue
The West Midlands Combined Authority has awarded an exclusive e-scooter rental contract to Voi for six separate trials. The WMCA says Voi has committed to deliver thousands of e-scooters to the conurbation during the 12-month trial. Mike Waters, Transport for the West Midlands’... continue
The number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads almost halved during the first four months of Covid-19 restrictions, says Transport for London. Road user KSIs in the capital were down 47 per cent in the period 20 March to 15 July compared with the same period of 2019.... continue
London’s programme of low traffic neighbourhood road closures is running into more controversy, with one borough announcing the suspension of its programme and another threatening to take its neighbour... continue
The DfT has formed a taskforce to find a solution to reopen Hammersmith Bridge in west London. Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to... continue
Technological solutions to reducing transport sector carbon dioxide emissions have been endorsed ahead of policies to cut travel demand by the citizens’ assembly set up to advise on how the UK can achieve its 2050 statutory... continue
The Committee on Climate Change has urged the Government to increase vehicle excise duty (VED) on the largest cars. The Treasury launched a consultation this spring on reforming VED to encourage the take-up of zero and ultra-low... continue
Ways to encourage more people to purchase battery electric vehicles are explored in a report published by the DfT. TRL and the Behavioural Insights Team examined factors such as information, financial incentives, and changing attitudes. “While the actual cost of EVs and the... continue
Transport for Wales could take over tendered bus service procurement from local authorities as part of wider reforms to the bus industry proposed by the Welsh Government. The shake-up follows the Welsh Government’s decision to withdraw the Bus Services (Wales) Bill this summer. It featured... continue
transport scotland estimates that Covid-19 has imposed additional costs of £250m on the taxpayer for the operating the ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper franchises during the initial six month emergency measures agreements (EMAs). Transport Scotland introduced the EMAs for the two... continue
Government funding for zero emission buses in England must not undermine the ability of local transport authorities to introduce bus franchising, the Urban Transport... continue
Local government in Cambridgeshire has voiced concerns about England’s Economic Heartland’s proposal to become a statutory sub-national transport body (STB). The EEH is consulting on the powers it may... continue
The Government should temporarily waive the need for councils to contribute to the capital costs of major local transport projects, the England’s Economic Heartland has suggested. The EEH wants a five-year dispensation from local authority financial contributions to projects in... continue
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