The Welsh government has been accused of an “embarrassing climbdown” since it announced its review of all road schemes (LTT 28 June). The review will... continue
The government's decision to end the mandatory wearing of face masks will deter some people from using public transport, warns industry commentator Roger French. He told LTT: “The Government has demonised public transport as being unsafe to use. And now they’re saying you... continue
Mobility as a service (MaaS) can be pivotal in helping councils meet net zero targets, but this will require an effective framework for regulation and data governance, states a new report by the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development... continue
Network Rail has published a new study highlighting future opportunities to expand Oxfordshire’s railway and help deliver economic growth. It recommends a host of improvements, including new stations and line... continue
Replacing rail franchises with contracts in which the Government takes the revenue risk will not permit the industry’s delay attribution regime to be withdrawn or significantly scaled back, according to the Office of Rail and Road. The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, published in May, is... continue
The government is to invest £9m in projects to... continue
Sutton council has submitted a £32m bid to the... continue
One of Cardiff’s principal approach roads will have its speed limit reduced from 70mph to 50mph to improve air quality, if Cardiff Council secures the necessary funding. The 50mph limit would apply to seven miles of the A4232 dual carriageway, including the viaduct across the lagoon upstream... continue
The delivery of four new fully-electric double-deck buses to local authority-owned Lothian Buses has helped City of Edinburgh Council take a step forward in its aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. The council’s City Mobility Plan 2021-2030 (CMP), approved in February this year,... continue
Stephen Bennett, director transport consulting at Arup, has been named Transport Planner of the Year. The award, run by the Transport Planning Society (TPS), was presented to Bennett at the Transport Practitioners Meeting. Bennett, a past... continue
Face coverings will remain mandatory in bus stations and... continue
The first urban pilot of Wales’ 20mph default limit is expected to achieve a reasonable level of compliance despite excluding enforcement using average speed cameras, as experts had recommended. The Welsh Government aims to roll out 20mph as the default limit, instead of 30mph, by April 2023.... continue
The DfT lacks a convincing and timely plan for encouraging passengers back to the railway as part of Covid-19 recovery, according a report from the Public Accounts Committee. In a highly critical document MPs have express concern over plans to encourage people back to rail travel. Current... continue
Staff working at Milton Park business park near Didcot will soon benefit from an automated driving public transport service after Oxfordshire County Council signed an agreement to procure an electric, self-driving minibus with partner Fusion Processing. Oxfordshire County Council, as the... continue
High-speed parcel deliveries will soon be made by rail to satisfy a growing demand for faster freight. Network Rail and distribution firm Orion unveiled the new concept last week at Euston station. Former Class 319 passenger trains are being converted to take goods directly into city centre... continue
An initiative to re-use redundant London Underground trains on the main rail network suffered another setback this month when a fire broke out on one of the trains during crew... continue
The DfT lacks a basic grasp of how market economies work, according to rail entrepreneur Ian Yeowart. He is managing director of Grand Union Trains (GUT), which proposes to operate open access services from London Euston to Stirling and London Paddington to Carmarthen. Objecting to GUT’s... continue
Grand Union Trains will provide more space per seat in Standard Class, as well as compartments in First Class, if its plans to operate an open-access service between London Euston and Stirling are approved. The pledge reflects possible changes in public attitudes to personal space in the wake of... continue
A campaign group is calling on Highways England to scrap plans to demolish or infill bridges and tunnels as part of its management of the estate. The HRE Group – an alliance of engineers, active travel campaigners and greenway developers – argues that the decommissioned railway assets... continue
Some of the provisions in the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 may not come into effect until 2023, Transport Scotland has revealed. In the Scottish Parliament, a Labour MSP recently criticised the slow pace of implementing the Act’s bus measures. Michael Matheson, secretary for net zero,... continue
A consultation on a proposed five-year extension of the track access rights for rail freight operating companies (FOCs) has closed. The DfT said it supported the extension in principle. All FOCs in Britain were granted track access rights for 10 years in 2016, but the pandemic created a liquidity... continue
Gridserve, which opened the UK’s first all-electric car charging forecourt last year, has unveiled plans for a UK-wide network... continue
A study investigating the most efficient distribution of electric vehicle chargepoints is to be carried out by Loughborough University. The OPTIC (Operation and Performance of Transport Infrastructure Chargepoints) project will examine the EV chargepoint network in Greater Manchester. This study... continue
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