Re-think of side road junction layouts needed to ensure priority for pedestrians

Date: 14 October 2019 - Lucy Marstrand | Local Transport Today

The other day I saw a heavily pregnant woman walking across a side road junction. About a third o...

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Our towns and cities are still miles away from having first-class cycle networks

Date: 01 March 2019 - John Parkin, Centre for Transport and Society | Local Transport Today

Motor traffic dominates road-based travel and the bicycle, invented in 1817, remains an under-val...

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Leeds’ Stourton park & ride gets green light

Date: 10 March 2019 - | Parking Review

Leeds City Council’s proposed Stourton park & ride project has been given the go-ahead...

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Bringing payments and transport together in harmony

Date: 27 July 2020 - Venceslas Cartier | Local Transport Today

And as there’s a wealth of benefits to utilising public transport, from environmental respo...

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Mayors and regions need a bigger role in rail, says GBR chief Shoaf

Date: 05 February 2025 - Rhodri Clark | Local Transport Today

Regions and elected mayors need a bigger role in railways because rail is not isolated from their...

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Bike share success: lessons learnt from the biggest cycle hire service in the world

Date: 27 October 2020 - Juliana O'Rourke | Local Transport Today

Smoove is a one-stop-shop bike share service supplier offering bikes, infrastructure and software...

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Bringing better buses to all

Date: 14 August 2024 - | Local Transport Today

Passengers need better bus services, and all of us in the sector will need to grasp the opportuni...

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We can’t let the virus put commuters into cars. Safe mass transit is the answer

Date: 18 April 2020 - Sam Ryan | Local Transport Today

The morning crush on the Tube or bunching up to others on buses and trains across the UK has long...

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Sustaining lockdown’s low carbon travel habits

Date: 28 March 2021 - Mark Moran | Local Transport Today

People in England and Scotland have adopted lower carbon travel options during the pandemic, new...

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Demand for home EV charging increases

Date: 06 June 2023 - | EVolution

All areas of the UK have shown a strong growth in enquiries for home EV charger installations in...

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TfL gets fourth funding bailout after agreeing to cost saving measures

Date: 28 February 2022 - Deniz Huseyin | Local Transport Today

The DfT has agreed a fourth Covid bailout settlement with Transport for London (TfL) on the condi...

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Think smart to deliver sustainable travel of the future

Date: 06 January 2017 - Jonathan Foster-Clark | Local Transport Today

The most successful authorities will reduce reliance on government and take greater local control...

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EV fires: A burning issue

Date: 28 January 2022 - | EVolution

Fires in electric vehicles (EVs) gain a lot of media attention in comparison to their intern...

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Cycling can grow at international rates in UK even where car dependence high, it is claimed

Date: 20 July 2017 - Lee Baker | Local Transport Today

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Listen to landowners' views in parking regulation debate

Date: 01 July 2019 - Philip Boynes | Parking Review

Anyone working in the private parking sector will have kept a keen eye on the progress of the Par...

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Brighton & Hove City Council wins Best Report Award

Date: 12 July 2017 - Mark Moran | Parking Review

Brighton & Hove City Council was named as the winner of the Best Report at the PATROL Parking...

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Boosting active travel with social and behavioural science

Date: 24 June 2024 - | Local Transport Today

Investment in active travel – walking, cycling and wheeling – enables thriving commun...

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Welsh bus franchising rules will enable coordinated car restraint

Date: 12 April 2022 - Rhodri Clark | Local Transport Today

New legislation for bus franchising across Wales will enable integration of service improvements...

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With three vital changes, the Bus Services Bill can give communities their buses back

Date: 08 July 2016 - Dai Powell, HCT Group | Local Transport Today

The Bus Services Bill could herald a new era for people being able to use public transport in Eng...

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Mobile ticketing is now realistic for public transport operators of any size

Date: 06 March 2020 - Ashley Murdoch, Corethree | Local Transport Today

Thanks to the ubiquitousness of smartphones – which are really small mobile computers &ndas...

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