There was a flurry of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions in the parking sector in 2017, with interest from infrastructure and private equity investors.... continue
Southampton City Council has installed 30 new electric vehicle (EV) charging points across five city centre multi-storey car parks. Southampton selected NewMotion’s smart charging points, which were installed by JoJu over a six-week period. JoJu was able to connect the charging... continue
The British Parking Association has launched a working group to examine the issue of fire safety in car parks in the wake of the blaze that destroyed the Liverpool Arena multi-storey on New Year’s Eve. The group is chaired by Russell Simmons, who is chair of the BPA’s Structures Group... continue
Attacks on parking machines have cost Sheffield City Council around £60,000 to make good, a new financial report has revealed. Although the amount of cash stolen in attacks during May 2017 was relatively small, the cost of replacing the damaged machines was significant, according to a... continue
North Somerset Council has vowed to find a way of delivering the MetroWest phase one project to improve local rail services in Bristol and surrounding area, following the DfT’s rejection of a bid to the Large Local Majors Fund (LTT 25 May). MetroWest phase one would see the branch to... continue
If any budding student of project management had the time, then Edinburgh has been the place to be for the last nine months as the inquiry into the city’s tram debacle took oral evidence from scores of witnesses.... continue
London mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a review into senior staff severance pay across the Greater London Authority after it emerged that Transport for London paid out more than £50m in severance during 2017/18, the second year running the figure has been this high. As part of its efficiency... continue
Transport for London has launched a trial of five automatic passenger counting technologies on London bus services. The three-month trial will run on seven buses and test: • Cameras aimed across the bus floor observing the footsteps of passengers getting on and off the bus •... continue
The DfT encouraged Transport for Wales to demand more from bidders for the Wales and Borders franchise at a late stage in the procurement, only to change its mind about three or four months ago, according to TfW. The DfT’s rethink appears to have coincided with concerns about... continue
Free or discounted travel for children and young people will be introduced on Wales and Borders rail services in 2020. Children aged under five currently travel free. This will be extended to all children aged under 11 years. The offer may be of limited use to parents and grandparents, however,... continue
Greater Manchester Combined Authority has approved a zonal fares system for travel on the Manchester Metrolink. The current fare structure uses point-to-point fares based on 18 underlying fare bands. The new zonal structure, to be introduced next year, features four zones and will facilitate the... continue
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has blamed trade unions for above-inflation fare rises on the railways. “I want the rate of increase of rail fares to come down,” he told MPs. “The biggest barrier to that is the Labour Party’s and the trade unions’ insistence that... continue
FirstGroup chief executive Tim O’Toole has stepped down following disappointing results for 2017/18. O’Toole, an American who has led the British company since 2010, was placed on ‘gardening leave’ last week. He will leave at the end of September.... continue
On 26 May The Times’ economics editor, Philip Aldrick, called for the HS2 high-speed rail project to be scrapped to provide funds for the National Health Service, which could be in need of as much as £56bn extra a year by 2033. After briefly outlining how the NHS is likely to... continue
The Netherlands is a highly urbanised country where space is always in short demand. Therefore, the country needs to... continue
Parking is one of the cornerstones of enabling... continue
Very powerful forces are pushing the parking sector towards a level of standardisation that would have been... continue
For many people, their day begins and ends in a car park. The majority of... continue
The International Parking Community (IPC) has held the first of its new quarterly forums for local authority parking managers. The forum’s members include county, metropolitan and district authorities, including Birmingham City Council,... continue
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