Parking & Property 2018 will look at how social and technological changes will shape the design and operation of car parks The annual Parking & Property... continue
Rail passengers issued with a penalty fare now have... continue
Senior citizens and the disabled will see their free off-peak... continue
The Second Severn Crossing is to be renamed The Prince of... continue
The government’s new pipeline approach to rail enhancements in England and Wales will see the Treasury make final decisions on individual rail enhancements. The pipeline approach, explained by the DfT last month (LTT30 Mar), will see projects approved on a case-by-case basis, replacing... continue
The Welsh Government has accused the Future Generations... continue
The DfT is reviewing funding arrangements for surface access improvements to airports, and asking who should own the roads and railways that serve airports – the... continue
A Labour Government would fund free bus travel for under 25... continue
The Government has amended legislation to protect free off-peak bus travel for over 65s and people with a disability in England. The English national concessionary travel scheme was introduced in 2007. The legislation that provides the scheme has now been amended so that it no longer needs to be... continue
Network Rail did not receive the expected clarification last month from the DfT about the status of enhancement schemes in England and Wales that were originally programmed for Control Period 5 (2014/15 to 2018/9). The Control Period 6 strategic business plans published by Network Rail routes in... continue
Phase one of HS2 will end up costing taxpayers more than twice as much as official estimates, according to a new assessment. Quantity surveyor Michael Byng believes the London to West Midlands route will cost £51bn in 2015 prices, compared with the £24bn in 2013 prices quoted by the... continue
A £10m project has been completed to allow the new fleet of Siemens-built Eurostar trains to call at Ashford International station in Kent. The investment has seen the installation of KVB signalling, which is used on the rest of High Speed 1, and platform works. The launch of services has,... continue
Government company Transport for Wales will operate... continue
The bus industry has written to local authority leaders in Wales to say that a recent funding announcement by the Welsh Government was “highly misleading”. On 23 March, the Government issued a press release titled “Bus grants to keep Wales moving”, in which transport... continue
Cornwall Council wants the Government to devolve 2p per litre of fuel duty from vehicle fuel sold in the area to help fund the upkeep of the council’s 4,560 miles of road. Cornwall says the 2p topslice would raise £7.5m a year. The proposal features in the council’s New Frontiers... continue
Derbyshire County Council is developing a long-term plan for buses following the decision to retain a bus subsidy budget. Councillors abandoned a plan to scrap the budget altogether in December 2016. Expenditure will, however, be cut by £1m this year (2018/19), from £3.8m to... continue
The DfT’s proposed community transport reforms could have a devastating impact on lifeline transport in rural parts of Devon, the county council is warning. The DfT is currently consulting on requiring community transport operators conducting commercial work to hold a public service... continue
Hertfordshire County Council wants to put itself at the forefront of road technology developments. Ralph Sangster, Hertfordshire’s cabinet member for highways, told cabinet colleagues: “We don’t know exactly what is going to happen, or when, or how, but I want us to track... continue
Transport for Greater Manchester is to purchase more than 20 new Metrolink vehicles with funding from its share of the DfT’s £1.7bn Transforming Cities... continue
A trial conversion of bus lanes into high occupancy vehicle lanes features in a new congestion reduction plan for Greater Manchester. A Highways Academy is also planned, which will specialise in the design, management and operation of road networks. The congestion plan has been drawn up by combined... continue
FirstGroup is to sub-contract the operation of one of the... continue
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