Companies are being invited to compete for up to £15m... continue
The TransPennine route will be the first digitally controlled intercity... continue
An international business campaign designed to fast-track... continue
Businesses are suffering anxiety about the investment required to... continue
Five active travel schemes have been awarded funding totalling £22.5m by the Scottish government. The shortlisted projects, to be delivered by charity Sustrans, will receive 50% of the total costs. Two of the schemes are in Edinburgh... continue
The North East Combined Authority and local bus operators have entered... continue
The City of London is planning to create taxi ranks reserved for electric vehicles. The Corporation is keen to encourage the use of electric... continue
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has indicated support for Welsh councils having the option to form municipal bus companies, on... continue
Transport Scotland is consulting on whether to raise the eligibility age for free bus travel to the state pension age. Scotland’s free travel scheme is currently open to residents aged 60 and over, as well as people meeting disability criteria. Concessionary cardholders are... continue
The City of Edinburgh Council has clarified the treatment of optimism bias in the costing of the proposed three-mile tram extension from the city centre to Newhaven (LTT?01 Sep). The council estimates the line will cost £165.2m in outturn costs, assuming an opening in 2022. This comprises... continue
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is to finance the purchase of contactless ticket machines for some of the conurbation’s smaller bus operators. WMCA wants to introduce contactless payment and best value capping across the conurbation’s bus network but many smaller... continue
Blackpool Council is to loan municipal bus operator Blackpool Transport Services Ltd up to £16.2m to replace 72 life-expired vehicles. The vehicles will be purchased in five tranches between October this year and March 2020, and each loan will last ten years. The council says many of the... continue
A support programme for UK innovators in the connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) sector has been launched by the Government’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), the Automotive Council, and the Advanced Propulsion Centre. The Meridian programme will enable... continue
The Go-Ahead Group is targeting international bus and rail markets to make up for its loss of the London Midland rail franchise, which was a large chunk of its UK rail business. Go-Ahead wants international operations to contribute 15% to 20% of group profits within five years. Its first... continue
The Transport Systems Catapult has launched a programme to encourage business start-ups in the transport sector. The Intelligent Mobility Accelerator is a partnership between the Catapult and Wayra UK, a start-up accelerator that is part of Telefónica Open Future. Network Rail... continue
England’s Economic Heartland (EEH) is pressing the DfT to treat England’s most important local authority roads and the Highways England’s strategic road network as a single major road network instead of treating them... continue
Councils have expressed doubts about the... continue
Local authorities are urging the Government not to axe parts of the western section of the East West Rail project in a cost-cutting drive. The project is intended to eventually create a new rail link between Oxford and Cambridge and the current focus is on the western section, from Oxford to... continue
More than 100 million bus and tram journeys have been made using the mayor of London’s new Hopper fare in the year since its launch, Transport for London has revealed. The fare allows passengers to travel on two buses or trams within an hour for the price of one, saving £1.50. Around... continue
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has announced the preferred route for the £1.6bn A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down improvement scheme, which includes a 1.8-mile tunnel at Stonehenge. The DfT said the tunnel would “remove the traffic blight on local communities and enhance the... continue
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