Transport secretary Grant Shapps has told councils to conduct opinion surveys to cut through the “noise” generated by active travel schemes, such as... continue
The Chancellor this week announced a new... continue
The Treasury this week published a new version of its appraisal guidance, the Green Book, which reduces the emphasis on benefit:cost ratios (BCRs), and gives more attention to the local economic impact of projects. The Green Book is used for the appraisal of all proposals that... continue
A lack of funding certainty is hampering Transport for the North’s work programme, board members heard last week. Paul Kelly, TfN’s financial controller, reported: “TfN currently lacks any funding certainty with regard to either its core operations or its... continue
Birmingham City Council has lost access to funding for a radial road dualling scheme because of a redesign to make the project better for active travel and public transport. The A457 Dudley Road improvement scheme involves dualling about 1.25 miles of the road between the Ladywood... continue
Covid-19 could force the City of Edinburgh Council to meet more of the costs of the Edinburgh tram extension to Newhaven from reserves. Construction of the tram line from York Place in the city centre to Newhaven via Leith Walk is currently underway. The council believes the project can... continue
Sir Peter Hendy has invited evidence to inform his Union Connectivity Review for the Government, which is considering how better transport links between the UK’s four nations can promote economic prosperity and improve the quality of life. One of the issues that the review is keen to hear... continue
Fifteen rail reopening proposals in England have been awarded up to £50,000 each to allow the ideas to be developed. The awards from the ‘Ideas’ stream of the DfT’s Restoring Your Railway fund come despite rail demand plummeting to a level not seen for more than a... continue
Seven areas of England have been rewarded with an extra portion of the DfT’s £175m Active Travel Fund grant because their bids reflected the ambitious programmes that the Government wants all councils to deliver. The beneficiaries are revealed in LTT’s comparison of the grant... continue
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is pressing ahead with his plan to introduce bus franchising as the industry grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic. Burnham had been due to take a final decision on his franchising... continue
Transport Scotland has invited bids for the first tranche of its £500m Bus Partnership Fund for bus priority measures such as bus lanes, bus ‘gates’, guided busways and traffic signal priority. The initial tranche will pay for the preparation of scheme appraisals and... continue
West Lothian Council has raised concern about the Scottish Government’s plan to give Scots aged under 19 free bus travel (LTT 13 Nov). “Consideration should be given to whether some young people may utilise the bus for a ‘social space’ instead of for travel, for example on... continue
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has failed to secure its preferred candidate to lead the Cambridge Autonomous Metro (CAM) project. The combined authority named David Hughes as its choice for the chief executive post for its new company One CAM Ltd in a report presented... continue
The impact of Covid-19 on the public finances may force the Government to end the policy of free off-peak bus travel for older and disabled people, Hampshire County Council believes. Conservative-controlled Hampshire wants the policy changed so that English National Concessionary Travel Scheme... continue
The Greater Cambridge Partnership is to reallocate £50m earmarked for better bus services to pay for zero emission buses and cycling schemes. The GCP had allocated £75m of its £744m programme for better bus services. A report by consultant Systra, published earlier this year,... continue
The Treasury is looking again at nationwide road pricing to replace lost fuel duty as more motorists switch to electric vehicles. The Times reported last... continue
Ford-owned e-scooter company Spin has launched a £100,000 UK micromobility research fund. The funding will pay for researchers to analyse the behaviour of e-scooter riders and the challenges and opportunities for integrating e-scooter use into the urban infrastructure. The first... continue
Brighton & Hove City Council is to borrow £1.17m to expand the city’s public bike hire scheme, including the... continue
Nextbike has launched an electric bike share scheme in Penarth with funding from The Vale of Glamorgan Council. A fleet of 50 e-bikes and five docking stations came into operation this month. E-bike rental will cost £1 per 30 minutes for customers with monthly or annual membership or £2... continue
E-scooter rental firm Voi has won a contract to launch a trial scheme in Barnstaple, North Devon, early next year. Voi will work with North Devon Council, Devon and Cornwall Police and Devon’s leading FE college, Petroc.... continue
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