The 2017 National Cycle-Rail awards is now open to nominations. The event, hosted by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) and sponsored by Cyclepods, recognise progress made by the rail industry and associated organisations towards encouraging the integrated use of bikes and train travel. The categories... continue
A cyclist who knocked over and killed a 44-year-old woman in... continue
The number of New Yorkers regularly making bike journeys... continue
Something must be wrong: a fortnight has passed without news of a new dockless bike hire start-up hitting the streets. Or perhaps we just haven’t been paying attention. Fear not, however, for news reaches us of another launch – again in London – very soon. ... continue
Liverpool City Council is to bring operation of the city’s public bike hire scheme in-house. The Citybike scheme was launched in 2014 and features about 1,000 bicycles for... continue
The UK has world-leading transport consultants who can play a part in winning more work overseas for a post-Brexit UK, a review for the DfT has concluded. The Department commissioned consultant PwC to assess the capability of the UK’s transport infrastructure supply chain earlier this... continue
Cambridgeshire County Council is preparing legal action against... continue
The world’s first autonomous impact protection vehicle has been introduced in Colorado, United States. The vehicle has been developed in a collaboration between road maintenance firm Colas and US firms Royal Truck and Equipment, and Micro Systems Inc. Impact protection vehicles serve as... continue
Key principles for ensuring cyber security for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) have been published by the Government. “As vehicles get smarter, cyber security in the automotive industry is becoming an increasing concern,” says the guidance, prepared jointly by the DfT... continue
New safety technology including automatic braking and audible warning systems are to be tested on buses in London in a trial run by the Transport Research Laboratory. Engineers and technical specialists will work with Transport for London (TfL), bus manufacturers and operators to trial a... continue
SEStran, the South East Scotland regional transport partnership, may rebrand in an attempt to raise its profile and reduce confusion with active travel charity Sustrans. SEStran business partner Keith Fisken told last week’s board meeting that the regional transport partnership (RTP)... continue
An average speed camera system along a 51.5-mile section of the A90 trunk road between Dundee and Stonehaven will go live in October, Transport Scotland has announced. The system contains 30 sites (15 cameras in either direction) with camera locations 5-7km apart. The system is costing... continue
Highways England is to colour emergency refuge areas on the M1 orange to improve their visibility to drivers. The colour will be piloted on the M1 between junctions 16 (Northampton) and 19 (Catthorpe). An orange refuge area is already being piloted on the M3 near Camberley, Surrey... continue
Transport for London has appointed TRL to test potential measures for inclusion in London’s proposed bus safety standard. Measures to be tested include: • Autonomous Emergency Braking systems that allow a vehicle to detect its surroundings and automatically apply the... continue
Bendy buses should be re-introduced on some routes in the capital to enable higher capacity services, states a new report from the London Assembly Transport Committee. Articulated buses, better known as bendy buses, might prove the best option for routes that require a higher capacity and faster... continue
LibDem MP Layla Moran has been appointed Vice Chairwoman... continue
Road safety outside schools has become an all too frequent cause for concern across the UK. In an effort to tackle the problem, a range of measures are being deployed including school-led awareness campaigns, CCTV enforcement and... continue
Transport charity Sustrans Scotland is offering... continue
Largely car-free and rail-free cities as dense as Manhattan and restricted to 15km in diameter with compulsory... continue
The world's largest bike share operator has signed up as Official Bike Hire Sponsor at this year's Smarter Travel LIVE! taking place on 19-20th October at ArenaMk in Milton Keynes. Delegates will benefit from free bike hire throughout the event and can sign up for this service by contacting Billie Svark. The nextbike Milton Keynes bike shire scheme was first launched on... continue
Scottish Government statistics on children’s physical activity... continue
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