Better Connected strategy promotes joined-up transport

Better Connected strategy promotes joined-up transport

Mark Moran

Passengers and drivers should be able to travel seamlessly across Britain without the need to juggle multiple tickets or apps. This is the key aim of the Better... continue

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2 Apr 2026Parking Review News
DfT TAG set for significant changes on Discount Rate and Uncertainty

DfT TAG set for significant changes on Discount Rate and Uncertainty

Peter Stonham

 The Department for Transport’s TASM division has... continue

30 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News
Does new DfT Uncertainty guidance overlook car use decline, asks Goodwin

Does new DfT Uncertainty guidance overlook car use decline, asks Goodwin

Peter Stonham

Recent trends in car use and trip making are overlooked in the proposed... continue

30 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News

Battery electric HGV study finds average journey only 33km

Approximately 90% of Heavy Goods Vehicle journeys in North East Scotland stay within the region and average only 33km, a study by regional transport partnership Nestrans has found. The Battery Electric HGV Feasibility Study will be presented to the Nestrans board later this month, but the Scottish... continue

30 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News
Car production for domestic market grows, as exports decline

Car production for domestic market grows, as exports decline

Mark Moran

UK vehicle production fell -8.2% in March, with 72,511... continue

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30 Apr 2026EVolution Features
29 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News
I have been in a driverless car… probably!

I have been in a driverless car… probably!

Mark Moran

With rival robotaxi fleets now testing in London, self-driving news source Cars Of The Future has partnered with research... continue

28 Apr 2026EVolution Features
Record 42.5m vehicles now driving on UK roads

Record 42.5m vehicles now driving on UK roads

Mark Moran

Britain now has more vehicles on its roads than ever before, with the total fleet rising by 1.4% to 42,549,649 vehicles in 2025,... continue

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24 Apr 2026EVolution Features

Demand for second-hand leased EVs rises

Mark Moran

Octopus Electric Vehicles has experienced a 177% year-on-year surge in demand for second-hand leased EVs, as more cars become available and drivers look for great value.  The rise in demand for used cars reflects a maturing EV market, with record new car sales in recent years now feeding a... continue

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23 Apr 2026EVolution News
UK has over 119,000 public EV chargers

UK has over 119,000 public EV chargers

Mark Moran

There are now over 119,000 public electric vehicle chargers across the UK, reports EV infrastructure information... continue

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22 Apr 2026EVolution Features
Energising electric vehicle charging

Energising electric vehicle charging

Energy secretary Ed Miliband has set out a package of new measures designed to accelerate the UK’s clean energy transition in response to... continue

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21 Apr 2026EVolution Opinion
The era of clean energy security

The era of clean energy security

Ed Milband MP

It is a privilege to be here at the National Growth Debate. This summit tackles one of the... continue

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21 Apr 2026EVolution Opinion
Miliband sets out government’s future energy plans

Miliband sets out government’s future energy plans

Mark Moran

UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has set out measures to ensure clean, homegrown power as the government plans to break the link between volatile gas prices and electricity. Miliband also wants to... continue

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21 Apr 2026EVolution News
Green scheme transforms Waltham Forest’s ‘street with no trees’

Green scheme transforms Waltham Forest’s ‘street with no trees’

A once treeless, vehicle-dominated street in Waltham Forest has been transformed by rain gardens, widened footways and the removal of parking spaces. Sutherland Road now boasts around 500 square metres of rain gardens, 500 square metres of footway, 68... continue

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20 Apr 2026Local Transport Today Features
What difference will  integrated transport strategy make?

What difference will integrated transport strategy make?

‘Mini Switzerland’ project to get £6m for Peak District trial In Better Connected, the Government announced it would provide £6m funding to support an integrated transport demonstrator programme in Hope... continue

17 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News

BERTIE model commended as agent-based behaviour simulation tool

Peter Stonham

Transport East’s innovative agent-based travel behaviour model has been flagged for wider use in the government’s Better Connected strategy. BERTIE (BEhaviouR & Transport: Impact & Equity), is featured as a case study in the strategy in relation to better use of data and digital... continue

17 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News
Wide support for Integrated transport policy but concerns voiced about policy ‘gaps'

Wide support for Integrated transport policy but concerns voiced about policy ‘gaps'

Deniz Huseyin

The Government’s Better Connected integrated transport strategy, published... continue

17 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News

Scotland not on course to meet any of its main road safety targets, data reveals

Rhodri Clark

Transport Scotland has released data showing that Scotland is not on course to meet any of its main targets for improvements in road safety. In 2021, the Scottish Government published a new Road Safety Framework running until 2030. Alongside a wider suite of indicators, the framework featured four... continue

16 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News

E-bike and e-scooter fires on the rise

Deniz Huseyin

E-bike and e-scooter fires in the UK reached a record high last year, fire brigades data has revealed.  Some 432 e-bike fires were recorded in 2025, representing a 38% rise from the 313 recorded in 2024, and more than five times higher than the 84 recorded incidents in 2021. In 2025 there were... continue

16 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News
Welsh Government road safety plan seeks 40% cut in fatalities by 2040

Welsh Government road safety plan seeks 40% cut in fatalities by 2040

Rhodri Clark

The outgoing Welsh Government has published a Road Safety... continue

16 Apr 2026Local Transport Today News
Wayve receives $60m investment from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm

Wayve receives $60m investment from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm

Mark Moran

Wayve, a UK company developing embodied AI for... continue

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15 Apr 2026EVolution News

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