Day 3 of COP28 in Dubai was a dense and full-on affair. I am here in my capacity of official observer for the International Society of City and Regional Planners, and – as I did when I attended COP26 two years ago – I’ve convinced my friends... continue
I arrived in Dubai last night at around 2am. I know the city well, and was expecting a lot of celebration for the COP event, with welcome posters and strong messaging everywhere. I was disappointed; it was all fairly subdued, with the exception of the excited taxi drivers... continue
The Transport Committee has welcomed the Government’s positive response in The King’s Speech to its calls for new legislation for self-driving vehicles, but says its ‘safety ambition’, for the technology to replicate a human driver, is “too weak” as set out in... continue
The UK government says it has helped lead the global community to agreement ahead of the COP 28 summit to reduce emissions from aviation fuel by 5% by 2030, to help drive international aviation to adopt Sustainable Aviation Fuels. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) reached the... continue
A large amount of interest from local transport authorities has been expressed in the second round of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme (ZEBRA 2) funding in England, at significantly higher levels than that for the first tranche of the fund, information published by the Department for... continue
Transport for the North has set out ambitions to achieve... continue
The UK is home to a series of dedicated programmes developed to... continue
A new machine that can apparently fix potholes in a few minutes is being trialled by the London Borough of Redbridge. The council said the spray injection system means that repairs can often be carried out without the need for road closures, with fixed potholes ready to be driven over... continue
A £2m competition is being launched to encourage councils and businesses to work together to develop and trial transport schemes that cut emissions. The Transport Decarbonisation Demonstrators programme, funded by the DfT, also seeks to grow local economies by supporting businesses to bring... continue
The winners of a competition funding innovations that make railways more accessible have been announced by the Government. Total funding of £5.3m will be split between 17 projects in the ‘2023 First of a Kind’ competition, run in conjunction with Innovate UK. Innovations... continue
The Scottish Government has revealed that it provided £12m of grant funding to local authorities from 2019/20 to 2022/23 in connection with the introduction of Low Emission Zones in Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. This funding was for planning, modelling and design of LEZ schemes and... continue
A £1m plan to improve air quality – including... continue
Four firms shortlisted to provide largest ever volume of hydrogen to the Lower Thames Crossing. The contract is for the supply, storage and distribution of over 6 million kilograms of hydrogen, which will be used to power the construction... continue
Delaying the phase out of new combustion engine car sales will result in the UK producing more than 35 million tonnes of additional greenhouse gases between 2030 and 2050, according to a new report from New AutoMotive. A report from the transport research organisation reveals that these emissions are the equivalent to the entire UK... continue
A new partnership aims to roll-out of 30,000 chargepoints across the UK over the next five years. London-based utility company Pozitive Energy has joined... continue
Luxury car maker Lotus is developing its own range of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions as part of its journey to becoming... continue
British automotive companies have pledged that women will represent 30% of their workforce within the next six years, in a bid to drive gender diversity across all roles and... continue
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