The long debated idea of pedestrianising Oxford Street in London’s West End seems set to go ahead. In February 2025, the Mayor of London set out proposals including pedestrianisation of the main shopping thoroughfare in order to improve visitor experience and better enable new leisure offers,... continue
Greater Manchester is set to benefit from over £30m of investment to make public transport and active travel safer, cleaner, and more accessible. Projects include improvements... continue
Charging network is providing a pair of ultra-rapid chargers in Blackburn, Lancashire. Be.EV has partnered with AAAZ Investments to the charging bays at a... continue
The Department for Transport has published its Annual Report & Accounts for 2024–2025 amongst a burst of similar reports across its agencies and other public bodies needing to be presented to the House of Commons ahead of it rising for its summer recess. These include Network Rail,... continue
Average journey delay increased towards the end of RIS2 to 11.8 vehicle per mile meaning NH missed its KPI ambition for this measure to be no worse than the end of RIS1 when it was 9.5 seconds linked to a rise in roadworks. The year had seen NH complete its National Emergency Areas Retrofit (NEAR)... continue
The Transport Secretary has submitted the annual report to Parliament on National Highways’ performance for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 the final year of the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2, 2020-2025). Of the 12 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set under RIS2, National... continue
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group has this week presented its comprehensive analysis of innovation in the highways sector to the Department for Transport (DfT). Titled Innovation in Focus, Inspiring Change Across the Highways Sector, the report represents what LCRIG says is one of its most... continue
National Highways has delivered significant improvements for road users in the RIS2 reporting period from 2020 to 2025 says John Larkinson, Chief Executive of the Office of Road and Rail in ORR’s annual report on the company. It had opened 30 major enhancements schemes,, achieved better... continue
The newly elected Reform UK Leader of Kent County Council has asked the... continue
As pressure mounts on employers to reduce car use and deliver against decarbonisation targets, workplace carpooling... continue
The previous election in May 2021 put Oxfordshire County Council into No Overall Control, ending many decades of Conservative-led administrations. The new administration was initially a three-way coalition of Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green councillors, then, from September 2023, a minority administration of LibDems and Greens. Like every city and county,... continue
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has awarded £66m towards projects to improve road links between towns and economic hubs in the West of Scotland. Renfrewshire Council will get £38.7m for new walking, cycling, bus and car links between Paisley town centre, the Advanced Manufacturing... continue
More than 100 fewer people were killed or seriously injured on the West Midlands’ roads in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period the previous year, reports the Regional Road Safety Partnership. The 18% reduction in deaths and serious injuries follows the implementation of the... continue
A new ‘lane rental’ scheme is being considered in Greater Manchester to tackle congestion and cut disruption from roadworks on the city region’s busiest routes. Under the plans – proposed by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) in partnership with the ten local highway... continue
New guidance to help boroughs roll out cross-pavement electric vehicle... continue
Powys County Council is proposing to introduce new 20mph limits on some sections of road, following the “listening exercise” held in response to protests against the outcome of 20mph becoming the default speed limit on Welsh restricted roads in 2023. Welsh Government ministers were... continue
A new transport interchange in St Helens town centre has been granted planning permission by St Helens Borough Council. The project is supported by £32m in funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority via the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), alongside... continue
A £33m transport hub in Swindon, Wiltshire, comprising a bus interchange and new... continue
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