The DfT is to review the Network Management Duty in the Traffic Management Act 2004 because of concern it does not align with current day policy objectives. The duty requires highway authorities to ensure traffic moves freely on their roads. The DfT points out that it published new statutory... continue
Drivers and cyclists will have to give way to pedestrians waiting to cross a side road or junction under a proposed rule change to the Highway Code. The Government has launched a consultation on changes to benefit active travel. it plans to introduce the notion of a hierarchy of road... continue
A leading retail leader has said that the virus has speeded up what was already underway in the retail sector. Things will not go back to the way they were. In my own case, in the space of four months we have moved from shopping every few days, to never needing to visit a shop again. And we... continue
The local transport sector has been highly disrupted and challenged with new issues by the Coronavirus pandemic. How have the professionals involved been affected – both those employed in local government, consultants and service suppliers, and in the other parts of the... continue
The spread of the pandemic in the UK was accelerated in... continue
The further easing of coronavirus restrictions in England, which has been due to come in this weekend, has been postponed for at least two... continue
New rules on social gatherings will be introduced in... continue
The Business and Planning Bill received Royal Assent on 22 July 2020, and introduced a series of urgent, mostly temporary measures intended to help businesses, particularly in the hard-hit hospitality and construction sectors, to get back to work safely and quickly. As part of the... continue
Proposed revisions to the Highway Code would create a... continue
Thousands of miles of new protected bike lanes, an... continue
New data from YouGov research reveals that the public is overwhelmingly in favour of measures to encourage walking and cycling with 6.5 people supporting changes to their local streets for every 1 person against. This news comes despite The Guardian recently reported that English councils were ‘backpedalling on cycling schemes after Tory backlash’. Analysis of the data by an... continue
At the end of last year, Laurence Oakes-Ash, CEO, City Science, gave a presentation to the South West Transport Board on... continue
The lockdown experience in our cities has led many... continue
Wales looks likely to become the first part of the UK to make 20mph the default speed limit on restricted roads after the Welsh Parliament supported the idea last week. Assembly Members... continue
London Councils has published proposals to gradually withdraw special Covid-19 payments to non-TfL bus operators who provide routes entering Greater London. Seventeen bus operators provide 36 routes that straddle the Greater London Authority boundary. London boroughs normally reimburse them just... continue
Police officers in London have prevented more than 35,500 people travelling on buses since face coverings became mandatory, London transport commissioner Andy Byford reported this week. He said 127 fixed penalty notices had also been issued to passengers for not wearing a covering.... continue
Freight organisations this week criticised Hampshire County Council’s suggestion of banning lorry movements on Sundays and banning lorries from overtaking on motorways. The proposals appear in the council’s carbon reduction... continue
UK Power Networks is offering free advice about electric vehicle charging to local authorities in its operating area of London, the East of England and South East England. The company says its staff can advise councils on meeting demand for public charge points in the most efficient way. “If... continue
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