We have been inundated with entries and we’re delighted to have received such a positive response in the first year of this new initiative. The 16 judges are now busy reviewing the entries, and will be meeting in early January to discuss and... continue
Nine local authority areas now have higher average bus passenger journeys per resident in 2025 than, pre-COVID, in 2019, concludes a new analysis of bus use data by consultant Steer. Author Stephen Bishop describes it as a ‘phenomenal outcome’ for these places. The analysis is based on... continue
The DfT has reissued the Government’s response to last year’s public consultation on establishing Great British Railways to reflect the omission of more than 6,000 responses from supporters of We Own It, which campaigns for public ownership of public services. The group claims the... continue
GBR should take account of all appropriate transport strategies in each Mayoral Strategic Authority rather than only Local Transport Plans (LTPs), Midlands Connect has suggested in its submission to the Transport Committee. The Bill sets out that GBR and the Office of Rail and Road should have... continue
Transport for All, representing disabled people, is concerned by the power the Railways Bill proposes to give the Secretary of State, who will become “the sole grantor and modifier of the GBR licence”, in its words. Currently, the ORR independently issues licences but the Bill... continue
Closer integration of track and train, which GBR should achieve in England, has helped to retain skills and experience in Scotland, Fiona Hyslop told the Transport Committee. Scotland’s Railway, combining Network Rail Scotland and ScotRail, has reduced electrification costs through a... continue
Scottish Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop has defended the degree of prescription in the UK Government’s Railways Bill, which many believe does not place adequate safeguards around future actions by Great British Railways or Secretaries of State. The UK Government will agree Memorandums of... continue
The UK Government’s contrasting models for funding GBR’s infrastructure and train operations will retain vertical fragmentation within what is meant to be an integrated organisation, the Transport Committee has been told in two evidence submissions. In November, the Government said that... continue
Transport for Wales and Hitachi Rail are close to starting tests of a multi-modal journey planner under their Mobility as a Service (MaaS) initiative. TfW says digital experience will start to improve for customers this year. In summer 2024, TfW awarded Hitachi Rail a five-year contract, valued at... continue
Transport for London (TfL) is facing a legal challenge to its decision to award a revenue collection contract to Spanish firm Indra Group. Incumbent contractor Cubic Transportation Systems said it submitted a lower bid than Indra and should have won the contract. The US firm, which has a... continue
Chris Todd is to step down as Director of Transport Action Network (TAN) in April, due to personal circumstances and the “desire to do something... continue
New Year Honours list lauds stars of transport universe A host of eminent figures from across the transport universe have been recognised for their contributions in the King’s New Year Honours list. Vernon... continue
Lucy Harper has left Lumo, where she spent the past two years as Head of Public Affairs. She has... continue
We are giving local authorities the powers they need to address... continue
Local authorities leaders across England are to be given... continue
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