Over 200 policymakers, business leaders, researchers, tech entrepreneurs and trade union representatives gathered in London last night for the launch of the Institute for Driverless Transport – a new independent research body established to prepare the UK for the consequences of autonomous... continue
‘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
Few details have yet been given about the Mass Transit Taskforce announced as being established in the ‘Better Connected’ policy paper. This said “The Taskforce will assess the wider economic, spatial and social benefits of integrated mass transit systems, and examine the funding,... continue
A commitment to great attention on coaches in transport policy at both a strategic and operational level has been welcomed. The integration strategy notes how coaches “can be particularly overlooked in transport planning yet provide essential links between many towns, cities, airports and... continue
The Government’s Better Connected integrated transport strategy, published... continue
The Government is giving six mayoral combined authorities in England a further £500,000 of government funding each to help them introduce bus franchising Franchising is now the policy being implemented by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Liverpool City Region, South Yorkshire, the West... continue
New guidance designed to support and improve bus enhanced partnerships (EPs) in England has been released by the DfT. The document follows the publication of a review of EPs in January, which revealed that some partnerships are not currently delivering. In these cases, “support is... continue
The DfT has published a policy paper setting out its “vision” for bus services in England. According to the document, the “best way to make the local bus service successful is for it to have a strong revenue base of passengers”. This requires bus services to be... continue
Mayor Tracy Brabin’s attempts to start construction on a Leeds tram network before her next re-election campaign in West Yorkshire were blocked after the confidential NISTA Government review concluded this deadline carried a high risk of wasted taxpayers’ money, the politicshome website... continue
Keolis and Amey have joined forces to win another light rail contract, this time for operation and maintenance of the Luas system in Dublin. The contract, valued at approximately €1.3bn, starts on 1 September and has a core term of seven years, with the option to extend for up to six years.... continue
A consortium that includes Wrightbus, Queen’s University Belfast and Loughborough University has been awarded a £250,000 Government grant to develop self-driving buses. Delivered by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the programme aims to grow the UK’s connected and... continue
A bus gate in Preston generated £1.54m in fines last year, the highest amount in the UK, according to research carried out by The Times. Lancashire County Council’s bus gate on Corporation Street operates 24-hours-a-day on a 60m stretch of road close to Preston’s university... continue
Connected Places Catapult is to fund trials of three rail-related technology systems at the Station Innovation Zone at Bristol Temple Meads. The Station Innovation Zone programme is delivered by Connected Places Catapult in partnership with Network Rail and is supported by Innovate UK. The zone... continue
New housing developments risk being unfit for modern life unless they are designed with both public transport and delivery infrastructure in mind, warns the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT UK). Online shopping, grocery deliveries and on-demand services means that the... continue
The Government must give English cities the power to approve, fund... continue
Transport Committee Chair Ruth Cadbury has urged the Government to... continue
First Bus has made a number of changes to senior leadership structures across its UK business arms as a follow-up to a restructure in 2025. The company said the reorganisation will leverage a focus on three distinct spheres: Regional Bus (non-franchised areas); First Bus Government (areas... continue
Transport campaigner and consultant Jonathan Tyler has passed away aged 85. He was founder of consultancy Passenger Transport Networks in York, and became the first Fellow of the Foundation for Integrated Transport... continue
Wayve, a UK company developing embodied AI for... continue
UK registrations of new buses, coaches and minibuses fell -37.7%... continue
The UK automotive industry could unlock a £4.6 billion boost to... continue
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