New guidance for designing traffic signal junctions and pedestrian and other crossings in urban settings has been published by the DfT, Scottish Government, Welsh... continue
The first 14 of 20 pilot areas, many of them in the North, to receive tailored expert support to assist in rejuvenating their town centres has been announced by by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. The first 101 places to benefit... continue
The annual search for the best schemes, teams and ideas in UK parking is underway, with operators, car park designers and technologists all invited to enter the British Parking... continue
When it appeared 30 years ago, the very first edition of Parking Review stated that the new title would be a quarterly, but I must admit that back in... continue
Boris Johnson this week set out the Government’s transport priorities for the new Parliament following the Conservative’s resounding victory in last week’s General Election. A White Paper on rail reform will be published next year, informed by the Williams... continue
The shared mobility agenda suffered a setback this week... continue
Bus competition may be about to increase in the Bristol area with Stagecoach looking to win a bigger share of a market where FirstGroup currently enjoys dominance. Stagecoach already has a presence in the area and in 2017 opened a depot in north Bristol shared with the South... continue
Abellio’s contract for the ScotRail franchise is to end early, Scottish transport secretary Michael Matheson has announced. The current franchise agreement can run to 2025 but this requires ministers and Abellio to revisit the level of Government subsidy provided for the remaining five... continue
Sales of new fossil fuel-powered cars could continue for much longer than envisaged by the Government’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC), with hybrid vehicles likely to be excluded from any phase-out date for pure petrol and diesels. The CCC’s report recommending a net zero... continue
There is not yet clarity about whether Scotland’s electric vehicle charge point network will be primarily provided by the public or private sector, according to local government. “The debate on EVs going forward will need to consider whether or not the charging network should be... continue
Collapsible bollards that would prevent lane changes at a... continue
A new station has opened at Robroyston in Glasgow on the Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley via Cumbernauld line. The £14m facility, between Stepps and Springburn stations and close to junction 2 of the M80, has 263 free parking spaces and is served by a half-hourly service. The... continue
Cumbria Chamber of Commerce says the new operator of the West Coast Main Line franchise is backing the campaign to ensure that HS2 trains stop at Carlisle, Penrith and Oxenholme. The Chamber reports that Avanti West Coast has said HS2 trains should “as far as possible” mirror the... continue
Lincolnshire County Council has outlined plans for a £100m Spalding Western Relief Road (SWRR), which could take more than 15 years to deliver. The four-mile single carriageway road will connect the A1175 and A16 south and east of Spalding to the B1356 Spalding Road to the north. The scheme... continue
The Welsh Government will reappraise its planned dualling of the A465 between Dowlais and Hirwaun in the light of the climate emergency it declared in April. Widening the last remaining ten miles of single carriageway on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road was due to commence by the end of this year... continue
Highways England has opened a 12-mile dual carriageway bypass of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. The new road between... continue
London boroughs will continue to be able to control which dockless bike hire operators serve their areas after a new byelaw to manage schemes is introduced, London Councils has confirmed. The news potentially undermines the previously stated objective of both London Councils and Transport for... continue
The City of London Corporation plans to increase the number of dockless bike hire operators in the Square Mile after declaring a trial with two operators a success. The Corporation launched trials with Freebike and Beryl in June, testing the effectiveness of designating parking locations for... continue
Dockless bike hire firm Lime has withdrawn its bikes from south London and may only reinstate... continue
Transport and spatial planning in Oxfordshire is being shaped by unelected bodies, creating a democratic deficit in decision-making, a group of former local government officers and academics has said. Poets (Planning Oxfordshire’s Environment and Transport Sustainably) identifies six... continue
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Mark Moran
Parking made the headlines in 2019
There is never a problem finding news and feature articles with which to fill the pages of Parking Review, as the hefty weight of...