The British government has said it wants to avoid creating a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after the UK leaves the... continue
Bendy buses should be re-introduced on some routes in the capital to enable higher capacity services, a states a new report from the London Assembly Transport Committee. Articulated buses, better known as bendy buses, might prove the best option for routes that require a higher capacity and faster... continue
Professional service company KPMG has launched a tool to help local authorities regulate their Mobility as a Service (MaaS) networks. KPMG’s MaaS Requirements Index is designed to identify the extent of coverage of smartphone travel apps at a local level, to enable appropriate regulatory and... continue
Road safety outside schools has become an all too frequent cause for concern across the UK. In an effort to tackle the problem, a range of measures are being deployed including school-led awareness campaigns, CCTV enforcement and... continue
Registrations of new buses and coaches fell -15.3% in the second quarter of 2017, according to figures released today... continue
A £200m plan to build a bridge covered with trees over the River Thames in central London has been abandoned. The... continue
The world's largest bike share operator has signed up as Official Bike Hire Sponsor at this year's Smarter Travel LIVE! taking place on 19-20th October at ArenaMk in Milton Keynes. Delegates will benefit from free bike hire throughout the event and can sign up for this service by contacting Billie Svark. The nextbike Milton Keynes bike shire scheme was first launched on... continue
Scottish Government statistics on children’s physical activity... continue
Any cyclist riding an electric bicycle in Northern Ireland (NI) without a proper licence could face fines up to £1,000. The Department for Infrastructure said that anyone who owns an electric bike (e-bike) in NI must have a motorcycle licence. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where... continue
The Automobile Association (AA) has produced a version of the Highway Code specifically for cyclists. A... continue
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is warning hauliers and... continue
The Yorkshire Post’s ongoing irritation with the way that public transport expenditure in the North is allegedly, in the Government’s eyes, a much lower priority than expenditure in the South East of England, erupted again in an editorial on 20 July. “The Government’s... continue
The Government's announcement that the sale of new petrol and... continue
Last week, the press was aflutter with the headline-grabbing... continue
Leeds City Council is basing its air quality plan on local monitoring rather than the national modelling the Government used to decide the city needed a charging Clean Air Zone. Leeds was one of five authorities ordered to deliver a charging CAZin the Government’s 2015 air quality plan to... continue
Twenty-nine local authorities in England have been ordered to prepare action plans to bring nitrogen dioxide concentrations into compliance with the EU’s annual limit value in the “fastest possible time”. The Government has ordered the authorities (see table) to prepare the... continue
Vehicle manufacturers found to be using devices on their vehicles to cheat emissions tests could face criminal and civil charges, with fines of up to £50,000 for every device installed, under proposed new laws, the Government has announced.... continue
Van drivers will be allowed to drive heavier vehicles if they are electric or gas-powered, in an attempt to reduce the number of diesel vans on the road. The Government plans to increase the weight limit for alternatively-fuelled vans that can be driven on a category B driving licence in the UK. It... continue
The Welsh Government has conducted preliminary analysis of a Clean Air Zone for Cardiff. “The Welsh Government anticipates a Clean Air Zone, with vehicle access restrictions, could be implemented in Cardiff during 2021 or earlier if possible, thereby achieving compliance [with the EU annual... continue
An accreditation scheme for retrofitting bus engines with emission reduction technology is to be launched by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP). The Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme (CVRAS) will provide assurance to councils that vehicles fitted with the technologies meet... continue
Transport for London has launched a £42m three-year scheme to remove the oldest taxis from London’s streets. Owners of vehicles ten- to 15-years old can apply for a grant of up to £5,000 in exchange for retiring their vehicle. An owner of a ten-year old vehicle would receive the... continue
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