Calls for the city to declare a climate emergency and take urgent action to tackle the pressing threat of “abrupt and... continue
Tower Hamlets Council is making over £120,000... continue
Nuisance behaviour on the Manchester Metrolink trams could soon be hit with fines of up to £1,000, says Transport for Greater Manchester... continue
US electric scooter manufacturer Bird is launching a... continue
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) in collaboration with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) constituent authorities is procuring advisory services in strategic and tactical transport modelling.The framework will be open to other public agencies to buy off with Highways England and Midlands... continue
Kevin Mayne, Chief Executive Designate, Cycling Industries Europe, talks to LTT about cycle industry innovation In a week that General Motors reveals two innovative, integrated and connected eBikes – one folding and one compact – without a brand, inviting customers from... continue
One or more charging clean air zones (CAZs) may be implemented in Greater Manchester after modelling suggested the area’s air quality problem is worse... continue
Combined authorities with strategic planning powers will be given the power to implement a strategic infrastructure tariff (SIT) to help fund transport and other infrastructure, the Government has announced. A SIT would be similar to the... continue
The Government is to extend its major urban transport fund – the Transforming Cities Fund – by a year to 2022/23 and has announced how the extra grant will be allocated. The Treasury said the extension would provide an extra £240m to the six combined authorities led by... continue
Local government secretary James Brokenshire has approved plans to replace the two-tier local government structure in Buckinghamshire with a unitary Buckinghamshire council. The change is subject to parliamentary approval. ... continue
Highways England has launched a six-week consultation on options for relieving traffic problems on the A595 in Whitehaven, Cumbria. The ‘high level’ proposed solutions identified include improving the existing road, constructing a bypass and improving the A595 between major employment... continue
The City of London Corporation is consulting on a trial that would ban all but ultra-low emission vehicles from the south end of Moor Lane, near Moorgate. Two options are being considered. Option one would introduce the restriction 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Option two would apply Monday to... continue
Leeds City Council is proposing short-term exemptions... continue
London Councils is exploring changes to the London Lorry Control Scheme, which restricts HGV movements at night and weekends. Changes could be made to the network of roads the scheme covers, operating hours, and the weight of vehicles it applies to. A noise standard is also being explored. The... continue
Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) is... continue
Derby City Council has ruled out introducing a charging Clean Air Zone (CAZ), despite being one of the five cities the Government initially said must introduce one to comply with the EU limit value on nitrogen dioxide. Derby, Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham and Southampton were named in a 2015... continue
A consultation on future Welsh bus legislation has been delayed, despite ministerial claims that better certainty and consistency are needed to reverse declining patronage. Transport secretary Ken Skates told a National Assembly for Wales committee in April that a consultation would be held over... continue
The Welsh Government has chosen a four-lane bridge as its preferred option for the Third Menai Crossing to Anglesey, following a consultation process that exposed divisions over whether a new crossing is needed. The Government says a new structure, costing more than £130m, is needed to... continue
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