Reading Borough Council is exploring the possibility of a workplace parking levy closely based on Nottingham’s scheme. A borough-wide car parking and air quality strategy will consider “demand management measures” such as a workplace parking levy, road user charging, clean... continue
Former London cycling commissioner Andrew Gilligan has... continue
Opponents of Heathrow Airport expansion are preparing a legal challenge to the Government’s airports National Policy Statement (NPS), which was approved last week by a huge majority in the House of Commons. MPs voted by 415 to 119 to approve the NPS, making the provision of a Heathrow third... continue
The UK is not on course to achieve its fourth (2023-2027) or fifth (2028-2032) carbon budgets and transport is a major source of the difficulty, according to the Committee on Climate Change. With the closure of many coal-fired power stations, the transport sector is now the UK’s largest... continue
Extending Crossrail from Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet in Kent and building a multi-modal crossing of the Thames estuary are among the recommendations made by a Government commission on the future of the Thames Gateway. The Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission was set up in 2016 to examine the future... continue
Disabled people are becoming more dependent on other people to meet their transport needs, a new study suggests. Analysis of National Travel Survey data for England from 2007 to 2015 has found that travel by people with mobility difficulties fell by every significant mode of transport recorded... continue
A planned trial of lightweight hydrogen cars in public use in South Wales has been delayed until the autumn. Riversimple Movement Ltd had intended to begin the trial in the spring (LTT 16 Feb) but told LTT this week that it did not receive planning permission for its hydrogen fuelling station, in... continue
The Welsh Government must urgently introduce a new travel survey to gather the data required for monitoring and managing transport decarbonisation, according to a new report by the Institute of Welsh Affairs. Report author Chris Roberts says the lack of statistics since Wales withdrew from... continue
Transport Scotland insisted this week that the door had not been closed to Scotland’s seven regional transport partnerships (RTPs) inputting into the second strategic transport projects review (STPR2), which will decide Scotland’s future transport investment priorities. STPR2 is... continue
The monetised value of travel time savings often forms the most important component in the economic justification of transport projects. The DfT published the findings of a major research project into the value of time savings in 2015, conducted by the Institute for... continue
Brighton and Hove City Council is to tighten the... continue
Brighton & Hove City Council is to procure an operator for its expanding network of electric vehicle charging points, a move that will see the council end... continue
Euro VI diesel buses represent a better response to environmental concerns than pure electric buses, an operator has told Brighton & Hove City Council. Responding to the council’s consultation on stricter standards for its bus-only low emission zone (see above), Compass Travel said:... continue
Data on the use of rapid electric vehicle charging points has been published by the DfT. The data relates to the use of 267 rapid charge points in 2017, installed by 26 councils using funding from the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles. Northumberland had the two most popular... continue
The DfT is commissioning new research into the relationship between transport investment and agglomeration. Agglomeration is the spatial clustering of economic activity, seen in the formation of towns and cities and in how particular sectors of the economy concentrate in one place, such... continue
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