In March 2025, Landor LINKS was proud to announce that it has been accredited as a Bronze Carbon Literate Organisation, highlighting our organisation's dedication towards tackling climate change, reducing its organisational carbon emissions, and its commitment to working towards a zero carbon... continue
Three transport companies have joined with a new not-for-profit to help people with past convictions get jobs in the transport sector. Merseyrail, Go Ahead and Angel Trains will work with the Rebuilding Futures Alliance (RFA) to support low risk offenders. RFA?founder Chris Leech MBE is seeking to... continue
Mitesh Solanki has been elected new President of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT). He takes over from Glenn Lyons, Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at UWE Bristol. At his Presidential Inauguration at the CIHT’s offices in London, Solanki said:... continue
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has appointed an early career professional Adviser to support the Trustees. Zahra Ali has been appointed to the role for a two-year period. Chair of Trustees... continue
Vernon Everitt has been named as the preferred candidate to be Chair of the Transport for Wales board. Everitt will take on the role while continuing in his current as post Transport Commissioner and chair of Transport for Greater Manchester. He is also a current Non-Executive Director on the... continue
Sarah Leeming is the new Environmental Manager at Great Western Railway. For 16 years she worked in various roles within Sustrans, including four years as South Regional Director.... continue
John Futcher has joined the Greater London Authority as Senior Planning Design & Delivery Manager. He will oversee the public realm and highways team that will implement the pedestrianisation of a section of Oxford Street (see page 22). Futcher previously spent nearly 10 years at Transport for... continue
Liz Diaz has started a new position as Senior Civil and Transport Engineer at Civic Engineers. She has been with the company nearly four years and was previously Transport Design Engineer.... continue
Figures representing the wide range of talent working across the transport sector were recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Jenny Hamilton, Lead Sponsor at Transport for London (TfL), received an MBE for her work master-planning some of the capital’s busiest and most complex Tube... continue
The DfT is showing a “lack of urgency” in addressing the transport obstacles faced by disabled people, states the Transport Committee. The cross-party group of MPs submitted a long list of recommendations in its Access Denied report in March (LTT912), with the DfT making its response... continue
The potential for growth in the North is “huge” provided there is proper investment in the region’s strategic rail network, Transport for the North has re-stated ahead of the Government’s infrastructure announcement, expected later this month. The organisation said it has... continue
The Welsh Government appears to be setting a slower pace than local government would like for rolling out simple zebra crossings at road junctions. Cardiff Council began a trial of the crossings, which do not feature Belisha beacons, at three junctions in 2022. The results were encapsulated in a... continue
Small businesses in Oxford are to receive a share of £850,000... continue
A temporary congestion charge in central Oxford is set to start in the autumn. Oxfordshire County Council said the scheme is designed to reduce congestion in Oxford while Botley Road is closed, which has delayed the start of a trial of camera-enforced traffic filters (LTT905). The Botley Road... continue
The Labour government has scrapped a £950m fund set up by the previous administration to support the roll-out of rapid... continue
Cornwall Council’s new cabinet has decided... continue
A new partnership to crack down on the misuse and fraudulent use of Blue Badges has been launched between Enfield Council... continue
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