Passengers and drivers should be able to travel seamlessly across Britain without the need to juggle multiple tickets or apps. This is the key aim of the Better... continue
‘Mini Switzerland’ project to get £6m for Peak District trial In Better Connected, the Government announced it would provide £6m funding to support an integrated transport demonstrator programme in Hope... continue
A commitment to great attention on coaches in transport policy at both a strategic and operational level has been welcomed. The integration strategy notes how coaches “can be particularly overlooked in transport planning yet provide essential links between many towns, cities, airports and... continue
The fact that the Better Connected paper is mainly a round-up of existing Government policies and aspirations that it hopes to achieve has meant that most of the responses to it are broadly uncritical. Amongst those raising concerns that it takes a “rose-tinted” view of too many issues,... continue
Freight must be fully embedded within the transport system and not be treated as a separate or secondary consideration, states Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT(UK)). It argues that freight is fundamental to how the economy functions and how places operate. “It... continue
The Government’s Better Connected integrated transport strategy, published... continue
The long-awaited new Local Transport Plan (LTP) guidance just published by the DfT has highlighted how the recently-introduced requirement for Local Transport Authorities to produce an annual Local Transport Delivery Plan, will now function alongside the LTP process. While the LTP is still... continue
The Department for Transport has made it clear it will press on with appointing a first chair for Great British Railways despite the establishment of the new organisation still being some 18 months away, and many GBR preparation tasks having just been given to the Chair of the existing company DfT... continue
The Government is giving six mayoral combined authorities in England a further £500,000 of government funding each to help them introduce bus franchising Franchising is now the policy being implemented by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Liverpool City Region, South Yorkshire, the West... continue
New guidance designed to support and improve bus enhanced partnerships (EPs) in England has been released by the DfT. The document follows the publication of a review of EPs in January, which revealed that some partnerships are not currently delivering. In these cases, “support is... continue
The DfT has published a policy paper setting out its “vision” for bus services in England. According to the document, the “best way to make the local bus service successful is for it to have a strong revenue base of passengers”. This requires bus services to be... continue
The drop-off charge at Stansted Airport has increased, rising from £7 to £10 for stops of up to 15 minutes. The cost for stays of between 15 and 30 minutes has also increased by £3 to £28. A Stansted spokesperson said the changes were “designed to tackle ‘kiss... continue
Bristol Airport has lost its legal challenge over the fairness of a £205m subsidy package awarded to Cardiff Airport by the Welsh Government. The Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled that the Welsh Government had satisfied the requirements of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 in awarding the grant to... continue
Pilot moves to shift responsibility for public health to regional mayors could offer the chance to integrate transport and health plans and make better use resources. New Health Devolution two-year trials have been announced by the government for Greater Manchester (Andy Burnham) and South... continue
A coalition of global investors, investment consultants and pension funds has issued a public statement demanding that freight and logistics firms take urgent action to address air pollution. The sector’s limited progress to date is translating into “escalating material health and... continue
An amended Code of practice for the co-ordination of street and road works has been released by the DfT. This code, which came into effect on 10 April, provides practical guidance on the responsibilities of authorities and undertakers under the New Roads and Street Works Act (1991) (NRSWA). The... continue
New housing developments risk being unfit for modern life unless they are designed with both public transport and delivery infrastructure in mind, warns the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT UK). Online shopping, grocery deliveries and on-demand services means that the... continue
The founders of a newly launched organisation say more independent research is needed to prepare the UK for the consequences of autonomous vehicles. It has published polling showing public scepticism and concerns, varying significantly across age... continue
Increasing the cost of penalty charge notices and educating drivers would bring down the surplus generated by traffic enforcement, councils have told a study carried out for the DfT. The analysis, by National Centre for Social Research, found that all local authority respondents disagreed... continue
The Government must give English cities the power to approve, fund... continue
by Both frontrunner parties for the Welsh Senedd election in May have... continue
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