The government is to introduce a new mileage charge for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed in her Budget. The Electric Vehicle Excise... continue
If you work in parking, you’ll know that Blue... continue
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is seeking advice from the Climate Change... continue
Amongst a range of transport implications from the 2025 Autumn Budget will be new a pay-per-mile charge for electric vehicles to be introduced from 2028. This will help offset declining fuel duty revenues, though plug-in van and truck grants remain to promote EV take-up for businesses. The... continue
The Chancellor confirmed existing plans for significant investment in key rail, road and local transport projects, including pressing on with the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), the completion of HS2 to Euston, East West Rail, and the Transpennine Route Upgrade and the additional funding for local... continue
Details have been released of the Integrated Settlements for the 2026/27 to 2029/30 financial years for Greater Manchester, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region, North East Regional Combined Authorities and Greater London Authority. These tables set out the funds in... continue
The East West Rail delivery company has confirmed the next phase of construction plans for the new , Oxford-Cambridge link, with more frequent trains, seven new stations and support to the new housing developments and economic growth expected to be triggered from the scheme. It includes a new... continue
Heidi Alexander told the Transport Committee that the Government’s planned Integrated National Transport Strategy, now due for publication next year, “will be broad, and it will be ambitious”. Asled what it would and would not cover she said “This is a strategy for domestic... continue
Asked about the The third road investment strategy( RIS3) due to be published in March, and whether there would be a greater focus on maintenance, Heidi Alexander said, “What we are trying to do through RIS3 is get the balance right.” The Transport Secretary has stressed that on each of... continue
A huge funding gap in the West Midlands transport budget has been mostly closed through a range of measures including a 3% rise in the Transport Levy, which each of the region’s seven local authorities has to pay, along with an increase in metro fares. Earlier this year West Midlands... continue
City of Doncaster Council has endorsed the financial borrowing required to re-open Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Funding of £193m to fully reopen the airport has been secured from a mix of funds including £160m funding from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, SY Local Growth Fund... continue
John Siraut has joined Economic Research Services company Fortia Insight as Director Transport Economics. Fortia Insight specialises in economic, social... continue
Lilli Matson is the new Deputy President of international public transport association UITP working alongside new President Gautier Brodeo. Matson has been... continue
Alisha Pathania has returned Transport for All as Research Manager. She was previously at the charity for nearly three years before spending 10 months as... continue
UK registrations of new light commercial vehicles... continue
If the Government is to meet its targets to build more homes it will have to... continue
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is seeking advice from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) on the shaping of the revised Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) in the wake of the Government’s decision to endorse the building of a third runway at Heathrow. In a letter to the CCC’s... continue
London Councils is calling on e-bike operators to honour procurement agreements with local authorities. This follows growing concerns raised by London boroughs that companies are operating with impunity in areas where they do not hold a contract. In boroughs with an existing agreement, operators... continue
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