Global warming must peak below 2°C then return under 1.5°C to limit risk of dangerous “tipping points”, experts say

Global warming must peak below 2°C then return under 1.5°C to limit risk of dangerous “tipping points”, experts say

Juliana O'Rourke

Global warming must peak below 2°C then return under 1.5°C as quickly as possible to limit the risk of dangerous “tipping points”, experts say.   A new paper by an international team of researchers, reviews the latest evidence and says global temperatures must cool to around 1°C above pre-industrial levels in... continue

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Transport Committee starts up EV inquiry

Transport Committee starts up EV inquiry

Mark Moran

The House of Commons Transport Committee will get its inquiry into supercharging the EV transition under way on with a... continue

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27 Feb 2026EVolution News
‘EV charging should be signposted as clearly as petrol stations’

‘EV charging should be signposted as clearly as petrol stations’

Mark Moran

Electric vehicle charging should be signposted as clearly as... continue

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Decarbonising Transport Awards shine light on EV charging

Decarbonising Transport Awards shine light on EV charging

Mark Moran

Innovative and impactful electric vehicle charging... continue

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27 Feb 2026EVolution News
Delivering accessible EV charging infrastructure

Delivering accessible EV charging infrastructure

Mark Moran

Local authorities are central to a successful transition to electric vehicle, so the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation... continue

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26 Feb 2026EVolution Features
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£500 grants for new business and domestic EV chargers

£500 grants for new business and domestic EV chargers

Mark Moran

The government is increasing electric vehicle... continue

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EU fleets law could provide over half the EV sales carmakers need in 2030

EU fleets law could provide over half the EV sales carmakers need in 2030

Mark Moran

A new EU law to electrify the vehicle fleets of large companies could... continue

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24 Feb 2026EVolution Features

TAG changes expected as new Treasury Green Book appraisal rules downgrade BCR role

Peter Stonham

The Treasury has published the promised new version of its Green Book guidance on scheme appraisal, expected to trigger comparable revisions to Department for Transport practice. It responds to the changes referenced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Public Spending review announcement last June,... continue

19 Feb 2026Local Transport Today News

Cornwall Airport deficit likely to increase as London flights cut

Cornwall Airport Newquay’s financial deficit is likely to increase after its owner, Cornwall Council, failed to find an affordable new operator for subsidised flights to and from London. Council officers informed cabinet members last week that two recent procurements had failed to attract a... continue

19 Feb 2026Local Transport Today News

West Yorks Mass Transit could be buses, Spatial Development Framework says

Peter Stonham

The possibility that the region’s proposed new mass transit system will be bus-based is acknowledged in a public consultation just opened on the West Yorkshire Mass Transit Spatial Development Framework (SDF). The SDF is a joint Development Plan Document under Regulation 18 by the West... continue

19 Feb 2026Local Transport Today News

Edinburgh to use £41m Visitor Levy revenue funding on street improvements

Edinburgh Councillors have laid plans to use revenue from the City’s new Visitor Levy across a range of projects and workstreams including enhanced streetscapes and public realm. The spending will be under a £41.1m capital investment package, over the next three years, through the City... continue

19 Feb 2026Local Transport Today News

Draft Design and Placemaking guidance for NPPF by MHCLG

Peter Stonham

Draft new Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) has been published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). It consolidates four existing guidance documents—the National Design Guide, the Design Process and Tools PPG, and the National Model... continue

19 Feb 2026Local Transport Today News

Seven transport indicators set for authorities in first ‘Local Outcomes Framework’

Peter Stonham

Public transport connectivity , carbon emissions, bus patronage and active travel levels, are amongst transport indicators chosen by The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for the first edition of the Local Outcomes Framework (LOF). Released alongside the Final Local... continue

19 Feb 2026Local Transport Today News
Systems rather than silos

Systems rather than silos

Mark Moran

The future of mobility is about more than vehicles and technologies, but... continue

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Councils should be open about challenging car use, says McAsh

Councils should be open about challenging car use, says McAsh

Deniz Huseyin

When installing School Streets be clear about your aim to... continue

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Swiss-style connected public transport blueprint proposed for Peak District

Swiss-style connected public transport blueprint proposed for Peak District

Deniz Huseyin

Plans to create the blueprint for a Swiss-style integrated public... continue

19 Feb 2026Local Transport Today News

LTNs will fail without sufficient resources, study warns

Deniz Huseyin

Councils will find it hard to successfully implement Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) without regional leadership and adequate funding streams, concludes a report from a team of academics. “We found that local authorities needed access to extra resources boosting the limited capital budgets... continue

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Connected vehicle services are having their ‘WhatsApp moment’

Connected vehicle services are having their ‘WhatsApp moment’

Mark Moran

Suppliers of Connected Vehicle services across the UK have... continue

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LTNs and extra bus lanes have increased congestion in parts of capital, TfL admits

Deniz Huseyin

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and extra bus lanes have made congestion worse in parts of the capital, Transport for London (TfL) has admitted. At a London Assembly transport committee hearing last month, TfL officials said that the implementation of LTNs has increased traffic in some... continue

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