Anna Lewis has joined shared transport charity CoMoUK as Advocacy and... continue
Joely Hill has joined WSP as an Associate Transport Planner, based in London. She moves from Transport for London (TfL) where she was in the... continue
The DfT has appointed its Director of Strategic Roads and Local Projects Kate Cohen to oversee £10bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) project. As the... continue
Chris Mullin, author, journalist and former Transport Minister will be the after-dinner speaker at this year’s Local Transport... continue
Plans for fully autonomous ride-hailing services by Waymo to start next year in London are raising major new policy issues for the London Mayor and Transport for London. The unexpectedly early proposal under the Government’s recent invitation for such projects means that a suitable framework... continue
Value for money assessments and the role of Benefit Cost Ratios in transport appraisal are not well understood, and thus used - especially by politicians, senior leadership teams in local government and project officers, a new Transport Planning Society policy paper agrees. It sees a significant... continue
Waymo’s London plans set a new policy and regulatory challenge to the London Mayor and Transport for London as the responsible transport authorities for the area – whilst needing to work around the Government’s new legislation on the deployment of automated vehicles. We asked TfL... continue
There are growing indications that Transport for the North is facing a pared back role as the government pursues other initiatives to promote development in the North This week former Leeds council chief Tom Riordan has been appointed as the government’s first envoy dedicated to northern... continue
The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 , in Section 102E provided the Power to Establish STBs. This said “The Secretary of State may by regulation establish a sub-national transport body for any area in England outside of Greater London,” and that regulations under section... continue
The Government wants to formally remove planning permission for the A303 upgrade and tunnel at Stonehenge after it cancelled the project soon after coming into power last summer .If the proposal to revoke it goes ahead, it would mean re-starting the planning process if the project were ever... continue
Next month’s Budget could include the announcement of further cuts to England’s road network programme, Roads Minister Simon Lightwood has warned. Speaking at a Highways UK event, Lightwood said that “difficult decisions lie ahead”. “It is no secret that this... continue
The new VECAT carbon calculation tool and proposed enhanced Freight value of travel time calculations form part of a newly released a batch of Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG), related documents from DfT’s TASM division. Planned updates have been announced with details dates of release. Most... continue
Nearly half a million under-16s in England are getting to school by taxis, buses and other transport funded by their local authorities, according to new government estimates. The new data from the Department for Education (DfE) - which is the first of its kind to be compiled - is based on voluntary... continue
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has announced a “swift and robust” review of the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS),to help smooth the path of Heathrow expansion and “support economic growth and enable international investment, boost connectivity and strengthen the... continue
The Government’s promises to mitigate the climate impacts of aviation while proceeding with airport expansion could leave net zero delivery in “serious jeopardy”, a committee of MPs has found.“Furthermore, the government has not demonstrated that the economic growth from... continue
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