Transport for Greater Manchester is to purchase more than 20 new Metrolink vehicles with funding from its share of the DfT’s £1.7bn Transforming Cities... continue
Despite the link to emissions in the DfT’s latest announcement on charging trucks, the Government has not made any decision on whether to modify the existing time-based lorry charging system into a distance-based scheme (‘HGV levy linked to emissions not distance’ LTT30 Mar).... continue
Dutch technology start-up ParkBee, which enables owners of private car parks to rent them to the public, has raised €5m (£4.4m) funding to grow its... continue
CitiPark has launched ‘anytime pre-booking’ parking across its entire UK estate. Designed to make customers’ parking experience... continue
Manchester Airport is scrapping its free ‘kiss & fly’ drop-off lanes in order to ease traffic congestion. From June drivers will have to pay £3 to stop for five minutes outside the terminals, bus and train stations. A free drop-off & ride service served by a shuttle... continue
The Yorkshire town of Harrogate will become the testbed for a system that links around 1,600 sensors in both on-street and off-street public parking bays to a payment app. Harrogate Borough Council and North Yorkshire County Council will enter into a contract with AppyParking for an 18-month... continue
Manchester City Council may have to repay thousands of bus lanes penalties after an internal review discovered some charges were issued too late. An error in the council’s automated system meant up to 23,500 penalty charge notices (PCNs) for bus lane contraventions were issued late over a... continue
Parking & Property 2018 will look at how social and technological changes will shape the design and operation of car parks The annual Parking & Property event is the one day in the year when property, parking,... continue
Local authorities using systems and services provided by parking and smart cities IT specialist Chipside have relaunched its user group as a forum for discussing and delivering enhanced parking experiences. The Modern Transport... continue
Uber has launched a free to access web-based database of road journey time data for London based on aggregated Uber journeys. Uber Movement for London does not provide... continue
The London boroughs of Hackney and Islington are to ban all but the lowest emission vehicles from two areas during peak hours. The ultra-low emission streets plan will see petrol, diesel and older hybrid vehicles prohibited from entering nine streets in two zones, in Shoreditch and the ‘City... continue
Leeds City Council is to accelerate the roll-out of 20mph speed limits across residential streets. Until now the council has been targeting implementation of the lower limits on streets in the vicinity of schools, with supporting traffic calming measures where necessary. There are still 90... continue
Prices for the UK’s first Mobility as a Service... continue
A Danish technology company offering a camera-based parking management system has entered the UK... continue
Motorists in parts of Worcestershire can now use their phones to pay for parking in council-owned facilities. Wyre Forest District Council is... continue
Essex County Council’s highways team is extending... continue
The London Borough of Newham has installed a... continue
Online parking reservation provider ParkCloud has strengthened its... continue
APCOA Parking Deutschland is now working with airport parking... continue
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