Behaviour change specialist BetterPoints has joined nine other start-up and scale-up companies in the 'Intelligent Mobility' accelerator, a partnership between Wayra UK/Telefonica, Hyundai and... continue
New coronavirus safety measures have been installed... continue
The future of England’s clean air zone (CAZ)... continue
The Scottish Government has dropped plans to introduce low emission zones in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee before the end of the year because of Covid-19. The three cities were developing plans to introduce LEZs initially covering buses only. They would be similar to Glasgow’s LEZ,... continue
The London Borough of Ealing has promised “bold” actions to more than halve carbon dioxide emissions from transport by 2030. A draft strategy to achieve net zero status by 2030 projects transport emissions coming down from more than 250,000 tonnes a year today to about... continue
The Government’s push to electrify road transport is based on naivety, the undue influence of the Committee on Climate Change, and a lack of engineering expertise within Government, an academic has said. Professor Michael Kelly, the former chief scientific adviser to the Department for... continue
A scrappage scheme to replace fossil fuel cars with battery electric versions should be considered as part of the UK’s Covid-19 recovery programme, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said. CCC chief executive Chris Stark raised the idea at the final meeting of Climate Assembly... continue
Every motorway service area in England will have at least six rapid electric vehicle chargepoints in place by 2023, the DfT has said. The chargepoints will be funded by a rapid charging fund announced in the Budget in March. Some service areas will have ten to 12 of the 150-350kW chargepoints, all... continue
The future of England’s clean air zone (CAZ) programme is uncertain because of the impact of Covid-19 on travel behaviour and the economy. The business community is warning that CAZ charges will cripple firms already struggling from the impact of the virus lockdown. Eamon Lally, the... continue
Designers are working to make more space for bicycles on commuter... continue
The Scottish Government has published guidance for transport operators... continue
In partnership with our technology partners Vivacity Labs, Tracsis can provide analysis of social distancing between people moving on foot and by bicycle. We achieve this while protecting personal identities using Artificial Intelligence analytics (AI) to process video footage collected using our own... continue
Let us not get confused: the coronavirus pandemic is above all a human tragedy and our... continue
The government is consulting on urgent legislation to allow trials of rental e-scooters to commence more rapidly and in more areas than initially planned. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic we are delivering a... continue
The Government is to permit trials of rental E-scooters from next month across the UK. The DfT said this would “help encourage more people off public transport and onto greener alternatives” during the Covid-19 restrictions. The trials were originally due to take place next year... continue
Spending on broadband and active travel should be prioritised over road-building as the economy is rebuilt following Covid-19, the Committee on Climate Change has told ministers. It also hints that road transport taxation should rise. CCC chairman Lord Deben has written to the Prime Minister and... continue
The DfT has announced an extra £10m for on-street electric vehicle chargepoints, which it says will allow councils to install up to 7,200 devices. The DfT said it would also launch a consultation soon on ways to improve the consumer experience of EV charging, such as requiring rapid charging... continue
The last decade has seen marked shifts in patterns of public... continue
Liverpool’s claims for the success of 20mph limits (‘Liverpool hails results from 20mph limits’ LTT 01 May) are a further demonstration of why councils should not be allowed to mark their own exam papers and objective analysis by the likes of DfT 20mph report co-author Professor... continue
You report the legal challenge to the Government’s second Road Investment Strategy, which argues that the DfT failed to take into account the Paris Agreement on climate change (‘Judicial review sought of roads programme’ LTT 01 May). We shall see if the Government’s... continue
Electric vehicle owners in Milton Keynes are being invited to take part in technology trials to manage the peaks of electricity use from home EV charging. EV drivers can apply to trial domestic ‘smart’ chargers; vehicle to grid (V2G) chargers; home battery storage; and charging... continue
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