As anyone who works in e-commerce will tell you, when you offer a product for sale online you generate a dizzying amount of data even before a sale is made. How quickly a business is able to interpret and act upon that data is often the only difference between success and failure in the start-up... continue
A national debate is needed on whether road pricing could help plug the shortfall caused by sharp falls in Fuel Duty and Vehicle Excise Duty, the House of Commons Transport Committee has stated. It wants to see discussions start now ahead of an inquiry into road pricing, which will be announced in... continue
THE UK appears to have stalled in delivering “full scale” Mobility as a service (MaaS) schemes, states a new report. Some trials have lost momentum while... continue
The ULI Tech Forum brings city, real estate, technology and innovation professionals together to share knowledge, best practice and creative thinking to enable truly innovative solutions to be applied to our urban environment Technology on its own is not the... continue
HMRC has not yet completed a review started in 2017/18 of VAT charges for major transport projects. Some transport infrastructure bodies have been setting aside large amounts of money pending the outcome. Government bodies can recover VAT on goods and services in an agreed list but not on others.... continue
A system of road pricing should be introduced to combat traffic congestion and compensate for the £28bn loss of revenue from fuel duty as the country makes the transition to electric vehicles, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has... continue
Renewal of all Welsh concessionary bus passes by the end of this year will reduce fraud risk, according to Stephen Jones, Flintshire County Council’s chief officer, streetscene and transportation. Jones said more than 37,000 passes were in circulation in Flintshire alone and many were no... continue
Swansea Council has greatly reduced the scope of its initial roll-out of electric vehicle charging points in parking areas, after receiving only 18 per cent of the funding it requested. A report to the council’s cabinet last week said the authority, which covers Wales’ second largest... continue
A £1M project to explore the benefits of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles and technology was launched last week. The research, funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and overseen by Durham University, will run for four years. It will combine existing national... continue
Air quality has improved at all locations in Wales where 50mph limits were imposed last year on trunk roads, although the mean traffic speed was significantly higher than 50mph. The Welsh Government introduced the 50mph limits in June 2018 and made them permanent last summer. This week it published... continue
Regulation of app-based mobility services should be... continue
Ride-hailing platform Uber has announced that it is to begin offering users of its app information on public transport and other transport options such as bicycles and scooters, as well as its original taxi service. The company has also announced that it is to consolidate its food delivery service... continue
Local and national governments are at risk of misplacing investment amid the glamour and excitement of new transport technologies, the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has warned. Commenting on the Welsh Government’s decarbonisation plan, the WLGA said a “careful cost-benefit... continue
Free wifi will be available at all mainline stations in Great Britain by spring 2021, Network Rail has announced. The roll-out of free WiFi across Network Rail’s 20 stations will begin at London Victoria next year. Passengers cited free WiFi as one of the key improvements that would... continue
There is compelling evidence that 20mph zones are effective at reducing the number and severity of road accidents and collisions, according to a collaborative study led by Queen's University Belfast. However, it is less clear if 20mph zones result in improved air quality, liveability or public... continue
Westbound traffic on the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge was almost 20 per cent higher in July this year than in July 2018, before tolls were removed. Monthly statistics from Highways England show that from March to August inclusive, westbound vehicle numbers were between 16.4 per cent and 19.5 per cent... continue
Commenting on the announcement by the Government that a national bus strategy is to be developed, Darren Shirley, chief... continue
Your enlightening focus on climate change in recent issues shows how polarised views can become. On the one hand, there are those who are convinced that climate change is a direct result of human activity (doom-mongers) and on the other hand there is a scientific community that is not convinced of... continue
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Phil Goodwin
The 1950s battle against smog can clarify the ills of car dependency
I guess that not many readers of LTT will actually remember the reality of smog. The dark, filthy air was a mixture of smoke...