Many local authorities in England are using out of date street design standards that promote road traffic and fail to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty, urban designers... continue
A group of councils in the southwest of England believe they can significantly reduce the environmental and economic impact of weather-related events on road networks thanks to a new modelling tool. The... continue
The Isle of Man Government has launched a £3.8m Active Travel programme, led by charity Sustrans, to get more than 20% of people walking and cycling their everyday journeys by 2021. Sustrans were recruited to work on the four-year programme..... continue
New research from YouGov released to mark the start of International Walk to School Monhas found the Top 10 things British parents of 4 to 11-year-olds find most annoying about the school run. Traffic congestion and pavement parking top the list of things that annoy parents about the school run,... continue
Demolishing houses along one of Britain’s most polluted roads has emerged as one of the best options in a study to address air quality problems. In 2016, it was revealed that A472 Hafod-yr-ynys Road, in the South Wales Valleys, suffered the highest concentrations of roadside nitrogen dioxide... continue
Campaigners have launched a court challenge to block a planned road expansion linking the cities of Oxford and Cambridge, claiming that the development would damage the environment. Lawyers for the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust are seeking a judicial review of the... continue
Plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport received a setback in early October when the High Court gave permission for five separate claims against the runway to proceed to a full judicial review. The cases will be heard in March next year and the court could rule the plans unlawful in their... continue
The Highways Agency has published revised plans for... continue
Highways England has launched a new set of awards championing the best aspects of the highways sector. The Highway England Awards aim to showcase individuals teams, projects and companies. Nominations are now open to all Highways England employees, its suppliers and their supply chain (including... continue
Welsh transport secretary Ken Skates is to ask Vale of Glamorgan Council whether a group convened to review options for a proposed new road is sufficiently representative. Objectors to the scheme to build a road between M4 Junction 34 and the A48 claim that the review group is dominated by... continue
Welsh transport secretary Ken Skates has revealed that his department will publish “indicative regional budgets” alongside its spending lines. He was responding to criticism from an Assembly Member about billions of pounds being earmarked for the M4 Relief Road, Metro and other projects... continue
The DfT has admitted a letter instructing councils in England to pause work on level surface street designs was targeted at town centres and not residential developments. The DfT is now working with the Ministry of... continue
Wigan’s new bus station will open more than two months ahead of schedule, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has announced. Bus services will start using the station on 28 October. The £15.7m project, on the site of the old bus station on Hallgate, was delivered by TfGM and... continue
The shortlist for the inaugural People’s Award - which celebrates the positive impact of transport planning projects on communities – has been revealed by the Transport Planning Society. The shortlist includes a vintage bus route in Sevenoaks that has reportedly boosted the local... continue
Stockholm’s congestion charge scheme has proved... continue
The French philosopher Voltaire reportedly said:... continue
The last issue covered the LTT seminar on the future of... continue
I’ve done my fair share of travel behaviour change programmes in my... continue
As a pedestrian, I read with interest John Dales’ latest column concerning walking (LTT 28 Sept). It is interesting to see that John considers that councils don’t conspire to block footways but simply cock up by allowing street clutter. The issue with phone and media hubs cunningly... continue
Parking management undertaken by councils is an “essential public service” that benefits London’s economy while helping to deal with traffic, improve air quality and ensure better road safety, states a report commissioned by London Councils. The London boroughs association commissioned consultant Integrated... continue
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Phil Goodwin
How should we use the road traffic forecasts in practice?
The point of traffic forecasting is to appraise transport policies and projects, and as usual the new DfT forecasts intend to...