Transport planners have urged the DfT to improve its core travel demand model to stop it over-estimating trip rates, particularly in big cities such as London and Manchester. Concerns about the National Trip End Model (NTEM) forecasts... continue
New guidance on how changed land-use planning assumptions, such as housing projections, can be incorporated into transport modelling in between updates to the National Trip End Model (NTEM), has been published by the DfT. NTEM, the trip generation model for England and Wales, is only updated... continue
Transport project promoters seeking DfT funding must assess their schemes using a higher monetised value of carbon dioxide emissions. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently leading a cross-departmental review of carbon valuation, which will... continue
Sweeping reforms to England’s planning system were announced by the Government this week, including replacing the Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) developer contribution systems with a new nationally set... continue
The Prime Minister is a keen cyclist and championed the mode when London’s mayor. Here is his foreword to the DfT’s new policy document, Gear change – a bold vision for cycling and walking “I have always known that millions more people in this country want to cycle, if... continue
The DfT’s new active travel strategy document Gear Change: A bold vision for cycling and walking may be billed as being about two modes but the emphasis... continue
Councils in Greater Manchester want the Government to allow their proposed charging clean air zone (CAZ) to cover a Highways England road. Local authorities only have responsibility for air quality on their own roads. Responsibility for pollution on the Strategic Road Network (SRN)... continue
England’s Economic Heartland is consulting on the powers it wants to hold as a statutory sub-national transport body. Statutory status would automatically grant EEH general functions under the Local Transport Act 2008, including responsibility for preparing a transport strategy and advising... continue
Councils in North Yorkshire want the Government to provide £50m for electric vehicle chargepoints and associated electricity grid... continue
The Scottish Government is proposing a big programme of rail electrification over the next 15 years to meet its goal of eliminating diesel... continue
Electrifying road freight by installing overhead electrification wires on the UK’s major roads is the best way to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from the long-haul road freight sector, according to the authors of a new... continue
The government's housing delivery body Homes England has awarded Cumbria County Council an extra £32m for a new road that will complete an outer orbital for... continue
Worried that people are not returning to public transport as Covid-19 restrictions ease, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayor James Palmer boarded a park-and-ride bus to show his support for the industry. And he was clearly impressed with the operator’s efforts to make the vehicle... continue
Previous experiences often emerge as significant influences on someone in a position of authority. Boris Johnson’s unusual path to power will obviously have left him with some particular perspectives. Many think that his time as a journalist in Brussels drove his Euroscepticism leading... continue
Decarbonising transport is high on the agenda for many local authorities, and hydrogen powered vehicles are increasingly seen as an attractive option. They offer similar range to their petrol or diesel equivalents, and, when the hydrogen is produced by electrolysis powered by... continue
Hive IT was commissioned by the Department for... continue
The Build Back Cleaner Air report, published by charity Global Action Plan and funded by Guys and St Thomas’ Charitable Trust, presents evidence for government, local authorities, and... continue
Raleigh’s E-Cargo range will support both individuals and companies by allowing items to be transported... continue
In the fourth article in Atkins’ “Reopen, recover, reimagine”... continue
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