It is now well established that transport is not gender-neutral. Women and men have different mobility realities. Global research by organisations such as the UN show that women tend to have more complex patterns of mobility characterised by trip chaining (making... continue
The Chancellor this week announced a new... continue
Birmingham City Council has lost access to funding for a radial road dualling scheme because of a redesign to make the project better for active travel and public transport. The A457 Dudley Road improvement scheme involves dualling about 1.25 miles of the road between the Ladywood... continue
West Sussex County Council is promising to install a high quality permanent cycleway in Shoreham after local councillors complained about the council’s decision to remove a ‘pop-up’ temporary lane only installed this summer. Conservative-controlled West Sussex this... continue
Leeds City Council has published the brief for a design competition to end the traffic dominated environment in City Square. City Square is the first experience most rail travellers have of Leeds after stepping out the railway station, which lies on the southern side of the square. Despite... continue
The City of Edinburgh Council is to hold two consultations on the city’s first low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) of residential road closures, with residents being asked for views before its implementation and after it has been installed. The council plans to implement the scheme in the... continue
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has failed to secure its preferred candidate to lead the Cambridge Autonomous Metro (CAM) project. The combined authority named David Hughes as its choice for the chief executive post for its new company One CAM Ltd in a report presented... continue
Intermediate stations on the East West Rail line between Bedford and Cambridge could become foci for housing development under Government plans. Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) are leading the investigations. Officers from the Cambridgeshire and... continue
The DfT’s plan to permit automated driving on motorways next year is premature and represents a safety risk for road users, road safety organisations have said. The comments come in response to the DfT’s call for evidence on the use of automatic lane keeping system (ALKS) technology... continue
Bus operator Arriva is to introduce its ArrivaClick demand responsive flexible bus service in Ebbsfleet, Kent next week (30 November), replacing scheduled routes. The Click service will be funded by housebuilders Redrow and Henly Camland and replaces bus routes 484, 485 and... continue
Nexus, the Tyne and Wear PTE, has appointed Arup to explore extending the Tyne and Wear Metro or the rail network in South Tyneside and Sunderland. The work will consider: direct passenger services to the International Advanced Manufacturing Park from South Shields and Sunderland; a rail link to... continue
Hertfordshire County Council and Leicester City Council have backed the idea of a pavement parking ban in England. The DfT’s pavement parking consultation presents three options for reform: simplifying the traffic regulation order process; allowing councils to enforce against... continue
The Chancellor has announced £1.9bn over four years for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and consumer... continue
What’s happened to the Government’s rail reform programme, otherwise known as the Williams review? Does anyone know? One might expect someone at the DfT to have an idea but this excerpt from its new organisational chart doesn’t inspire confidence! We hear, however, that things are... continue
Given that just two new road schemes, the Lower Thames Crossing and the A303 Stonehenge improvements will cost taxpayers £8bn, how can anyone possibly object to active travel being given a mere £175m for the entire country (‘PM and Shapps take on critics of active travel... continue
Most current shared micromobility services originate from the Chinese bike-share wave that landed in Western countries in 2017. Ofo and Mobike turned the free-floating model into the most common and most scalable, disrupting the established public bike-share industry.... continue
Transport Scotland’s national transport strategy delivery board has met for the first time, following publication of the NTS in February (LTT 21 Feb). The board is chaired by Michael Matheson, the cabinet secretary for transport, infrastructure and connectivity. Other members... continue
The government’s Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) has launched a call for evidence on modelling fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations in England. Defra would ask the research community to support the UK government in its efforts to reduce air pollution through the development of air... continue
E-scooter rental will be available in London from spring 2021, thanks to a new trial announced... continue
The government has announced extensions to a series of temporary planning... continue
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