Housebuilder CALA Homes has pledged to safeguard land for a railway station at a housing development near Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire, but says it is not obliged to progress the development of train services. Rail access was mentioned several times in the successful 2016 bid for Garden... continue
A £15.4m plan to improve the public realm in front of York’s railway station has moved forward, with councillors approving the submission of a... continue
England’s Economic Heartland (EEH) has criticised the Government’s allocation of the National Roads Fund between Highways England’s strategic road network and the local authority network. The Chancellor announced in November that the National Roads Fund would be worth... continue
The Urban Transport Group has “refreshed” its ‘data hub’ website, providing an expanded range of datasets that can be analysed free of charge. The site, originally launched in July 2017, brings together previously separate data from sources such as the DfT, the Office for... continue
The Welsh Government is proposing to create a statutory Joint Transport Authority (JTA) to cover the whole of Wales, using powers it obtained in the Transport (Wales) Act 2006. In 2006, it was expected that the first JTA would replace the South East Wales Transport Alliance, a non-statutory... continue
Transport for Wales is setting up an analytical unit that will develop a suite of regional multi-modal models as one of its first tasks. The models will cover rail, bus, highways and active travel modes and be applicable to the whole of Wales, building on TfW’s existing forecasting... continue
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has published a proposed key route network (KRN) of the area’s most important roads. It features Highways England’s strategic road network, the DfT’s designated Major Road Network, and other critical routes. Although North Somerset... continue
Glasgow City Council should rethink the purpose of its city centre grid road network and give more space and priority to active travel and public transport, an independent panel of experts has recommended. Council leader... continue
The Scottish Government’s proposal to abolish strategic development plans for Scotland’s city-regions has been removed from the Planning (Scotland) Bill. Strategic development plans (SDPs) are currently prepared by strategic development plan authorities for four areas: Glasgow and... continue
Scottish transport secretary Michael Matheson has promised to re-examine proposed powers to ban pavement parking after an MSP said they could actually make the problem worse. During Parliamentary scrutiny of the Transport (Scotland) Bill, Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles said the powers to ban... continue
Highways England has invited companies to join a £4.5bn alliance to deliver smart motorway schemes featuring all-lane running and variable mandatory speed limits. The Government company has launched the procurement process for its ‘Smart Motorway Alliance’, with the intention to... continue
The Government is reportedly looking into the idea of allowing companies to sponsor some of England’s busist motorways. The Times said Liz Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury, had been overheard discussing the plan in a London restaurant. A political activist used Twitter to say... continue
Transport for London is procuring new frameworks covering transport professional services and projects and programme management. “The key strategic objectives of the new suite of frameworks include higher quality service provision, reduced costs and greater value for money,” it says.... continue
Cornwall Council has alerted the market to a design and build contract for a four-mile road connecting St Austell to the A30. The estimated scheme cost is £84.8m, which the DfT will part-fund. A ‘meet the buyer’ day will take place in January, and a tender is due to be advertised... continue
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s press release announcing funding for a driverless bus project between Fife and Edinburgh says the bus will travel across the “Forth Bridge – a UNESCO World Heritage site”. If that’s the case then passengers... continue
In the 9 November edition, the front cover article quotes the Transport Planning Society as saying that the emphasis on cost benefit ratios “encourages promoters to abuse appraisal”. The TPS response to the DfT’s appraisal and modelling strategy consultation echoes many of the... continue
A town could get a new transport interchange after the original one fell into disrepair because of a lack of cash to maintain it. The Welsh Government has awarded Wrexham County Borough Council £10,000 for a study of a proposed ‘integrated transport hub’ at Ruabon... continue
Traffic and parking management professionals will be... continue
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