Ashford Borough Council in Kent says it is taking a pro-active approach to ease illegal lorry parking and congestion by approving plans to develop Waterbrook Park, a 140-acre site near junction 10 of the M20. Ashford International Truckstop will double in size to allow overnight parking for up to... continue
The car park serving an inter-war apartment building in Westminster, London has been refurbished. Dorset House is a block of 185 upmarket flats built in Marylebone... continue
Last month, the Governement launched the first stages of its Future of Mobility Grand Challenge, declaring that the UK is on the cusp of 'a profound change in how we move people, goods and services around our towns, cities and countryside...driven by extraordinary innovation in engineering,... continue
The Government has given local planning authorities more leeway to set maximum parking standards in new developments in the final version of the updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England. The draft version, published for consultation in March (LTT 16 Mar), said maximum... continue
Greater Manchester Combined Authority has selected the first 15 schemes to improve cycling and walking conditions in the conurbation, which will be funded by mayor Andy Burnham’s £160m cycling and walking challenge fund. Greater Manchester’s ten metropolitan districts... continue
Transport for London is working with consultants Jacobs and AECOM and mobile network operator O2 on a project to analyse travel demand using anonymised mobile phone data. The parties are working to fuse the ‘event data’ with a range of complementary datasets to better... continue
The England’s Economic Heartland (EEH) alliance of local authorities wants the Government to prepare a National Policy Statement (NPS) for the area to give long-term certainty to the growth agenda. National Policy Statements are a provision of the Planning Act 2008 and provide a framework for... continue
Demand management measures such as a workplace parking levy or road charging could be implemented in Reading as soon as 2020, according to the council. The Labour-run authority is to study three demand management options to inform a new local transport plan: • a workplace parking... continue
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has ordered future... continue
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is exploring how to accelerate the delivery of its transport priorities, including the Metro system known as CAM. A report presented to the CA-last week says that for CAM, “it is estimated that a conventional approach to delivery and... continue
The Government has announced a package of reforms to local enterprise partnerships (LEPs), the business-led bodies that manage the Local Growth Fund and play a wider role in setting transport priorities. Among the important changes, LEPs will be asked to focus solely on productivity... continue
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has voiced misgivings about creating a statutory sub-national transport body (STB) covering the area. WECA is participating in plans for a Western Gateway shadow STB, which would also cover Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, North Somerset, Poole and... continue
Herefordshire Council has selected a preferred route for a western bypass of Hereford, following a consultation on seven route options this spring. The road would connect the A49 trunk road north of the city round with the A465 south-west of the city. Development work will now be undertaken on the... continue
The Government should help local authorities exploit the potential of transport data to improve transport network management, with road traffic data being the priority, consultants have advised. The DfT appointed consultant North Highland in January to review the local transport data... continue
Cumbria County Council wants the Government to provide more than £100m towards the estimated £111.6m cost of a new link road round the south of Carlisle, which could facilitate a major housing development. The Carlisle Southern Link Road would connect junction 42 of the M6 with... continue
Highways England has reported delays to four of its major road improvements, including the A63 improvement scheme in Hull, the A428 dualling in Cambridgeshire, and the scheme to place the A303 in tunnel at Stonehenge. Details are reported in HE’s delivery plan for 2018/19, which... continue
Highways England spent £3.4bn operating, maintaining and enhancing the strategic road network in 2017/18, of which £2.32bn was on capital investment (£1.5bn major enhancements and £800m asset renewals such as resurfacing and maintenance). Operational expenditure was... continue
Transport for London has negotiated modal split and other trajectories with boroughs to help guide their local implementation plans and support the mayor’s transport strategy. The mayor’s strategy sets a headline target for 80 per cent of trips in the capital to be by... continue
The London Borough of Merton is exploring a workplace parking levy as a way of funding transport improvements. Merton principal transport planner Chris Chowns told councillors a levy could support “an accelerated local implementation plan [LIP] investment programme, including... continue
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