Parking & Property 2018 will look at how social and technological changes will shape the design and operation of car parks The annual Parking & Property... continue
I strongly agree with the calls from London boroughs for Transport for London’s PTAL methodology to be refined (ibid). There seems to be an over-reliance on PTAL in London and too much importance given to this outdated scoring methodology. All a PTAL measure is currently showing is the... continue
The government’s new pipeline approach to rail enhancements in England and Wales will see the Treasury make final decisions on individual rail enhancements. The pipeline approach, explained by the DfT last month (LTT30 Mar), will see projects approved on a case-by-case basis, replacing... continue
The Welsh Government has accused the Future Generations... continue
The first of three ‘Metrobus’ bus rapid transit routes will launch in Bristol on 29 May, following a £230m... continue
Councils in the North East of Scotland are proposing to quash developer... continue
Birmingham City Council is preparing a £16m public realm and traffic management programme for the... continue
Transport for the North should change the way it presents... continue
Network Rail did not receive the expected clarification last month from the DfT about the status of enhancement schemes in England and Wales that were originally programmed for Control Period 5 (2014/15 to 2018/9). The Control Period 6 strategic business plans published by Network Rail routes in... continue
Government company Transport for Wales will operate... continue
Promised rail journey time savings between North and South Wales can only be delivered by omitting station stops, Network Rail has revealed. NR has just completed a £49m Welsh Government improvement scheme between Chester and Shrewsbury. It was originally due for completion in 2015 and... continue
Environmental campaigners have described Highways England’s consultation on a major road improvement in Gloucestershire as “a sham”, saying it only presents one realistic option. Consultation ended last month on plans to upgrade the three-mile A417 ‘missing link’ in... continue
Wiltshire Council has backed the formation of one or more sub-national transport bodies in the South West of England, saying not doing so willleave the area “significantly disadvantaged” in securing Major Road Network (MRN) funding. “There is a compelling argument for the... continue
The major Road Network (MRN) of the most important local authority roads could create confusion with the Primary Route Network (PRN), Wiltshire Council has... continue
Cornwall Council wants the Government to devolve 2p per litre of fuel duty from vehicle fuel sold in the area to help fund the upkeep of the council’s 4,560 miles of road. Cornwall says the 2p topslice would raise £7.5m a year. The proposal features in the council’s New Frontiers... continue
A £132m east-west road across Wigan and Bolton is one of the 44 projects shortlisted in last month’s Housing Infrastructure Fund announcement (LTT 30 Mar). The road would connect the junction 26 of the M6 in Wigan with junction 5 of the M61 in Bolton and comprise nine separate projects,... continue
Construction has begun of a 2.5- mile two-way segregated cycle route on the A38 Bristol Road connecting Selly Oak and the University of Birmingham to the city centre. The track is being installed by Amey in the central reservation of the road.... continue
Merseytravel is launching the next stage of a review into possible changes to the regulatory framework for buses in the area. Consultant Steer Davies Gleave recently completed a strategic outline case of the regulatory options available to the Liverpool city region. Merseytravel will now... continue
Transport for the West Midlands is conducting a one-year trial of bus service planning software developed by US firm Remix. Remix Planning enables users to test and visualise service and route scenarios, and understand their cost and demographic impacts. Edmund Salt, TfWM’s network... continue
Bedford Borough Council has praised route planning software for helping to deliver savings to its education transport expenditure. The council uses the cloud-based QRoutes software. Chris Pettifer, Bedford’s chief officer for transport, said: “It used to take days or weeks to re-plan... continue
Bath and North East Somerset Council has shortlisted... continue
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