Liveable Neighbourhood measures are to be trialled in parts of south Bristol, with the aim of reducing through traffic. Bollards and planters will be installed on specific streets in Bedminster,... continue
The Treasury followed up the Chancellor’s speech with a detailed policy paper titled Fixing the Foundations- public spending audit 2024-25. This identifies the transport budget overspends on rail support and road schemes and includes additional bus services support, and the unbudgetted... continue
Juergen Maier’s review for the Labour Party into Rail and Urban Transport infrastructure... continue
Increased Mandatory Housing targets for local authorities have been introduced in a revised draft National Planning Policy Framework issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government now headed by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. It says the wider overhaul of the planning... continue
Audit Wales has less insight into Transport for Wales than it has into most comparable bodies, a Senedd committee has been informed. The Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee asked Audit Wales to consider whether TfW’s delivery of rail services and the £1bn Core... continue
North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has underlined her intention to bring bus services in the region under public control. Bus franchising was one of the Labour mayor’s core manifesto pledges during her campaign for the newly created position in May’s election. She expects franchising... continue
Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership, has opened applications for innovators developing solutions as part of the Station Innovation Zone it has set up at Bristol Temple Meads. Now in its third year of operation, the Station... continue
A business case and design are to be drawn up for redeveloping Stratford station and its surrounding areas. The project team is led by Arup, which says the east London transport interchange is nearing its capacity limits. The station has seen the largest absolute passenger growth of any station in... continue
London boroughs are being offer a total of up to £50m over the next three years to improve road safety by reducing speeds and tackling the most dangerous roads and junction. Transport for London (TfL) is offering a further £30m to improve bus journey times and increase bus ridership.... continue
The benefits to road users from the second road investment strategy (RIS2, running from 2020 – 2025) for England’s strategic road network risk not being delivered in full, regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has warned. ORR said that this reflect a combination of... continue
Earlier this year ORR opened an investigation into National Highways’ performance, delivery and capability after observing a number of areas where performance had dipped. The number and breadth of these concerns, and the proximity to the end of the RIS period in March 2025, led to the action says ORR. ORR has now... continue
Since the beginning of July the ORR has published over a dozen reports and statements relating to its investigations and other activities. As well... continue
The National Audit Office’s update on HS2 following cancellation of Phase 2 recommends greater transparency and consistency from the Government and HS2 Ltd in key areas, including resetting budgets and costs in current prices and development of a shared vision with wider stakeholders on what... continue
The National Audit Office has heavily criticised the Department for Transport for the way it supports local authorities in maintaining the local road network, its lack of knowledge on the condition of English local roads, and what local authority funding is achieving. NAO concludes that despite... continue
The UK will not achieve its legally binding net zero target by 2050 unless the Government successfully implements Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS), states a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO). CCUS may offer the best way of decarbonising the economy, such as in the power... continue
Five environmental activists who organised ‘Just Stop... continue
The previous Government’s decision to extend the phasing out of all new petrol and diesel- powered cars and vans from 2030 to 2035 must be reversed by the new Labour administration, says the Climate Change Committee (CCC) in a new report. It also urged the new Government to remove planning... continue
Though air travel seemed to bear the worst transport consequences of the global IT outage on friday 19th July, it was also blamed for train service disruptions and brought warnings from experts on the vulnerability of systems on which service suppliers have become highly dependent. The shutdown has... continue
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