There were calls for accessibility, rather than transport, to be the measure of assessment of the impacts of new housing developments under the new National Planning Policy Framework, at the LTT/TPS event held last week to discuss achieving vision-led outcomes rather than car-dependency. Other... continue
A report reviewing how wellbeing-based evidence could be applied in appraisal within the Department for Transport’s Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG) has been published by the DfT. It also details how the concept of wellbeing can be used to assess the impact of transport projects and... continue
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will aim for an 81% cut in emissions by 2035 compared with 1990 levels by 2035, a target in line with the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee (CCC). The new target is up from the previous pledge of 78% made by the previous... continue
The Transport Secretary has brought new ‘green’ issues into play regarding her postponed decision on whether the Lower Thames Crossing should go ahead. In a letter from the DfT’s Transport Infrastructure Planning Unit regarding the Examination Procedure of the Application by... continue
New Shadow Transport Secretary Gareth Bacon has suggested that the Government’s bus franchising plan is “unfunded”. During a parliamentary debate on the Government’s new draft Franchising Schemes Regulations, Bacon, just appointed... continue
The Office for Place established by the last government is being closed down,... continue
Eight projects have been awarded £150,000 each to trial systems aimed at better connecting rural communities around the UK. The winning projects include digital tools to support mobility decision-making by a local authority ,and technolgy to aid cycle saftey on flood -prone roads. Other... continue
A review set up when Wales adopted its radical new policy on road building has urged the creation of an open-source national “transport-social model”. The Welsh Government told LTT it accepts the open-source principle, with authorities and consultants already able to request versions of... continue
The Galway Light Rail Transit Feasibility Study Report for the National Transport Authority (Ireland) has concluded: “that there could, under the right conditions, be a case for developing an LRT (Light Rail Transit) system in Galway.” AtkinsRéalis was commissioned to conduct the... continue
More than £7m in Government Active Travel Fund money has been awarded to two active travel schemes in Radcliffe and Salford, Greater Manchester. In Radcliffe, £2.89m will be spent on junction improvements at Spring Lane, next to the Metrolink Park and Ride. The scheme features a... continue
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is to deploy Yunex Traffic’s cloud-based Stratos Urban Traffic Management & Control (UTMC) system to enhance its UTC to deliver more priorities for cycling and public transport, as part of a fully integrated, network-wide management approach aimed... continue
Six SMEs are working with local transport authorities as they develop innovative solutions to decarbonisation, as part of Connected Places Catapult’s ‘Local Authority Transport Decarbonisation Accelerator’. England’s Economic Heartland is working with two SMEs to better... continue
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has pledged to retain the £2 cap for single bus journeys in the region despite the Government’s decision to increase the cap to £3 next year. Bus fares in the region would remain at the current rate “for the whole of 2025 but subject... continue
Flintshire County Council looks set to become the first local authority... continue
There was rise in the number of road casualties in Scotland in 2023 but a fall in the number of people killed, new figures from the Transport Scotland reveal. Following provisional figures published in May, the Reported Road Casualties publication now provides finalised figures for the number of... continue
Cyclists caught riding while intoxicated or using a mobile phone in Japan now face prison sentences and fines. The move comes as accidents involving cyclists are on the rise, in contrast to other traffic. Under new legislation those using a mobile phone while cycling could face up to six months in... continue
Former Urban Transport Group director Jonathan Bray has said that... continue
A wide range of improvements are needed if bus usage is to rise and... continue
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