Cambridgeshire & Peterborough looks set to become the latest devolved region to approve plans to take public control of bus services. The Combined Authority’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee has unanimously recommended to Dr... continue
The overall number of bus and train journeys in Scotland continues to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and overall, but people are still travelling less on public transport than in 2019, reveals the latest Transport Scotland’s National Transport Strategy Monitoring and... continue
Once set up, Great British Railways will retail tickets online by bringing together the existing individual train operators’ websites, but face competition from commercial rivals,the Government has announced. “GBR will work alongside a thriving private sector retail market, where... continue
OpenAI has released a pilot artificial intelligence-powered agent tool that could support travel booking by interacting with websites by typing, clicking and scrolling. Dubbed “Operator,” the tool can search and complete purchases for things like travel, groceries, events, restaurant... continue
‘Tap in tap out’ bankcard ticketing system has been further extended on the South East of England rail network, in the latest small step in more than a ten year saga to take London ‘Oyster style’ payment outside the Transport for London zones. The contactless ticketing is... continue
A new project is to explore how linking health records and road traffic collision data could help reduce road deaths. The DfT and Road Safety Trust have awarded £500,000 to TRL and University Hospital Southampton for the Data Sustains Life project. It will collate a range of data over... continue
A new release of police recorded collision statistics for Wales, covering July to September 2024, shows the lowest number of collisions on Welsh roads in that quarter since records began. They were lower even than during the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of casualties on roads with 20mph and... continue
DfT and Defra have approved Greater Manchester's £86m scheme to... continue
A lack of leadership has meant the Scottish Government has made minimal progress towards its climate change goal of reducing car use, states a new report by Audit Scotland. It pointed to the Scottish Government’s pledge in 2020 to reduce car kilometres driven by 20% by 2030. “However,... continue
The expansion of the ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) to cover Greater London has impacted on how much people are spending on high streets in the capital, according to Centre for Cities. The think tank used credit card transaction data set, provided by Fable Data, to analyse spending patterns in the... continue
The 20’s Plenty campaign believes that some Welsh authorities... continue
The DfT is to give East Midlands nearly £200m for transport projects across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, and Nottinghamshire for 2025/26. Funding for East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) will come from a range of sources including an extra £66m specifically for Mayoral... continue
The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) has... continue
The Government has awarded the West Midlands a single annual payment of £389m alongside the region’s existing £211m transport funding. The Integrated Settlement - the first to be awarded to an English region - will deliver a range of services and infrastructure projects that had... continue
A transport spending pledge of £4.7bn for the North of England and the Midlands made by the previous Government is to be reviewed by the DfT. The funding was intended to redeploy the funds that had initially been allocated to the northern leg of HS2, which was axed by Prime Minister Rishi... continue
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has backed a third runway at London's Heathrow... continue
Rachel Reeves has reaffirmed that the East-West Rail project is pivotal to creating a “growth corridor” between Cambridge and Oxford. The Government has received 18 submissions for “sizeable new developments” along the route, she said. The Chancellor described the area as a... continue
Rather than being a hindrance to growth, Net zero is “the industrial opportunity of the 21st century, and Britain must lead the way”, insisted Rachel Reeves during her ‘kickstart’ speech. “There is no trade-off between economic growth and net zero,” she said. The... continue
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has voiced her support for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing (LTC). The £10bn scheme would involve a 2.6-mile tunnel under the Thames, 14.3 miles of new road connecting the M2/A2, A13 and M25 and around 50 new bridges and viaducts. The crossing would improve... continue
Darlington could see the UK’s first drone delivery service in the wake of a partnership between the multinational Amazon, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Teesside International Airport. Amazon is seeking planning approval to build a flight facility in the County Durham town as well as permission from the Civil... continue
Darlington could see the UK’s first drone delivery service in the wake of a partnership between the multinational Amazon, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Teesside International Airport. Amazon is seeking planning approval to build a flight facility in the County Durham town as well as permission from the Civil... continue
The economic value, employment and tax revenue benefits of the UK’s intelligent transport sector is to be assessed in a new study. Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK) has commissioned research company Capital Economics to measure the total economic impact of the sector. ITS UK said that... continue
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £65m investment in electric vehicle charging provider Connected Kerb in her speech on economic growth at the Siemens Heathlineers facility in Oxfordshire last week. The National Wealth Fund (NWF) will provide £55m of financing, alongside a further... continue
Several London boroughs are issuing invalid fines due to expired Traffic Management Orders (TMOs) or lack of updated certification in roadside cameras, according to the AA. Its review of appeals brought to London Tribunals in the three weeks up to 4 January found that at least 12 councils had... continue
A majority of the public support measures to make it easier to enforce noise limits on road vehicles, suggests polling commissioned by Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK). The polling comes alongside a new report from ITS UK,... continue
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