The Government has ambitious plans for housebuilding. It wants to ramp up the number of new homes being delivered to 450,000 homes a year by 2029, with a goal... continue
Half of all drivers now know someone who owns an electric vehicles, or own one themselves, and 55% feel positive about them, according... continue
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £65m investment... continue
Despite the relative infancy of the Labour... continue
With the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) currently... continue
Ben Plowden is to join the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) as its next chief executive. He takes over from Paul Tuohy, who will... continue
Airport expansion, including the controversial third runway at Heathrow, and major plans at Gatwick and Luton, plus road schemes, are set to join the government’s prioritisation of economic growth in determining its transport plans, increasingly now in the hands of the Treasury. Once... continue
The Department for Transport (DfT) has extended the consultation period for its planned new Integrated National Transport Strategy until 20 February. The invitation to submit ideas was launched In November, by former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh shortly before she was forced to resign by the... continue
Sir John Armitt told the MPs “There are two fundamental points that we make in our report. One is the need for an integrated approach to transport. You tend to have two silos in the Department for Transport, one devoted to rail and one devoted to road. There are others for air, ports and so... continue
Sir John Armitt, a former Network Rail chief executive, and other NIC officers appeared in front of the House of Commons Transport Committee on 15 January. In the opening stages of the session, committee chair Ruth Cadbury asked Armitt whether, as a generality, there was a challenge in terms of... continue
Government plans to make UK world leader in AI will require all government departments to accelerate deployments and support developments in the field. Artificial intelligence will be “mainlined into the veins” of the nation, the Prime Minister said in a speech focussing on the... continue
Some 18 local authorities have expressed an interest in the Government’s devolution plans, according to Local Government Minister Jim McMahon (see panel below). He said that the authorities would be considered as candidates in the Devolution Priority Programme. The English Devolution White... continue
A shortlist of 38 proposed multi-modal transport schemes for the West of England has gone out for consultation. Western Gateway STB, the Sub-national Transport Body for the West of England, estimates that the combined costs of the 38 prioritised proposals over the next 10-15 years would be... continue
The introduction of 20mph speed limits appears to be pushing down car insurance premiums, suggests new data from Confused.com. Steve Dukes, the company’s Chief executive, said: “Some UK insurers are observing that areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of... continue
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