Responsible AI toolkit updated: AI assurance

Responsible AI toolkit updated: AI assurance

The Goverment has updated its Responsible AI Toolkit – a toolkit for practitioners to support the responsible use of AI systems, and has also issued a new report on Assuring a Responsible Future for AI. The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and... continue

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Developments ‘should be tested for accessibility, not transport’ event told

Developments ‘should be tested for accessibility, not transport’ event told

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

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Wellbeing criteria in appraisal studied for DfT

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

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Starmer at COP: energy main UK decarbonisation target

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

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Government bus franchising plan appears ‘unfunded’, argues Bacon

Government bus franchising plan appears ‘unfunded’, argues Bacon

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

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Minister pledges commitment to housing design quality, but Office for Place to close

Minister pledges commitment to housing design quality, but Office for Place to close

Peter Stonham

The Office for Place established by the last government is being closed down,... continue

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Bus fare cap in Greater Manchester to stay at £2 despite Government’s national increase

Deniz Huseyin

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

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Bray warns that review panel could torpedo Scottish bus franchising

Bray warns that review panel could torpedo Scottish bus franchising

Rhodri Clark

Former Urban Transport Group director Jonathan Bray has said that... continue

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Barriers’ must be removed if London bus usage to rise, watchdog says

Barriers’ must be removed if London bus usage to rise, watchdog says

Deniz Huseyin

A wide range of improvements are needed if bus usage is to rise and... continue

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Bradford Clean Air Zone cutting GP visits and saving NHS ‘thousands’

Bradford Clean Air Zone cutting GP visits and saving NHS ‘thousands’

Deniz Huseyin

 Bradford’s Clean Air Plan is reducing the number of... continue

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Bursaries offered by Rees Jeffreys Road Fund

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is running its Transport MSc Bursary programme, for the academic year 2025-26, which will offer up to eight bursaries of £10,000 each. It is aimed at students who would not be able to afford to study without the bursary. The Trustees of the Fund said they are... continue

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Smith moves to Steer after 10 years at TfGM

Smith moves to Steer after 10 years at TfGM

Dom Smith has started a new role as UK Active Travel Lead at Steer after 10 years as Active Travel Network Manager at Transport for Greater Manchester. He said:... continue

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Thornburrow new chair of East West Main Line

Thornburrow new chair of East West Main Line

Cllr Katie Thornburrow has been elected the new Chair of the East West Main Line Partnership. The Cambridge City Council Executive Councillor for Planning, Building Control... continue

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Feeney moves from Jacobs to HDR

Consultancy HDR has appointed Steve Feeney as Head of Transportation for the UK. Prior to HDR, Feeney spent six years at Jacobs most recently as Rail and Transit Growth Lead.... continue

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