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Dear Chancellor… We need stability, we need certainty

Dear Chancellor… We need stability, we need certainty

Ashley Tate

With the new government’s first Autumn... continue

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Cycling fatalities are rising in the Netherlands – so, why are we still trying to emulate their approach to road safety?

Cycling fatalities are rising in the Netherlands – so, why are we still trying to emulate their approach to road safety?

The surge in cycle activism during the 2010s was driven by blogging and social media campaigning, at the heart of which was the belief that in the Netherlands there was much more cycling, and that it was safer, per kilometre cycled. The London Cycling Campaign adopted the strap line ‘Love London, Go-Dutch’, which meant, essentially, inserting cycle tracks into London’s streets. However, 15 years on, Dutch cycle safety does not seem to support their thesis.... continue

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Shoaf to chair Shadow Great British Railways

Shoaf to chair Shadow Great British Railways

Laura Shoaf has been appointed chair of Shadow Great British Railways (SGBR), the body set up to bring together senior leaders from Network Rail, the DfT’s Operator of... continue

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EV discounting shores up September new car market

EV discounting shores up September new car market

Mark Moran

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and major vehicle manufacturers have written to the Chancellor calling for urgent consumer support... continue

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Report endorses ‘good or very good’ investment BCR for highways maintenance

Report endorses ‘good or very good’ investment BCR for highways maintenance

Peter Stonham

Funding for local highways maintenance provides good to very good return... continue

3 Oct 2024Local Transport Today News

Studies look at changing car ownership patterns and influences

Peter Stonham

Two new reports have just been published by the DfT looking at work it commissioned on influences on and patterns of car ownership. This research consists of two parts:an evidence review of recent literature and data to understand how car ownership is changing in the UK, and a small qualitative... continue

3 Oct 2024Local Transport Today News

TPS wants detailed guidance to back up switch to ‘vision-led’ planning

Peter Stonham

The Transport Planning Society (TPS) has welcomed a move away from ‘predict and provide’ to ‘vision led’ planning in its response to the consultation on the revised National Planning Policy Framework. But it has warned that without further guidance on how to set and agree an... continue

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DfT releases thirty old and new research and monitoring reports on single day

Peter Stonham

The Department for Transport has surprisingly released a large batch of project monitoring and research reports, some with recent cover dates but others dating back up to three years. No explanation has been given for the burst of activity which took place on September 26th, when a record total of... continue

3 Oct 2024Local Transport Today News

Research indicates that petrol and diesel sales will stay strong despite impending ban

Deniz Huseyin

Nearly two-thirds of motorists plan to buy a new petrol or diesel car despite the Government’s pledge to reinstate ban on new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles from 2030, according to new research. Last year the previous Government announced it would push back the ban on the sale of... continue

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Transport Professor Margaret Bell retires

Transport Professor Margaret Bell retires

Margaret Bell has retired from the post of Science City Professor of Transport and Environment at Newcastle University. She was at the university for 17 years,... continue

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Tuohy to retire as chief of Campaign for Better Transport

Tuohy to retire as chief of Campaign for Better Transport

Chief executive of Campaign for Better Transport, Paul Tuohy, has announced he is to retire next year. Recruitment for a new chief executive will begin in the next few weeks, the charity said, adding that Tuohy will continue in... continue

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Strategic role for Swanson at Manchester

Strategic role for Swanson at Manchester

Catriona Swanson is the new Strategic Lead for Sustainable Transport at Manchester City Council after three years as Associate Director at PJA. She said:... continue

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Cadbury says Select Committee could look at flying, rail freight track access and HS2

Deniz Huseyin

Transport Select Committee’s new Chair Ruth Cadbury told a fringe meeting at the Labour conference that she aims to investigate restrictions on flying, rail freight track access charges and HS2. “There are political issues about being seen to restrict flying, but what we know is the... continue

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