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First car models Electric Car Grant unveiled

First car models Electric Car Grant unveiled

Mark Moran

The first eligible models eligible for electric vehicle grants were confirmed today by transport secretary Heidi Alexander. Buyers... continue

5 Aug 2025EVolution News
Turton gets West of England bus role

Turton gets West of England bus role

West of England Mayoral Combined Authority has appointed Pam Turton new Director of Bus Operations.  She is also a non executive director... continue

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Ahrens joins i-Transport

Ahrens joins i-Transport

Pearl Ahrens has joined planning consultancy i-Transport as Senior Consultant. She previously... continue

4 Aug 2025Local Transport Today People
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Government will not produce guidance for noise cameras

Government will not produce guidance for noise cameras

Mark Moran

The Department for Transport will not be producing... continue

4 Aug 2025Parking Review News
Mobility hubs will help streets work for disabled people

Mobility hubs will help streets work for disabled people

Disabled people are in danger of being further excluded in society if future changes to transport do not involve them and address their needs, according to a new report launched today. The Transforming Mobility research was... continue

4 Aug 2025Parking Review News
Unlocking the potential of rail stations

Unlocking the potential of rail stations

Mark Moran

There are 2,585 railway stations on mainland Great Britain. They could play a huge role in building connected and... continue

4 Aug 2025Parking Review News
Broad backing for self-driving cars is vital

Broad backing for self-driving cars is vital

Mike Hawes

Britain’s self-driving vehicle revolution took another step forward this summer with the government announcement of its... continue

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Jones is Project Centre’s new MD

Jones is Project Centre’s new MD

Andrea Jones is new Managing Director at Project Centre. She spent six years at NSL, most recently as Strategic Operations... continue

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1 Aug 2025Local Transport Today People

DfT Housing-related transport advice further delayed as Gilmour switches to airport work

Peter Stonham

Revised DfT guidance on transport planning for new housing developments linked to the revised National Planning Policy Framework is now not expected till the autumn. It had been promised to quickly follow the revised NPPF issued at the end of last year as the Government sought to speed up new... continue

1 Aug 2025Local Transport Today News

TPS seeks evidence toolkit to steer vision-led transport provision for development

Peter Stonham

The Transport Planning Society is seeking to initiate research into how determining appropriate transport provision for new developments can meet the Government’s new objectives for vision-led planning alongside more homebuilding. It believes codifying a practitioner perspective is crucial to... continue

1 Aug 2025Local Transport Today News

DfT report sets out three ‘priority outcomes’ and unveils new national connectivity metric

Peter Stonham

The Department for Transport has published its Annual Report & Accounts for 2024–2025 amongst a burst of similar reports across its agencies and other public bodies needing to be presented to the House of Commons ahead of it rising for its summer recess. These include Network Rail,... continue

1 Aug 2025Local Transport Today News

ORR happy with NH performance, but reviews approach on holding it to account

Peter Stonham

National Highways has delivered significant improvements for road users in the RIS2 reporting period from 2020 to 2025 says John Larkinson, Chief Executive of the Office of Road and Rail in ORR’s annual report on the company. It had opened 30 major enhancements schemes,, achieved better... continue

1 Aug 2025Local Transport Today News

Local transport funding close to foreign levels but outputs poorer, MPs hear

Rhodri Clark

DfT’s new Permanent Secretary has told the Public Accounts Committee that bus funding in England was getting close to that in international peer economies, but the committee’s chair suggested this was a complacent view of the outcomes from English bus funding. In her first appearance... continue

1 Aug 2025Local Transport Today News
KCC Leader wants slice of increased Dartford crossing tolls for county’s roads

KCC Leader wants slice of increased Dartford crossing tolls for county’s roads

Peter Stonham

The newly elected Reform UK Leader of Kent County Council has asked the... continue

1 Aug 2025Local Transport Today News

Self-driving bus trial in Cambridge gets £1m boost

Peter Stonham

Further funding for autonomous buses in Cambridgeshire has been confirmed. The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) has secured an additional £1 million from the government’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) to expand its Connector project, now on test. The new phase... continue

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Topping is new chair of the Climate Change Committee

Topping is new chair of the Climate Change Committee

Mark Moran

Nigel Topping CMG has been appointed chair of the... continue

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Bruce becomes MD at Waterman Aspen

Bruce becomes MD at Waterman Aspen

Andrew Bruce has been appointed Managing Director of Waterman Aspen. He joined the company­ in 2008 and took on his first... continue

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New role for Sullivan at Mott MacDonald

Tim Sullivan has joined Mott MacDonald in the newly created role of market portfolio manager, transport planning & modelling, UK & Europe. He was previously at Urbis Sydney where he was director of transport advisory leading complex public sector projects and shaping national thinking on... continue

31 Jul 2025Local Transport Today People

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