Global warming must peak below 2°C then return under 1.5°C as quickly as possible to limit the risk of dangerous “tipping points”, experts say. A new paper by an international team of researchers, reviews the latest evidence and says global temperatures must cool to around 1°C above pre-industrial levels in... continue
Cornwall Airport Newquay’s financial deficit is likely to increase after its owner, Cornwall Council, failed to find an affordable new operator for subsidised flights to and from London. Council officers informed cabinet members last week that two recent procurements had failed to attract a... continue
The possibility that the region’s proposed new mass transit system will be bus-based is acknowledged in a public consultation just opened on the West Yorkshire Mass Transit Spatial Development Framework (SDF). The SDF is a joint Development Plan Document under Regulation 18 by the West... continue
Edinburgh Councillors have laid plans to use revenue from the City’s new Visitor Levy across a range of projects and workstreams including enhanced streetscapes and public realm. The spending will be under a £41.1m capital investment package, over the next three years, through the City... continue
Draft new Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) has been published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). It consolidates four existing guidance documents—the National Design Guide, the Design Process and Tools PPG, and the National Model... continue
Public transport connectivity , carbon emissions, bus patronage and active travel levels, are amongst transport indicators chosen by The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for the first edition of the Local Outcomes Framework (LOF). Released alongside the Final Local... continue
When installing School Streets be clear about your aim to... continue
Plans to create the blueprint for a Swiss-style integrated public... continue
Councils will find it hard to successfully implement Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) without regional leadership and adequate funding streams, concludes a report from a team of academics. “We found that local authorities needed access to extra resources boosting the limited capital budgets... continue
Suppliers of Connected Vehicle services across the UK have... continue
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and extra bus lanes have made congestion worse in parts of the capital, Transport for London (TfL) has admitted. At a London Assembly transport committee hearing last month, TfL officials said that the implementation of LTNs has increased traffic in some... continue
Plans to re-open the Gobowen-Oswestry branch line in Shropshire have been shelved after Rail Minister Lord Hendy said funding for the plan would not be available. In a letter to the LibDem North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan, Lord Hendy said: “I am sorry to advise that it has not been possible... continue
Network Rail’s £1.2bn plan to modernise Liverpool Street station,... continue
Transport for Wales has multiple budget lines because it evolved rather than being created for its present roles, its Chief Executive, James Price, has explained. He had told the Senedd’s Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee last year that TfW’s budget process had... continue
Following the recent publication of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy, Delivering Vision Zero: A Safer System for Active and Connected Communities, taking place in Birmingham on 30 June 2026, will bring together experts from road danger reduction, active travel, policy, planning, highways, enforcement, communications and public health to chart an... continue
Ann Davies MP, Plaid Cymru’s Transport Spokesperson, has tabled amendments to the Railways Bill to deliver Welsh rail devolution. Currently Wales & Borders train operations are devolved but the infrastructure is not, except for the Core Valley Lines. Davies called for parity of rail... continue
Cornwall Airport Newquay’s financial deficit is likely to increase after its owner, Cornwall Council, failed to find an affordable new operator for subsidised flights to and from London. Council officers informed cabinet members last week that two recent procurements had failed to attract a... continue
Bristol Airport has taken the Welsh Government to a... continue
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