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Land acquired for HS2 northern leg will not be sold as plans reviewed, says Hendy
Peter Stonham

Transport Minister Lord Hendy has indicated that land purchased for the now cancelled HS2 line between Lichfield, Staffordshire and High Legh in Cheshire will not be sold but be ringfenced until the Government has considered alternative... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News

DfT analyst seeks new Appraisal and Modelling advisory expertise
Peter Stonham

In further indications of a shake up of its approach to project appraisal and decision-making under new chief Analyst and Economist Ian Mulheirn, the Department for Transport (DfT) is seeking to contract provision for a Transport Appraisal and Modelling panel with a £300,000 three year... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News

DfT reviews National Highways’ role in move to vision-led local transport planning

National Highways is working with the Department for Transport to seek feedback about how its role in the planning process could be improved in relation to implementing vision-led planning approaches within the local plan and development processes. As part of this, consultant SYSTRA has been... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News

Welsh local government struggles with Regional Transport Plan timescales
Rhodri Clark

At least two of the Welsh Corporate Joint Committees (CJCs) have conceded they cannot complete their Regional Transport Plans this financial year. One is re-writing its RTP because the Welsh Government was “unclear” about the requirements to match the plan to the Integrated Well Being... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News
Steps needed now to reduce impact of extreme weather on highways, says report

Steps needed now to reduce impact of extreme weather on highways, says report
Deniz Huseyin

The UK must urgently improve resilience across the highways network to... continue

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KeolisAmey retain franchise for expanding Docklands Light Railway for eight years
PeterStonham

KeolisAmey has retained the Transport for London franchise to operate and maintain the Docklands Light Railway for another eight years. Tfl will be introducing 54 new DLR trains on to the network to help improve the frequency and reliability of services over the next few years. The new trains will... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News
4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News

First Group grabs two more in independent bus and coach operator buying spree
Peter Stonham

FirstGroup has continued its aggressive purchasing of independent bus and coach operators, adding both Anderson Travel in London and the Lakeside Group in Cheshire and Shropshire in the past two weeks. The Lakeside deal includes the Lakeside Coaches, Merediths Coaches and AT Brown Coaches brands,... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News
Government warned of cost mountain from bus plans

Government warned of cost mountain from bus plans
Peter Stonham

The huge costs of replacing fleets with zero-emission buses and what it would take to restore bus networks to previous levels are explored in a... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News
Government warned of cost mountain from bus plans

Government warned of cost mountain from bus plans
Peter Stonham

The huge costs of replacing fleets with zero-emission buses and what it would take to restore bus networks to previous levels are explored in a... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News

Bids invited for transport accessibility innovation funding awards

Up to 15 companies will be selected to receive up to £150,000 each in a new transport accessibility innovation competition. Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership, is hosting the Scaling Innovation Programme, led by the... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News
Technology will enable alternatives to car, says Liverpool City Region

Technology will enable alternatives to car, says Liverpool City Region
Deniz Huseyin

It is time to embrace the potential for new mobility to “fill... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News
Sheffield University staff get free coffee for leaving cars at home

Sheffield University staff get free coffee for leaving cars at home
Deniz Huseyin

The University of Sheffield said it has directly removed almost... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News

More than a million free bus journeys made in West Midlands
Deniz Huseyin

A free travel scheme to encourage people to commute by bus has generated a million journeys in under a year,  Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has reported. The £19m scheme, funded by the Government, is primarily aimed at employers and large organisations to encourage staff to leave... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News

UK Airspace plan ‘should show way for road and rail space too’
Peter Stonham

The Department for Transport has signalled “the biggest shake up to airspace design in 70 years” with proposed new use allocation and management processes set to cut flight delays, reduce carbon emissions and noise and deliver growth, DfT says. It is being suggested that similar... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News
Caerphilly householders offer their windows for traffic and pedestrian counting

Caerphilly householders offer their windows for traffic and pedestrian counting
Rhodri Clark

Householders in Caerphilly in Wales are volunteering to place sensors in their... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News

Inconclusive results from monitoring of vehicle and pedestrian yielding
Rhodri Clark

One of the Welsh 20mph Key Performance Indicators is “change in vehicle and pedestrian yielding behaviours”, but initial monitoring results are inconclusive. The sample size is also small, with data before and after the speed- limit change having been gathered at only three locations:... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News

Further data on Welsh 20mph, includes evidence of less variable journey times
Rhodri Clark

More data relating to the Welsh default 20mph limit in urban areas has been published, including analysis which suggests that journey times have become less variable since the default limit changed in September 2023. The latest Welsh road safety data, published last week, shows that the numbers of... continue

4 Nov 2024Local Transport Today News
Fuel duty freeze is setback for public transport, say campaign groups

Fuel duty freeze is setback for public transport, say campaign groups

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to again freeze road vehicle fuel duty in her first budget has brought criticism and disappointment in transport policy circles - especially alongside the 50% increase imposed on the bus fare cap, which wil go up from £2 to... continue

31 Oct 2024Local Transport Today News
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Total of £1.4m awarded to range of projects designed to transform transport

Total of £1.4m awarded to range of projects designed to transform transport
Deniz Huseyin

Projects focussing on local transport decarbonisation, maritime... continue

31 Oct 2024Local Transport Today News
31 Oct 2024Local Transport Today News

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