The Chancellor has announced a new approach for the National Wealth Fund (NWF) and the Office for Investment (OfI) to work with local leaders to build pipelines of incoming investment and projects linked to regional growth priorities. This includes the NWF trialling Strategic Partnerships in... continue
The Department for Transport posted a short three-page Government policy statement on airport development following the Chancellor’s announcement of her support to expansion plans for the sector, including the claimed role of aviation in growth. It says: “Air connectivity plays a vital... continue
The transport spending pledge of £4.7bn for the North of England and the Midlands made by the previous Government appears to be being reviewed by the DfT. The ‘Network North’ funding was intended to redeploy the funds that had initially been allocated to the northern leg of HS2,... continue
A working paper has been published by the Treasury setting out the government’s approach to creating its plan for a 10 Year National Infrastructure Strategy, due to be published in june. This will be focussed on infrastructure’s role in enabling resilient growth, delivering clean... continue
The Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister have stepped up their moves to drive economic growth by changes to the planning system with measures set out in a working paper from the Treasury on Streamlining Infrastructure Planning on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, ahead of... continue
The Government has tabled measures to ‘unblock much- needed infrastructure projects’, including limiting opportunities to challenge them in the courts and allowing developers to pay into a pool to mitigate environmental damage, rather than being responsible for the specific effects of... continue
The Government intends to use the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to introduce... continue
The Government has launched a consultation on a new strategic approach to managing Land Use in England, saying it will empower decision makers with the toolkit to protect the most productive agricultural land and boost food security. But it mixes that objective with the government’s wider... continue
Environment Secretary Steve Reed said the consultation was “the start of a national conversation to transform how we use land in this country. It’s time for policy to leave the chambers of Westminster and reflect the actual lived experiences of farmers, landowners and planners on the... continue
Growing concerns within Transport for London about the risk of continuing bus contract cost rises with the dwindling number of bidders interested are unlikely to be allayed despite FirstGroup returning to run services for TfL with its agreement to purchase RATP Dev Transit London and its... continue
FirstGroup plc has some £4.7bn in revenue and around 30,000 employees from its bus and rail services, transporting almost 2m passengers a day in FY 2024. First Bus is one of the largest regional bus operators in the UK, serving more than 20% of the population with a fleet of around 4,800... continue
There are nominally 15 bus operators currently running London Bus services, but eightof these belong to the same four major groups either as specific subsidiaries for different areas, or through the acquisition of former private operators. With the re-entry of First through the takeover of the two... continue
Norfolk County Council has been challenged by opposition councillors to explain how “millions” spent on a scrapped road plan would be repaid. Last month the Conservative-run council withdrew its plans for the Norwich Western Link dual carriageway after being unable to overcome obstacles... continue
A new project is to explore how linking health records and road traffic collision data could help reduce road deaths. The DfT and Road Safety Trust have awarded £500,000 to TRL and University Hospital Southampton for the Data Sustains Life project. It will collate a range of data over the... continue
Regions and elected mayors need a bigger role in railways because rail is not isolated from their agendas on subjects such as housing and economic growth, Shadow Great British Railways Chair Laura Shoaf has told the House of Commons Transport Committee. The Labour Government is committed to deeper... continue
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough looks set to become the latest devolved region... continue
The overall number of bus and train journeys in Scotland continues to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and overall, but people are still travelling less on public transport than in 2019, reveals the latest Transport Scotland’s National Transport Strategy Monitoring and... continue
Once set up, Great British Railways will retail tickets online by bringing together the existing individual train operators’ websites, but face competition from commercial rivals,the Government has announced. “GBR will work alongside a thriving private sector retail market, where... continue
OpenAI has released a pilot artificial intelligence-powered agent tool that could support travel booking by interacting with websites by typing, clicking and scrolling. Dubbed “Operator,” the tool can search and complete purchases for things like travel, groceries, events, restaurant... continue
‘Tap in tap out’ bankcard ticketing system has been further extended on the South East of England rail network, in the latest small step in more than a ten year saga to take London ‘Oyster style’ payment outside the Transport for London zones. The contactless ticketing is... continue
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