A new £42m Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub (HLTH) project led by four UK universities is to research the potential to maximise the health benefits of the transition to low-carbon transport. The new hub... continue
Electric vehicles (EVs) will be the key driver of decarbonisation in the... continue
Pursuing a private finance option for the Lower Thames Crossing will cost significantly more, new figures submitted by National Highways to the governmenthave revealed. Using a Design, Build, Finance and Operate model (DBFOM) will push current £9bn plus costs up by another £1bn, and... continue
Sustrans has reported that 20% of its workforce will be made redundant by the end of this financial year due to a drop in funding. The charity, which works to improve walking, wheeling, and cycling in the UK, carried out a “restructure” at senior level late last year and said that... continue
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has said she is “minded to approve” plans to bring a second runway at Gatwick into regular use. It will get the green light if environmental conditions are met, but the deadline for a decision has been put back until the end of October. The main... continue
Transport secretary Heidi sand and pretend that people for Gatwick and Luton are on Alexander has told don’t want to fly. Pretend that my desk. And the government an aviation industry families aren’t... continue
Transport for London (TfL) is pressing the Government... continue
Leicester City Council has announced that work will start this month to install a red route on the A6 to “control dangerous and inconsiderate parking”. The ‘no stopping order’ – along the full length of Abbey Lane and St Margaret’s Way – will also reduce... continue
Plans for six new walking and cycling routes into Oxford from towns and villages within an eight mile (13km) radius have gone out for public consultation. The proposal to create a series of ‘greenways’ – high-quality paths in urban or natural areas prioritised for pedestrians... continue
Proposals for a new parkway railway station feature in a 10-year vision to transform Shrewsbury. Shropshire Council is working with new ‘Open Access’ rail operator, Wrexham, Shropshire and Midlands Railway (WSMR) and rail development consultant SLC to investigate the feasibility and... continue
More than 1,400 electric vehicle charging sockets have been installed at UK schools and colleges with Government funding support via the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS), which provides funding for chargepoints at flats, rental properties, schools, offices and workplaces. In addition to... continue
The UK now has 75,000 public EV charge points, according to new data published by Zapmap. The charge point mapping service notes that, as of the end of February, there are 75,675 charge points in the UK, representing a 32% year-on-year increase compared with February 2024, when 57,290 devices... continue
The International Transport Forum (ITF) has launched an acessible digital platform designed to support road safety assessments and interventions. The Safe System Tool is designed to empower stakeholders to evaluate and enhance their strategies, projects, and plans, aligning them with the Safe... continue
Plans for a £200m scheme that will connect the A47 with the... continue
The Met Police, Transport for London (TfL) and Enfield Council are working together to introduce a range of measures to reduce road danger and road-related anti-social behaviour on the A10. This includes extending the existing average-speed camera system, new lane markings, and an injunction... continue
Private e-scooters are likely to be behind a huge surge in children caught riding or driving illegally and without insurance, according to IAM RoadSmart. Since 2021, there has been a 2100% rise in the number of children receiving uninsured driving endorsements, according to a Freedom of Information... continue
Children have the highest modal share of any age group for... continue
Parents find it hard to give up their cars even when their children reach adulthood because of an “ongoing desire to care”, according to a new study. Private car use appears to have strong ties with parenting even as children become increasingly independent, says the report, by Jennifer... continue
The UK Government proposes that the Secretary of State will have a duty to consult Welsh ministers on the long-term strategy for GBR. This falls short of the preferred model outlined recently by Transport for Wales Chief Executive James Price, in which GBR would be accountable to TfW for its Welsh... continue
Mayors and devolved authorities must have a central role in the running of local rail services set out in the forthcoming Rail Reform Bill, say the Urban Transport Group. Its member network of transport authorities say they want to ensure rail complements local plans for growth, housing, skills and... continue
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