Staffordshire County Council has announced up to an extra £15m for highways repairs, on top of the extra £45m over the next three years. The funding will be used to... continue
A set of principles to provide the building blocks for the Government’s tranche of new towns set out by its expert Taskforce appears to prioritise sustainable transport provision and a local community focus based on a Vision- led approach with a distinct identity and higher density housing.... continue
Only 19% of people believe that building a third runway at Heathrow is the right priority for government policy, according to a new poll. The research from You Gov, commissioned by campaign bodies Climate Outreach and Possible, found two in three people (61%) believe it’s the wrong priority.... continue
The Department for Transport (DfT) has begun a series of regional road shows to engage local leaders, businesses and passengers in developing its promised new 10-year-long Integrated National Transport Strategy for England, which the DfT now describes as aimed at “improving connectivity and... continue
Alexander has told Parliament that £4.7bn funding promised by the last Government to the North and Midlands following the cancellation of HS2 was ‘fantasy money.’ Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate, asked Alexander, when the North could expect to see this investment. In response,the Secretary of State said she was sorry to... continue
Principles to provide the building blocks for the Government’s tranche... continue
Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Angela Rayner said housebuilders and local councils have put forward over 350 housing development sites stuck in the system under the previous government - that together could unlock around 700,000 new homes. The government, meanwhile,... continue
A new Planning Reform Policy working paper has been issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government setting out its thinking on action to promote the development of brownfield land in urban areas. Brownfield Passport: Making the Most of Urban Land proposes options for a form of... continue
Elections in nine council areas that were due to take place in May have been postponed by a year to allow major re- organisation to take place. Under the English Devolution White Paper, published by Government in December (LTT905), England’s remaining two-tier authorities will be replaced... continue
Transport devolution is beginning to deliver real change across major cities, but must go further says a new report from the Urban Transport Group responding to the recent Government English Devolution white paper, the additional powers suggested in which are welcomed by UTG. To fully realise the... continue
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has approved plans to increase its Transport Levy for 2025/26 by 3% from £119.4m to £122.9m. The increase would “address some of the pressures within transport” caused by issues such as inflation, loss of funding and decisions not... continue
Greater Manchester has approved an £8.2m (4%) increase in transport funding for 2025/26. The Transport Levy has been set at £125.7m and the Statutory Charge at £86.7m for each local authority in the region, which equals total funding for 2025/26 of £212.4m. The figures... continue
Funding of £291m for new walkways, cycle lanes, improved crossings and junctions has been announced by the Government and Active Travel England (ATE). This allocation is for the next two financial years. A DfT spokesperson told LTT: “This Government has increased active travel funding... continue
A new initiative to explore and address changes in the way newly-emerging specialist knowledge, expertise and insight is collected and disseminated in the transport sector is being launched by The Foundation for Integrated Transport (FIT) in partnership with LTT Editorial Director Peter... continue
Road schemes in Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire are being hailed by the Government as contributing to its ‘Plan for Change’, which aims to improve living standards. However, the projects are not new and all featured in the previous Government’s National Roads Fund. The... continue
During political negotiations over the 2025/26 budget, the Scottish Government has agreed to pilot a £2 bus fare cap in one region, which has yet to be selected. Opposition parties frequently called for a cap while the UK Government’s £2 cap on single bus fares applied in England.... continue
The £2 bus fare cap had a Benefit cost Ratio of at least above 1 and contributed to a total 13% patronage increase in England outside of London from January to October 2023 compared to the same period in the previous year, says an evaluation report on the initial ten months of the scheme... continue
Conwy County Borough Council is proposing to remove a mini-roundabout in an area where the speed limit reduced by default from 30mph to 20mph in September 2023. Hundreds of other road layouts in Wales which were designed to prioritise 30mph traffic flow could require remodelling to reflect the aims... continue
Simon Lightwood, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport, has enlarged on the Government’s concerns over the potential impacts of open access train services during a Westminster Hall debate on open access. Before the general election, Labour said that the establishment of... continue
A section of Chapel Street in Manchester is to get new cycle tracks and footways designed to give pedestrians and cyclists priority over side roads. The work, funded from the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund, is planned to start this April lasting until... continue
The franchised Bee Network has now carried 100 million bus journeys, Transport for Greater Manchester has reported. It added that a daily record of 602,000 bus journeys was set on 30 January. Under a three-phase implementation plan, the first franchised routes started in September 2023, with... continue
The Highland Council in Scotland is purchasing a bus company, more than two years after Pembrokeshire Council in Wales did the same to minimise cost increases. Highland began to operate public and schools services in January 2023 and says it is on course to have saved £2.5m in the first two... continue
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