Competing with the car: the importance of integration

Competing with the car: the importance of integration

The Government has ambitious plans for housebuilding. It wants to ramp up the number of new homes being delivered to 450,000 homes a year by 2029, with a goal... continue

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27 Jan 2025Local Transport Today News
EV share rises despite contracting market

EV share rises despite contracting market

Electric vehicles accounted for more than a fifth of new car registrations as overall market contracts by -2.5% to 139,345 units. However, the automotive industry... continue

7 Feb 2025EVolution News

£4.7bn ‘Network North’ spending reallocation plans now subject to review

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

6 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News

TfL concern at London bus market as FirstGroup re-enters with RATP Dev purchase

Peter Stonham

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

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News

First continues quest for new business to replace lost rail operations

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

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News
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A shrinking set of London bus service providers

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

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News

Mayors and regions need a bigger role in rail, says GBR chief Shoaf

Rhodri Clark

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

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News
Bus franchising model set to be approved by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough’s mayor

Bus franchising model set to be approved by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough’s mayor

Deniz Huseyin

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough looks set to become the latest devolved region... continue

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News

Bus and train use recovering in Scotland, but still below pre-Covid levels

Deniz Huseyin

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

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News

Government confirms one-stop GBR ticket site, but supports private sector retailing

Peter Stonham

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

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News

Open AI developing tool to search, find and make travel purchases

Peter Stonham

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

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News
5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News

East Midlands to get nearly £200m from DfT to improve transport links across region

Deniz Huseyin

The DfT is to give East Midlands nearly £200m for transport projects across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, and Nottinghamshire for 2025/26. Funding for East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) will come from a range of sources including an extra £66m specifically for Mayoral... continue

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News
East Midlands Combined County Authority joins Urban Transport Group

East Midlands Combined County Authority joins Urban Transport Group

Peter Stonham

The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) has... continue

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News

DfT to review £4.7bn transport pledge

Deniz Huseyin

A transport spending pledge of £4.7bn for the North of England and the Midlands made by the previous Government is to be reviewed by the DfT. The funding was intended to redeploy the funds that had initially been allocated to the northern leg of HS2, which was axed by Prime Minister Rishi... continue

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News
Better transport links will make Oxford-Cambridge corridor ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’

Better transport links will make Oxford-Cambridge corridor ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’

Deniz Huseyin

Rachel Reeves has reaffirmed that the East-West Rail project is pivotal to creating... continue

5 Feb 2025Local Transport Today News
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Let's make parking great again!

Let's make parking great again!

Guy Watson

Providing a positive parking experience and bringing customers back into car parks are two... continue

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31 Jan 2025Parking Review Opinion
Imagined by AI: Roads of the future

Imagined by AI: Roads of the future

Richard Moss

The UK is consistently looking to the future of road travel, making progress on the previous... continue

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31 Jan 2025Parking Review Opinion
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31 Jan 2025EVolution News
Electric vehicles are not a culture war issue

Electric vehicles are not a culture war issue

Mark Moran

Half of all drivers now know someone who owns an electric vehicles, or own one themselves, and 55% feel positive about them, according... continue

31 Jan 2025EVolution News

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