King's Speech: New Regulated Asset Base model for roads
The Government will put forward a Highways (Financing) Bill] to introduce 'a new Regulated Asset Base (RAB) funding model to unlock greater levels of private capital investment in road infrastructure'.




























COMMENT AND ANALYSIS
Comment: Wet wet wet (or poetic licence and the structures fund)
Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation and former DfT director general, discusses the impact of April showers, subsoil issues and what could make a good inclusion in the Department for Transport's newly launched Structures Fund.
Analysis: Is automated Waymo fun for London?
Deputy editor George Barker looks at automated taxi service provider, Waymo, some of the issues it has faced across the pond and what, if anything, is being done to avoid repeating the same mistakes when it comes to London.