traffic management

A road ecosystem fit for the future

23/11/2023

Alex Smith, chief executive officer of Buchanan Computing, looks at the need to digitise the road network across the UK and the company’s work towards this.

Glasgow clean air bid gets all clear

31/10/2023

A legal challenge to Glasgow's Low Emission Zone from a local business has failed.

Khan hails ULEZ compliance as revenue doubles

31/10/2023

London mayor Sadiq Khan has welcomed new data showing that compliance rates in the new outer London part of the Ultra Low Emission Zone have nearly caught up with those in inner London.

Controversial Oxford LTNs made permanent

19/10/2023

Three low traffic neighbourhoods in Oxford are to become permanent, Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet decided this week.

Bus companies brand Oxford LTNs a ‘failure’

16/10/2023

Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Oxford have ‘made congestion worse’ and delayed bus services, operators have argued ahead of a crunch decision on the future of the schemes.

Boroughs get opt out from future traffic schemes

12/10/2023

Legislation that will enable London boroughs to opt out of future road charging schemes has been welcomed as ‘an enormous step forwards in local democracy’.

15 minute cities 'don't exist': DfT official describes struggle to 'move past politics'

06/10/2023

Civil servants are battling to explain to ministers that concepts like ’15-minute cities’, said to restrict people’s ability to go shopping, ‘don’t really exist’, a top Department for Transport official has revealed.

Sunak announces 20mph review in 'fight for motorists'

02/10/2023

The Government has announced plans to discourage English local authorities from bringing in 20mph and traffic reduction measures, billed by the prime minister as ‘slamming the brakes on anti-car measures’.

Tower Hamlets to remove LTN road closures

26/09/2023

Tower Hamlets Council has decided to remove most of its low traffic neighbourhood road closures, despite the majority of affected residents supporting the air quality measures.

Newcastle axes LTN

04/09/2023

A trial low traffic neighbourhood scheme in Newcastle will not be made permanent, the city council has announced.

Birmingham CAZ less effective than was thought

31/08/2023

Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone has been less effective at reducing the levels of nitrogen dioxide gas than was previously thought, new research suggests.

RAC urges councils to install ULEZ signs

29/08/2023

Local authorities surrounding London have been advised to install signs warning drivers of this week’s expansion of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone.

City Hall accused over ULEZ research collusion

23/08/2023

Sadiq Khan’s office has been accused of trying to counter scientists who suggested that the London Mayor’s ultra low emission zone policy had little impact on pollution.

Hertfordshire CC refuses to allow ULEZ signs

26/07/2023

Ultra Low Emission Zone signs and enforcement cameras will not be permitted in Hertfordshire, the county council leader has told London mayor Sadiq Khan.

TfL goes against the flow on A10 traffic scheme

19/07/2023

Transport for London is to make its controversial traffic scheme on the A10 Bishopsgate permanent, despite public opposition.

Newcastle City Council to review LTNs

12/07/2023

Newcastle City Council has insisted that a review of low traffic schemes across the city was commissioned before a former external auditor raised concerns about the way it was implemented.

AA backs travel rationing as ULEZ case hits court

03/07/2023

The AA has suggested a system of ‘travel rationing’ as a way of relieving the impact of an expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone, after its research found a minority of drivers fear being ‘priced off the road’.

Court widens grounds in ULEZ challenge

31/05/2023

The High Court has allowed further grounds to be added to the Judicial Review into the proposed expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone to outer London.

TfWM's new drone team tackles traffic jams

11/05/2023

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is using live images from drones to help it manage congestion and incidents on its network and inform the public.

Khan to face judicial review over ULEZ expansion

13/04/2023

The High Court has granted permission for a judicial review into the proposed expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone to outer London this summer.

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