Queen's Speech: Transport and infrastructure key to union's levelling up11/05/2021 The Government used the Queen's Speech today to make infrastructure investment a core element of its future 'levelling up' plans. |
Tugwell 'perfectly placed to lead TfN'19/04/2021 Transport for the North has confirmed the appointment of Martin Tugwell as its next chief executive. |
ICE reviews infrastructure planning14/04/2021 The Institution of Civil Engineers has questioned whether Britain’s model of planning and prioritising – as led by the National infrastructure Commission – 'is as effective as it could be'. |
Analysis: The benefit cost of benefit cost ratios11/03/2021 Tom van Vuren, regional director UK & Europe at Veitch Lister Consulting, and visiting professor at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds, discusses the benefit cost ratio process for transport projects. |
Herefordshire ditches £250m road schemes03/02/2021 Herefordshire County Council has scrapped plans for two major roadbuilding schemes near Hereford, citing the climate emergency and the need to decarbonise transport. |
Judge throws out Khan's Streetspace scheme21/01/2021 The High Court has overturned London mayor Sadiq Khan’s Streetspace for London Plan, which was introduced in May last year in response to the pandemic. |
Scale up talking traffic development, DfT report says26/11/2020 Transport technology experts have urged ministers to ‘pick up and run with’ the findings of a new report that calls for a step change in work to exploit connected vehicle data. |
Transport planners call time on major road schemes22/10/2020 The Transport Planning Society has called for an overhaul of British transport governance, funding and appraisal, effectively askng for an end to investment in large new road projects due to their carbon impact. |
Shapps pledges to keep Kent moving with internal border22/10/2020 The Government has confirmed that all HGVs using the Short Straits channel crossings will need a permit to enter Kent. |
Councils seek MPs’ help over lorry parks02/10/2020 Local authorities have called on MPs to help lobby the Government over the creation of lorry parks to cope with no-deal Brexit border disruption. |
MPs back e-scooter legalisation02/10/2020 The Transport Select Committee has given qualified backing to the legalisation of electric scooters, including privately owned ones, but warned that this should not be to the detriment of pedestrians. |
Staffs e-scooter trial goes Live23/09/2020 Staffordshire County Council and Amey have partnered with two electric scooter providers to launch micromobility trials as part of the ADEPT Smart Places Live Labs programme. |
O'Sullivan to leave Highways England21/08/2020 Highways England chief executive Jim O’Sullivan is to stand down early next year. |
Brown to stay on with Khan at head of TfL19/03/2020 London’s Transport Commissioner, Mike Brown MVO, is to delay his departure for a number of months to continue to lead Transport for London during the coronavirus crisis. |
Experience the benefits of vehicle connectivity at ITS European Congress19/02/2020 The way connectivity is transforming how we plan and deliver mobility will be discussed in detail at this year’s ITS European Congress in Lisbon from 18-20 May. |
Shapps cuts ribbon on 'congestion busting' transport centre23/01/2020 The transport secretary has launched the West Midlands’ Regional Transport Coordination Centre, which will bring real-time information across all modes of transport together into one place. |
Cardiff moots congestion charge to help fund £2bn transport plan21/01/2020 Non-residents could be charged £2 a day to drive into Cardiff after the city council unveiled a £2bn vision to transform the transport network in the city and South East Wales. |
Birmingham to prevent 'through trips' of city centre14/01/2020 Council leaders in Birmingham are planning a dramatic shift away from car use, including discouraging trips through the city centre. |
Matheson launches CAV roadmap03/01/2020 The Scottish Government has published its plans to keep the country ‘at the forefront’ of developments in the connected and autonomous vehicle industry. |
Bristol mulls charging CAZ as its pollution options fall flat29/08/2019 Bristol City Council has been forced into developing stronger measures to tackle air pollution, including charging private cars, after it became clear its preferred options ran a serious risk of being unlawful. |
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