transport planning

15/09/2021

ITS (UK) will be an official partner for this year's Road Expo Scotland when it returns to the SEC, Glasgow Exhibition Centre in December.

29/07/2021

MPs have warned of a potential ‘not spot lottery’ for electric vehicle charging and called for a clear policy framework to ensure that industry can deliver the vehicles and infrastructure required to phase out conventionally powered cars and vans.

15/07/2021

The Government has agreed to review the National Networks National Policy Statement, which governs the development of major projects on England’s road and rail networks.

01/06/2021

Two floors of Wolverhampton’s new i9 office building will be home to the first ministerial department outside of London.

19/05/2021

Amey Consulting has won a place on a £300m framework that will see a range of providers deliver technical and professional services across South East Wales.

11/05/2021

The Government used the Queen's Speech to make infrastructure investment a core element of its future 'levelling up' plans.

19/04/2021

Transport for the North has confirmed the appointment of Martin Tugwell as its next chief executive.

14/04/2021

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'.

11/03/2021

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.

03/02/2021

Herefordshire County Council has scrapped plans for two major roadbuilding schemes near Hereford, citing the climate emergency and the need to decarbonise transport.

21/01/2021

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.

26/11/2020

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.

22/10/2020

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.

22/10/2020

The Government has confirmed that all HGVs using the Short Straits channel crossings will need a permit to enter Kent.

02/10/2020

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.

02/10/2020

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.

23/09/2020

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.

21/08/2020

Highways England chief executive Jim O’Sullivan is to stand down early next year.

19/03/2020

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.

19/02/2020

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.