The sweeping losses by the Conservatives in the council and mayoral elections have seen control of most local transport now in the hands of parties and leaders seeking policies out of line with Government... continue
Alison Gibson and Anesu Jahura have been announced as the winners of Intelligent Transport Systems UK’s (ITS UK) Early Careers Essay Competition. Clearview... continue
Thomas Abelman is to move on from his role as TfL’s Director of Strategy and Innovation in July after nearly three years at the... continue
Glenn Lyons is to be next President of Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, taking over from Karen McShane at end of her presidential year in June. Lyons is the... continue
Fiona Blackley has started a new position as Principal Policy and Project Manager - LEDNet at London Councils. She previously spent more than five years at the charity... continue
Tabrez Hussain has joined the London Borough of Camden as Principal Design Engineer. He previously spent a year at Richmond and Wandsworth Councils as Principal Engineer, before which he was Croydon Council’s Principal Engineer – Highways Improvements Team for four years.... continue
Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site this week won permission to appeal the decision earlier this year to dismiss its application for judicial review of the Government’s decision to approve the controversial £2.5bn A303 road scheme at the historic site. The campaign says... continue
Failure to go further, faster over the next five years on plans for... continue
A survey to help support The Lake District National Park Partnership’s... continue
Twelve people who gave up their cars for three weeks reported improved health, well-being and reconnection with the local environment and local people, according to a research project by climate charity Possible, Low Carbon Oxford North (LCON) and... continue
Implementing a process for franchising bus services in the West... continue
The role of Cabinet Member for Transport at Birmingham City Council is being scrapped as part of the local authority’s plan to “merge portfolios”. Cllr Liz Clements is to lose the role she has held for the past as it becomes reintegrated back into a general transport and... continue
John Swinney, Scotland’s new First Minister, has... continue
The Scottish Government is developing a Transport to Health Plan with the aim of improving co-ordination of transport planning and healthcare planning. Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health Jenni Minto told MSPs at Holyrood: “In 2023, we prepared the draft Transport to Health... continue
Ken Skates, the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for North Wales & Transport, wants a conversation with the UK Government over future raising of roads revenue. His Scottish counterparts also wish to engage with UK ministers on the subject. The Welsh Government’s 2021 transport strategy said that... continue
Leicester City Council is to start using fixed ANPR cameras to enforce... continue
Serious service suspensions are taking place on Croydon’s tram network with Transport for London blaming much reduced rolling stock availability, and track problems causing damage. There has been no tram service on some or all of the network for eight weeks so far in 2024. The latest... continue
Expanding independent bus operator Vecatare has bought Norfolk coach and bus operator Simonds. It brings the Vectare fleet to almost 200 vehicles. Simonds, based in Diss, will be kept operationally separate from Vectare’s existing operations centred on the East Midlands and East Anglia, which... continue
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