TfL secures funding till May
The government and Mayor of London have agreed to extend the current Transport for London funding deal, which was due to run out on 31 March 2021. The extended deal will continue to support the capital and the transport network until 18 May 2021, when the government says a new funding deal will be put […]
Shetland EVs running on tidal power
Tidal energy company Nova Innovation have announced that vehicles in Shetland are now fuelled by the power of the sea, thanks to the creation of the first ever electric vehicle charge point powered directly from a tidal energy source. The EV charge point is located on the scenic shores of Bluemull Sound, at Cullivoe harbour […]
Hackers target Indian transport network
Indian government officials are accusing “Chinese state-sponsored actors” of being behind a series of cyber attacks on the country’s transport sector over the past few months. After leading American consultant Scott Belcher warned that transit operators in the US are failing to take cyber security seriously enough, the Indian problems should ring alarm bells with […]
Balfour Beatty joins forces with higher education institutions to develop Carbon Calculator software
Balfour Beatty, working in collaboration with Innovate UK, Leeds Beckett University,Hertfordshire University and White Frog Publishing, has created a carbon calculation tool for the construction and infrastructure industry – offering a consistent, practical solution for the measurement of embodied carbon. Currently in its beta testing phase, the AutoBIM Carbon Calculator automatically links BIM data to […]
Transport Committee: Rail network requires decarbonisation strategy
The rail industry needs a clear strategy from government on how to decarbonise the network, according to the parliamentary Transport Committee. Transportandenergy.com reports the committee highlighted the need in a new report, Trains fit for the future?, which stated the government should publish a long-term strategy for rail. It said that a vision for electrification and […]
Oxford City Council receives further funding for air quality projects
Oxford City Council has received over £200,000 of funding from the Government’s Air Quality Grant to support two new projects to further improve Oxford’s air quality. The funding will enable the Council to create an air quality website in partnership with the district councils in Oxfordshire, and to run a citywide behaviour change campaign that […]
Welsh Government wants to provide ‘a transport system fit for future generations’ with new vision
The Welsh Government has made a bold pledge to increase the number of people using public transport, walking and cycling as part of its new transport strategy. The new strategy – the result of a major consultation over the last year – aims to encourage people out of their cars, with a new target for […]
Skanska wins A428 dualling contract
Skanska has been awarded the A428 dualling project that will see it build a 16km dual carriageway between the Black Cat roundabout at St Neots and Caxton Gibbet. Several junction improvements will be made, including a new three-tier junction at the Black Cat roundabout allowing free flowing traffic onto the A1 and the new carriageway. […]
ADEPT focuses on the ‘digital’ with new White Paper
The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Places and Transport (ADEPT) SMART Places Live Labs Programme has published its second White Paper, focused on the rollout of the digital-;ed aspects of the initiative. Developed through a series of one-to-one discussions with the local authority Live Lab project leads, ‘Digital’ forms part of quarterly papers that […]
