Active travel in Wales: A critical investment for 2025 and beyond
Sustrans Cymru has joined with Cycling UK and Living Streets Cymru to write to all 60 Members of the Senedd ahead of the 2025/26 Welsh Government budget, calling for active travel to remain a priority. In this open letter, the group calls on Welsh Government to ensure that active travel continues to play a major […]
Mayor of the West Midlands unveils UK’s biggest free bus travel offer this Christmas
Free weekday evening travel is being offered across the West Midlands, on all bus services, in the run up to Christmas this year, in a unique move never seen before on this scale in the UK. Between Monday 9th December and Friday 13th December all of the region’s buses will be free to use from […]
Road worker dies after multi-vehicle crash on A30
A road maintenance worker has died after a multi-vehicle crash on the A30 in Cornwall. Police said the man in his 50s was from one of two highways maintenance vehicles involved in a crash with a heavy goods vehicle on the west-bound carriageway near Launceston at about 07:30 GMT on Sunday. The HGV driver, a 51-year-old man, […]
Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce to reconvene
The Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce to reopen the key link across the Thames is being recovened, MPs have been told. Dame Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport, told the Commons Public Accounts Committee that local transport minister Simon Lightwood would join it, with a date being sought for it to meet, according to Yahoo News. The task […]
Self-Driving Vehicle of the Year 2024 is the Ohmio Lift shuttle… and Margate public get to try it
Before scooping the prestigious Vehicle of the Year title at the Self-Driving Industry Awards 2024, at the Turner Contemporary in Margate, on Friday 22 November, Ohmio provided public rides in its all-electric Lift shuttle in the gallery car park. Speaking on behalf of the judging panel, Cars of the Future editor, Neil Kennett, said: “At […]
Lord Mayor unveils new plaque to remember road crash victims in Leeds
Last Friday the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung, led a ceremony in Park Square to unveil a new plaque commemorating 25 years of the city’s memorial tree, dedicated to honouring those who have lost their lives in road collisions. The event took place during Road Safety Week, which runs from 17 to […]
TfL sets out new approach to tackle problematic parking of dockless e-bikes
TfL is working with the boroughs to create additional parking spaces for dockless rental bikes and e-scooters to enable more people to use the schemes safely TfL has written to dockless e-bike and e-scooter operators to ask them to work with it to tackle issues caused by problematic parking Enforcement action will be taken against […]
Go-Ahead expands West of England operations with acquisition of Swanbrook Transport
The Go-Ahead Group has agreed a deal to acquire Swanbrook Transport, a bus and coach operator based in Cheltenham. Swanbrook operates local bus, home to school services and private hire and will become part of Pulhams Coaches, which sits in Go-Ahead’s Oxford division. This latest deal builds on Go-Ahead’s recent acquisitions across England, including four […]
Driverless routes and roboshuttles – IDTechEx discusses autonomous buses in its latest report
Roboshuttles and autonomous buses will likely strive for level 5 operation as a long-term goal but are currently aiming for level 4, where driverless operation can take place within specific areas. This is according to IDTechEx’s report “Roboshuttles and Autonomous Buses 2024-2044: Technologies, Trends, Forecasts” provides insights into market developments and predictions for growth in […]
