Cornwall Council e-bikes give green travel boost to police on the beat
Police and community safety officers are using pedal power to cut their carbon emissions while supporting their communities, with the help of a Cornwall Council e-bike programme. Devon & Cornwall Police is collaborating with the Council on a government-funded national pilot using e-bikes to improve the visibility of Community Safety Officers, Antisocial Behaviour Officers, Police Officers […]
Road safety casualty numbers increase on road network but remain lower than pre-pandemic levels
Casualty numbers on Great Britain’s road network increased compared to 2020, but remained lower than the pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest Department for Transport (DfT) statistics. Tlhe number of reported road casualties in 2021 continued to be impacted by the national restrictions following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including a period of lockdown between January […]
National Highways starts consultation on its A358 Taunton-Ilminster upgrade
National Highways has started a public consultation on design changes to the A358 upgrade from Taunton and the Southfields roundabout at Ilminster. The planned upgrade of the A358, a key route linking the South West and London and South East, will see a single lane stretch of carriageway between the M5 at Taunton and the Southfields roundabout […]
Central Bedfordshire starts search a contractor for its £250m maintenance and improvement works
Central Bedfordshire Council has started the search for a contractor to deliver its highways maintenance and improvement works in a deal that could last 10 years. The successful bidder will carry out works including reactive and planned maintenance, structural inspections, bridge repairs, road building, street lighting replacement and winter maintenance. Other duties will include looking […]
Video case study: Re-flow Field Management review by City TM
City Traffic Management has once again partnered with Re-flow, the award-winning field service management software provider to share the many benefits their business has experienced since adopting the system. As a long-term Re-flow client, City TM has already shared how the mobile workforce management solution has helped them almost completely cut out wasteful paper systems, […]
Local authority toolkit: guidance on reducing emissions from transport in England
Guidance from the Energy Savings Trust During the summer of 2021, the UK Government published its Transport Decarbonisation Plan, which sets out how the UK’s transport sector can decarbonise and reduce emissions on the path to net zero. The plan sets out a ‘place-based’ approach to transport decarbonisation, to ensure that our villages, towns, and cities […]
Plans to drive down carbon emissions approved by Oxfordshire County Council
Action to tackle climate change in Oxfordshire is set to increase over the next three years as the county aims for a net zero carbon future. Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet has approved plans which could see its own corporate carbon emissions almost halved by 2024/25. The authority produced 10,774 tonnes of CO2 in 2020/21, but […]
Cornwall Council awarded £1.2m to support walking and cycling links between Penryn and Falmouth
A dedicated route for people wanting to walk and cycle between Penryn and Falmouth has taken a step closer to becoming reality following a successful Council bid for Government funding. The Council has been awarded £1.2m to develop proposals for the 1.7 mile route between Eastwood Road in Penryn, Draceana Avenue, and Falmouth Town Centre […]
New £12m cycle funding will be a ‘down payment’ on Mayor Steve Rotheram’s active travel ambitions
Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotheram, has announced £12m of additional funding has been secured to build high-quality walking and cycling routes across the Liverpool City Region. Outlining his ambition to make the region the best place in the country to walk and cycle, he said the new funding would be a down […]
Electric vehicle sales continue to reach an all-time high says the Government
Electric vehicles (EVs) have more than doubled in the north of England, revealed through new figures released this week, as the government’s drive towards cleaner, affordable travel boosts tens of thousands of green jobs across the UK. New statistics show the UK’s transport revolution is well underway with EV registration numbers in the north of England rising […]