Bath & North East Somerset Council’s cabinet to consider new long-term plan to decarbonise transport and reduce the impact of travel
Bath & North East Somerset Council’s cabinet will consider a new long-term plan to decarbonise transport and reduce the impact of travel this week. A report, which will go before councillors today (5th May), has been drawn up following months of consultation with residents and stakeholders. Almost five hundred and fifty people responded to a […]
Transport Infrastructure Ireland launches plan for National Cycle Network
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has this week launched plans for an ambitious National Cycle Network (NCN), a planned core cycle network of 3,500km that will criss-cross the country, connecting more than 200 villages, towns and cities. The network will include cycling links to transport hubs, education centres, employment centres, leisure and tourist destinations, and support […]
Sustrans to launch the Walking and Cycling Index, the first report to include walking data
Sustrans, in partnership with 18 urban areas across the UK and Ireland, is set to launch the Walking and Cycling Index. This is the new name for Bike Life, its assessment of cycling in urban areas that has been running for eight years, and for the first time will include data on walking and wheeling. […]
RideTandem raises £1.75 million to tackle transport poverty in the UK
UK-based mobility startup RideTandem has reported that it has raised £1.75 million in seed funding. 1818 Venture Capital led the round, alongside Conduit Connect, Low Carbon Innovation Fund, previous investors Ascension and Seedrs, and angel investors. The extra cash will support the company’s continued hiring, particularly in product management and engineering, reports tech.eu. Founded in 2019, the startup aims to build the next […]
New white paper highlights the need to electrify public transport
A new white paper from electric fleet specialists Kleanbus, is calling for buses to be retrofitted to run on electricity, speeding up the decarbonisation of the transport sector. Transport is the largest emitting sector of greenhouse gases in the UK, producing 27% of total emissions in 2019. It is also one of the main sources […]
ORR beefs up scrutiny of National Highways’ plans for the next 5-year road period
National Highways must provide high quality, detailed plans for how it will operate, maintain, and improve the Strategic Road Network between 2025 and 2030, says its independent monitor the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). ORR considers this will reflect National Highways’ increased maturity as an arms-length government body, entering its third road period. As […]
Election candidates put LTN’s at the heart of their debates, according to new analysis
Candidates in 21 council areas in this week’s local elections have pledged to roll back low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) or clean air zones. According to a Guardian analysis of Facebook ad library data, adverts have been placed opposing LTN’s and clean air zones. Most of the adverts – 136 out of 164 analysed – were placed […]
World’s first roadside deployment of wind turbines to go ahead on Telford & Wrekin’s network
The first public road in the world to host the Alpha 311 wind turbines is be in Telford, according to the company behind the technology. The ‘innovative’ vertical axis wind turbines will be mounted to street lighting on the A442 main carriageway where they will harvest the airflow from passing vehicles. This follows the news […]
Action needed on traffic levels, warns BCP Council transport councillor
Parts of the area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole will ‘grind to a halt’ unless more people can be persuaded away from their cars, BCP Council’s transport chief has warned. The prediction was issued to the latest meeting of the ruling cabinet by the member for sustainability and transport, Cllr Mike Greene. He said the […]
Transport Secretary urged to shelve ‘outdated’ Shrewsbury North West Relief Road
Shrewsbury Town Council has written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to urge him to shelve the “damaging” Shrewsbury North West Relief Road plan. The council says the £81 million road is an outdated and financially risky idea, and encouraged Mr Shapps to engage in discussions to “develop good transport solutions” in Shrewsbury and Shropshire. More […]