Police decision to destroy legal e-bike on loan challenged
Cycling UK is supporting an e-bike rider and Birmingham Bike Foundry through the Cyclists’ Defence Fund (CDF), after an incident in April 2026 that saw West Midlands Police stop a cyclist on suspicion of riding an e-motorbike on the road without a licence plate, tax or insurance. The stop ended in the seizure and destruction of […]
Monmouthshire: Work begins on £14 million River Usk Active Travel bridge
Construction has begun on a new £14 million Active Travel bridge designed to encourage more people to walk, wheel and cycle instead of driving. The steel bridge, being built by Monmouthshire County Council, will link Llanfoist with Abergavenny by crossing the River Usk between Merthyr Road and Castle Meadows, creating a more direct route between […]
Work gets under way on new Active Travel improvements in Lichfield
Work on a highways scheme to make it easier and safer for people to walk and cycle near The Friary School in Lichfield, Staffordshire, began in earnest yesterday (20 July). The project, being delivered by Staffordshire County Council, will see improvements made along Eastern Avenue to provide better access for pedestrians and cyclists. The scheme […]
Oxfordshire: Extra £4 million approved for highway drainage programme
An extra £4 million has been approved to repair and replace Oxfordshire’s gullies over the next two years to improve drainage and reduce flooding. The programme was agreed by Oxfordshire County Council thanks to information gathered during a project to inspect and clean every highway gully in the county last year. There are around 147,000 gullies across […]
Staffordshire completes restoration of historic bridge
Refurbishment of an 18th century Grade II Listed road bridge in South Staffordshire has been completed.The scheme at Wodehouse Lane Bridge, A463, Gospel End, Wombourne, is the second and final phase following initial work last year. It took just under seven weeks to complete, with final works finishing two days ahead of schedule. Staffordshire County Council […]
Experts tell MPs that it should be ‘physically impossible’ for vehicles to break the speed limit
Road safety experts have told MPs that it should be made “physically impossible” for vehicles to break the speed limit and that every new driver should be forced to fit a dashcam and monitoring technology for their first five years on the road, reports Motorcycle News. The suggestions came during a Transport Committee evidence session examining the Government’s road […]
Windsor & Maidenhead approves transport plan for 2026-30
A new plan, setting out investment in transport services such as highway maintenance, bus service improvements and walking and cycling infrastructure over the next four years has been approved by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead’s Cabinet. The Local Transport Delivery Plan outlines proposals for transport and highway investment across the Royal Borough through […]
Uber without the humans: Driverless technology has to serve the public interest, says London Assembly member
Labour’s spokesperson for Transport on the London Assembly has insisted that autonomous vehicles should only be deployed where they solve a public policy problem. Writing in her column on the Labourlist website, and coming on the day when the UK welcomes new Labour leader Andy Burnham as its fifth Prime Minister in less than four […]
7.1mph: London’s average bus speed ‘no faster than jogging pace’
London buses travel at an average of just 7.1mph – no faster than an average person jogging, new data has suggested. However, a 10% increase in bus speeds across London could save bus operators around £214 million a year. Figures published by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), and shared exclusively with The Standard, suggest […]
Footage reveals M3 Junction 9 transformation
Timelapse footage has captured the progress being made on the project to upgrade Junction 9 of the M3, including the installation of steel beams earlier this year, which marked a key milestone in the construction of the new bridge decks that carry traffic and will form the alignment of the new roundabout. Tom Beasley, National […]