£80 million funding to improve and protect bus services
The Roads Minister has announced a further £80 million to support buses into 2025, with the aim of delivering lower fares, improved reliability and better bus services. Richard Holden has confirmed allocations for 64 local authorities across England from the £80 million investment in the Bus Service Improvement Plan+ (BSIP+) for 2024-25. Local authorities can […]
LCRIG announces record entries for this year’s DfT Special Recognition Awards
A record number of entries have been received for this year’s DfT Special Recognition Awards. There are a total of seven prestigious awards being handed out by Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) Chair Martin Duffy at the event in Blackpool on 4th October. LCRIG are proud to be hosting the prestigious Special Recognition Awards […]
Arup appointed by UK Department of Transport to provide specialist technical advice
Arup has been selected as a Prime supplier on the Department for Transport (DfT) STARThree Framework, the overall value of which is £600 million. STARThree (officially known as the Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory for Rail and Other Transport Systems Framework) looks to support the delivery of rail, road and aviation projects. Arup will provide […]
Road traffic remains below pre-pandemic levels, but vans buck the trend
New figures from the Department for Transport show overall traffic levels in the year ending June 2023 were higher than in year ending June 2022, but below pre-pandemic levels. It shows there were 328.2 billion vehicle miles driven in the year, 2.3% above last year but still 1.4% below the year to June 2018, five […]
“130 Local Authorities” can’t be wrong – councils urged to sign up to National Parking Platform explainer
People who deal with parking within local authorities are being urged not to miss out on an important online meeting tomorrow (Friday 8 September) about the new National Parking Platform, as figures show more than 130 authorities have already signed up. The Transport Technology Forum’s Parking Working Group is holding the webinar from 9.30-11.00 to […]
TTF Smarter Parking Working Group details the National Parking Platform with a webinar on 8 September
Local Authorities across the UK are being urged to take part in a forthcoming Transport Technology Forum online meeting which will focus on the National Parking Platform. The NPP is a Department for Transport-led initiative to simplify parking payment. The pilot platform, being operated by Manchester City Council, has four primary functions. These are to […]
DfT publishes new MaaS guidance
The Department for Transport has published guidance on Mobility as a Service ” to make the planning and payment of trips easier for people and businesses.” It says a MaaS platforms integrate and analyse data from multiple modes of transport, such as rail, bus, taxi and cycle hire, to offer choice in journey planning to consumers. This […]
MottMac, Arcadis and CPCS win DfT framework position
A partnership between Mott MacDonald, Arcadis and CPCS has secured a position as prime consultant on the UK Department for Transport’s new STARThree framework. The new framework will replace the existing Specialist Technical Advisory for Rail and other modes (STARTwo) framework, which enables access to high quality, professionally qualified and experienced specialist third party advisory support for a range of service requirements. After each individually supporting the DfT over the past […]
New DfT statistics show the scale of speeding on Britain’s roads
New research by the Department for Transport shows that in 2022, under free-flowing traffic conditions, 50% of car drivers exceeded the speed limit on 30mph roads compared to 45% on motorways and 11% on national speed limit single carriageway roads. It’s found that, overall, speed limit compliance in 2022 was slightly higher than 2021, where […]
Local Authorities invited to Quantum Computing Workshop
The Department for Transport is hosting two workshops next months for Local Authority Heads of Innovation, Principal Engineers or those working in Technology in the Highways area to discuss prioritising quantum technologies in transport. Quantum technologies are emerging technologies that use subatomic particles to provide transformative solutions, many of which are in the transport sector. […]
