Enabling Multi-Modal Journeys: DfT and ITS UK to hold joint workshop

The Department for Transport and ITS UK are jointly organising a workshop designed to help feed into the forthcoming Integrated National Transport Strategy and the DfT’s Data Action Plan, giving attendees the opportunity to share views and expertise to shape these two key policy documents The Workshop will take place on from 10.30am to 3pm on Tuesday 3 June […]

Leeds community group using cut-outs of people to urge drivers to slow down

A community group has created life-size portraits of people in the area as part of a road safety project. Cut-outs of 30 people and four dogs have been displayed along Meanwood Road in Leeds to encourage drivers to slow down. Artist Lizzie Coombes, who is featured in the work, told the BBC that she hoped […]

Consultation launches on West Yorkshire travel improvements 

The second stage of consultation has launched today to improve two key roads linking Leeds to Wakefield and Pontefract. Run in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, the consultation aims to make it safer and more accessible to walk, wheel and cycle, as well as improving bus reliability.  The consultation follows on from a […]

Two new School Streets launched in Leeds

Road safety officials in Leeds say more than 200 pupils in Leeds have become the latest local youngsters to benefit from a scheme that makes journeys to and from school safer, healthier and more enjoyable. School Streets aims to create a safer and more pleasant environment for children and families by restricting motorised traffic and […]

Council approves lay-by for speed camera van

Leeds City Council has approved plans to create a lay-by for speed camera vans along a busy route in the city. The Yorkshire Evening Post says proposals would see the introduction of a police hard-standing area for the purposes of enforcing the speed limit along the A659 Harewood Road as it passes into and through […]

Leeds-Bradford tram plan set out by West Yorkshire Mayor

Plans for a tram system running between Leeds and Bradford have been set out today, as the West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin aims to revolutionise the region’s transport network.  The proposals were published today ahead of the final Combined Authority meeting, ahead of May’s Mayoral election, of West Yorkshire’s leaders next week (March 14), which […]

84 more vehicle charge points coming to Leeds’ residential areas

A newly announced partnership between Leeds City Council and EB Charging will see 84 new fast charging bays installed at 15 locations across the city—with the first 30 bays at six locations already live. 54 bays at nine more locations are due to go live by the early summer. Each of the new bays will […]

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