Cork public transport to get €600m investment
The National Transport Authority has announced details of plans to invest €600 million in 12 new transport corridors in Cork, aimed at increasing the number of people using public transport in the city fourfold as well as increasing the number of people walking and cycling around the city by one third. The investment aims to […]
Nottingham City Council launches ‘contactless’ travel scheme
Nottingham City Council has launched an ‘Oyster-style’ contactless ticketing system-the first of its kind outside of London. The new Nottingham Contactless multi-operator Tap & Go option – available across Nottingham City Transport buses, NET trams and Linkbuses operated by CT4N – allow people to tap on with contactless bank cards or phones throughout the day […]
Hatton and West Warwick soon to get a bespoke new public transport link
Residents in Hatton and West Warwick will soon get a new on-demand public transport service. The new service – IndieGo PLUS – is provided by expert provider Liftango who are working with Warwickshire County Council to offer the County’s first truly demand responsive transport offering. IndieGo PLUS will offer residents in Hatton and the West […]
Cheshire East Council ‘deeply disappointed’ to miss out on bus-boosting funding
Cheshire East Council has expressed its disappointment at missing out on government funding to help transform local bus services. The government has announced that only 31 counties, city regions and unitary authorities have been chosen for funding to level up their local bus services as part of Whitehall’s ‘Bus Back Better’ transformation programme. Cheshire East was […]
Tees Valley Mayor reveals schemes to benefit from £310million transport fund
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has outlined a raft of transformative transport projects across the region that will be funded through the £310million secured from the Government to invest in local transport priorities. Stations across every borough will receive a share of £86.5million, with investments in Darlington, Eaglescliffe, Middlesbrough, Redcar, and Billingham. The two stations […]
New research reveals one in four bus services have disappeared in a decade
Campaign for Better Transport research has revealed that more than one in four bus services in England (27%) have been lost in the last decade, with the pandemic having a devastating effect. The transport charity is calling for a national, Government-led campaign to encourage people back on board and turn around the fortune of buses. Campaign […]
Welsh Government to take ‘one network’ approach to public transport
The Welsh Government has set out plans to change the way people travel in Wales on public transport. “For more than 70 years we have made it easy to travel by car and harder to travel by public transport – that has to change.” Those were the words of Deputy Climate Change Minister, Lee Waters […]
Atkins complete 1,000th Stations Accessibility Audit of UK rail stations
Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – has completed the 1,000th stations accessibly audit at Oban railway station in Scotland, as part of a Government programme to boost inclusivity across the transportation network. The audit – which was originally pledged in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail – will help identify improvements and highlight […]
Southampton City Council’s latest Local Transport Plan gets approved
Southampton City Council has approved the Council’s three-year Implementation Plan, covering the period from 2022-25 and forming part of the current Local Transport Plan (LTP) Connected Southampton 2040, at its Full Council meeting last week. The Implementation Plan sets out proposals to invest in supporting the growth of Southampton, including the Freeport, and helping support […]
UK’s largest hydrogen bus fleet to be run in the West Midlands
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) will run the UK’s largest hydrogen bus fleet after £30 million worth of funding has been approved by the Department for Transport (DfT). This follows a successful bid to the Zero-emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) fund to promote cleaner and greener bus transport and will cover the cost of a […]