Go-Ahead supporting sustainable transport at COP26
Go-Ahead is continuing its support for action to tackle climate change by sponsoring an event at the upcoming global COP26 summit in Glasgow. The Green Zone event ‘People make transport: communities enabling greener travel’ on Wednesday 10 November embraces the need to shift reliance away from private cars, making public and community transport, walking, cycling […]
Budget brings more money for transport but mixed messages for roads
A five-year, £5.7 billion funding investment for City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements was confirmed in yesterday’s Budget, to fund projects such as the Sheffield Supertram renewal and the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill metro extension in the West Midlands. But there was a £24 billion announced for strategic roads investment from 2020 to 2025, less than […]
Funding award marks a significant step towards Bee Network in Greater Manchester
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has welcomed the award of £1.07bn in government funding to the city-region – marking a significant step towards delivering the Bee Network. The funding allocated to Greater Manchester was announced ahead of this week’s Comprehensive Spending Review and represents the most awarded to any city-region in the country and around […]
English city regions to get £6.9bn for public transport investment
English city regions are on track to receive nearly £7bn to improve public transport in this week’s Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will commit £6.9bn towards train, tram, bus and cycle projects when he sets out his spending plans on Wednesday. Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire are among the regions that will benefit, […]
Severe bus driver shortage in West of England forcing operators to cancel services
A severe bus driver shortage is forcing operators to cancel services, with West of England metro mayor Dan Norris branding it a public transport “crisis”. First Bus and Stagecoach are having to take drastic action, while campaigners say rural communities are being “cut off” across Bristol and South Gloucestershire. The boss of First West of […]
Coventry makes progress with its trial to pay drivers £3,000 to give up the car and use public transport
Coventry City Council is making progress with a trial that will see 150 people given 3,000 to give up their cars and use public transport instead. In exchange for giving up their car, people taking part in the incentive will receive £3,000 loaded onto a travel card – even if their vehicle is worth less than […]
Transport for the North (TfN) urges people to take a fresh look at the train
With roads across the North busier than at any time in the last 18 months, and many cities facing lengthy daily traffic jams, Transport for the North has said there are more reasons than ever to consider the train as an alternative means of travel. David Hoggarth, Strategic Rail Director at Transport for the North […]
Ireland’s sustainable mobility policy aims to drive up public transport use
The “core purpose” of the State’s forthcoming sustainable mobility policy will be to get people out of private cars and to use public transport, bicycles or walk, the secretary general of the Department of Transport in Ireland has said. Ken Spratt told the Oireachtas Committee on Transport the new policy will differ from the current […]
Government must continue to take ‘urgent’ action to speed up bus driver training and licensing
The government must continue to take ‘urgent’ action to find a way to speed up bus driver training and licensing, while the longer term structural issues in the UK workforce are planned. These are the opinions of two councillors representing the North East Joint Transport Committee. In a joint statement they said: “The bus network […]
There is a gap between north and south when it comes to how many jobs are reachable by car and public transport, says think-thank
There is a ‘shocking’ gap between how many jobs are reachable by car and public transport in the north compared to the south, according to new data from think-tank Onward. The organisation asked the question: how many jobs can you reach within an hour’s drive or 90 minutes on public transport from your front door? […]