Review started by Cotswold District Council on improving sustainable travel links between Kemble and Cirencester
Work is underway to look at improving sustainable transport links between Cirencester and Kemble after the Council and its partners have received £115,000 to study what options may be feasible. Cotswold District Council is working with partners including Gloucestershire County Council and Cirencester Community Rail Project Group to assess and evaluate possible improvements to public […]
Extension to Canterbury electric scooter trial
The trial of electric scooters in Canterbury, Kent has been extended until the end of March 2022. Kent County Council is announcing the continuation of its part in the national trial following guidance from the Department for Transport (DfT). The e-scooters, operated by Bird, are part of a Government-led trial Rental e-scooters were first introduced […]
E-scooter operator offers vouchers as part of London ULEZ expansion
Following the expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), electric scooter provider Lime, is offering drivers over £1,000 of e-bike and e-scooter vouchers. Any local resident within one of Lime’s London service areas who can prove they have scrapped their non-ULEZ compliant vehicle between October 25th and November 1st will receive £1,250 in Lime […]
New report shows that one in ten in the UK are likely to use an e-bike more now, compared to the start of the pandemic
A study of over 2,100 people in the UK, as part of a wider group of 14,000 people across 12 European countries for the brand Shimano, has shown that 11% of the UK have said they are more likely to use or buy an E-Bike now than they were before the COVID-19 Pandemic. The highest […]
Projects to help solve congestion ‘showing promise,’ says DfT
Exciting, innovative solutions to tackle the challenge of congestion are starting to emerge as a result of more funding and the work of the Transport Technology Forum (TTF), according to Anthony Ferguson, Deputy Director at the Department for Transport. Speaking at the TTF Congestion Challenge event in York today, he described congestion as “the biggest […]
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 […]