Peninsula Transport expands team to deliver regional Strategic Transport Plan
Peninsula Transport, sub-national transport body (STB) for Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay, has announced three new staff appointments and welcome a placement year assistant to support the delivery of its Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) 2025 -2050. Published earlier this year, the SIP sets out a roadmap to transform transport within the peninsula. It builds on […]
Bringing residents together to make Hackney main roads work for everyone
Hackney Council has launched a new type of engagement with residents, which brings together 22 local people, selected to reflect the diversity of Hackney’s population and range of views, to explore key transport issues in the borough. Participants will take part in four workshops, where they will work through complex issues, hear from experts, and […]
New Kent campaign shines a light on road safety
Kent County Council is launching its annual ‘Be Bright Be Seen’ campaign to help keep children safe and visible on the roads. In partnership with KMFM, the campaign is distributing 25,000 reflective tags to school pupils across the county. These tags are designed to be attached to dark school uniforms, coats, and bags, making children […]
£104m government investment will ‘deliver faster, more reliable travel for millions’
Millions of people across the country will have greater access to jobs, education and public services thanks to a £104 million government funding boost, which will be shared with communities outside England’s major cities. With the additional resource funding, local authorities can now decide how to improve public transport and drive forward schemes that boost growth and matter […]
Leicester set for over £80m in transport improvement funding
Over £80 million of Government funding will be invested in what the council describes as an ‘ambitious’ programme of local transport improvements across Leicester over the next five years. Leicester City Council has been allocated £59 million of Local Transport Grant funding for the four years from 2026, following the Chancellor’s 2025 Spending Review. Although […]
New CIHT President has resilience at his core
The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) has announced the election of Mitesh Solanki as its new President for 2025 / 26. At his Presidential Inauguration at the CIHT’s offices in London, Mitesh called for the Institution to continue its focus on resilience, professionalism and equity. Mitesh Solanki, President, CIHT said: ‘Climate change is […]
“A significant opportunity to deliver differently” – reactions to the Comprehensive Spending Review
The transport sector is reacting to the Government’s Spending Review, in which Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to spending £24bn of capital funding to road maintenance between 2026 and 2030, Rachel Ellison, advisory and programme development managing director for UK and Europe at Mott MacDonald, has responded: “Plans to spend £113bn on infrastructure provides certainty to […]
If the North had seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, it would have received £140bn more, says IPPR
A decade of broken promises has been laid bare today as a leading think tank reveals how the disparity in transport spending between the North and London has ballooned over the last ten years. In new analysis, IPPR North and IPPR have revealed that if the north of England had received the same per person […]
London hits a new green milestone as more than 2,000 zero-emission buses now on capital’s roads
London is leading the way with the largest zero-emission fleet in Western Europe. There are now more than 2,000 zero-emission buses on the capital’s streets helping to improve the city’s air quality and reducing its carbon emissions. This means two in every nine of London’s world-famous red buses have now gone green, which is more […]
Plans submitted for new Tyldesley ‘travel hub’ to boost park and ride capacity and encourage more people to use public transport
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has submitted a planning application for a new Travel Hub in Tyldesley to help more people access the Bee Network and boost the numbers of people using public transport by providing improved park and ride facilities. The proposed new Travel Hub will create 99 additional parking spaces – including electric […]