Full £1.3 billion transport investment programme confirmed for West Midlands as part of CRSTS
The Department for Transport (DfT) has today confirmed a £1.05 billion grant to transform road, bus, rail, tram, cycling and walking infrastructure across to the West Midlands. The City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) money, topped up with local funding, will deliver £1.3 billion investment over the next five years. West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) leaders […]
West Midlands sets outs plans to lobby government to introduce a national road pricing scheme
West Midlands councils and Mayor Andy Street have set out plans to lobby the Government to introduce a nationwide road pricing scheme. The region’s leaders want to ‘manage demand’ for car travel, using measures to ‘influence the cost and convenience of different forms of transport.’ They plan to explore the case for a national Road […]
More than 50 different transport improvement projects agreed by West Midlands Combined Authority
More than 50 different transport improvement projects worth £1.3 billion have been agreed by the West Midlands Combined Authority. The list of preferred schemes will now be submitted to the Department for Transport for final approval after which the full list will be published. The wide-ranging plans include more than 60 miles of new segregated […]
West Midlands mayor appoints region’s first ever cycling and walking commissioner
Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street has appointed a new cycling and walking commissioner to accelerate plans to get more people moving around the region by foot or bike. Adam Tranter, who has previously volunteered as Bicycle Mayor for Coventry, has taken up the new role after a rigorous recruitment process. The commissioner will […]
West Midlands secures over £1bn funding to drive a green transport revolution
The West Midlands has been handed £1bn funding to expand the regions tram, train, bus and cycle networks and drive a green transport revolution. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) secured the money from the government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) fund announced today. Hundreds of millions of pounds will now be used to kickstart a wide range of projects from new Metro tram extensions to more electric vehicle charging points in a move to decarbonise the region’s […]
West Midlands Combined Authority sets out plans for £2bn investment in tram, rail, bus and cycling in Government funding bid
Investment in safe cycling routes, new rail stations, a new rapid bus services and light rail, as well as extending the West Midlands Metro network are part of a £2 billion strategy to ‘revolutionise’ transport across the region to support its economic growth and its #wm2041 net-zero carbon targets. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) […]