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Birmingham seeks approval for default 20mph limit

02/12/2024

Birmingham City Council has asked the Government to allow it to introduce a default 20mph speed limit.

Major Road Network identified as 'road safety priority'

26/11/2024

The crash rate on major local authority roads in England is four times that on National Highways’ strategic road network (SRN), a new report has found.

CCTV trial launches at London bus stops

25/11/2024

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a trial of CCTV at 20 bus shelters across the capital in a bid to improve safety, particularly for women and girls.

Home-to-school transport costs hit £2.3bn

21/11/2024

County council chiefs have called for a ‘system-wide approach’ to tackling escalating home-to-school transport costs.

Councillors demand action over ship with explosive material

19/11/2024

The decision to allow the MV Ruby, a ship carrying 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, to return to Great Yarmouth was ‘unacceptable’, councillors warn.

ShuttleID launches 90-day free trial for local authorities

18/11/2024

ShuttleID, the digital school bus pass platform, has launched a new package designed specifically for use with local authorities.

Haigh: Bus services to get £1bn boost

18/11/2024

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has announced nearly £1bn in funding for bus services across the UK.

Rural transport schemes win £1.2m

06/11/2024

Eight small businesses from across the UK have won a share of £1.2m to improve transport in rural areas.

Planning policy fails to cut car reliance

06/11/2024

A national planning objective to promote sustainable transport has failed to reduce car reliance in new housing developments, research has revealed.

Edinburgh urged to consider drug testing amid HGV safety concerns

31/10/2024

‘Strong concerns around the potential use of alcohol or drugs while driving’ have emerged in a report into the safety of City of Edinburgh Council’s heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).

Council to phase out petrol taxis

31/10/2024

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has set out proposals to phase out the licensing of petrol and diesel taxis.

Budget: Chancellor targets local growth with transport spend

30/10/2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced extra transport cash for regional mayors, but departmental spending remains tight.

Budget: Reeves announces £500m for potholes

30/10/2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £500m a year for local roads maintenance from next year and an ‘interim’ settlement for the national network to keep strategic projects moving.

Bus fare cap stays for 2025 – at £3 per journey

29/10/2024

Bus fares across the country will rise in the new year as part of a ‘managed exit’ from the £2 fare cap.

Just one in five pothole damage claims successful

17/10/2024

Just one in five claims for pothole-related damage to a vehicle were successful in the past year, research has revealed.

Rutland rolls out £100k charge point pilot

11/10/2024

Rutland County Council has secured over £100,000 to fund a pilot project that will see a minimum of 23 charge points installed across the county.

Bus operator announces £500m electric bus deal

08/10/2024

Bus operator Go Ahead has announced a major £500m investment to deliver more than 1,000 UK-made electric buses.

Pothole-related breakdowns jump by 10,000

07/10/2024

The number of pothole-related breakdowns has increased by 10,000 compared to last year, according to the AA Pothole Index.

Council apologises for flawed approach to travel support

04/10/2024

Sandwell Council has apologised after the local government Ombudsman found flaws in the way it considered a family’s application for travel support.

Brighton cuts parking fees to attract drivers

30/09/2024

Brighton and Hove City Council is set to slash parking fees in bid to attract more drivers and boost income.

Manchester parking fees highest in UK

26/09/2024

Drivers entering Manchester could face an annual fee of up to £538 for parking permits in 2024, the highest in the UK, according to new research.

Mayors back Jamie Oliver’s call to ban junk-food advertising

25/09/2024

Nine UK mayors have signed up to celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s campaign to ban junk-food advertising.

Welsh council cuts free transport to English-language schools

20/09/2024

A Welsh council has made broad cuts to its school transport provision – with some only affecting children taught in English.

No plans for Manchester CAZ despite illegal pollution

19/09/2024

Greater Manchester has created a new clean air strategy with no plans to charge drivers of polluting vehicles, despite a legal direction to reduce air pollution as quickly as possible.

Ministers back Khan to pedestrianise Oxford Street

17/09/2024

The mayor of London has unveiled government-backed plans to pedestrianise the capital's most famous shopping street.

Mayors announce Manchester-Birmingham railway line

13/09/2024

Plans for a railway line improving connections between Birmingham and Manchester ‘at a fraction of the costs’ of the northern leg of HS2 have been announced.

Devolution key to net zero transition, think-tank says

10/09/2024

Devolving powers to cities will be critical to the Government achieving its net zero goals, a think-tank has argued.

Haigh: Councils to be empowered in ‘bus revolution’

09/09/2024

Local transport authorities are to be given the powers to take control of bus services under legislation being laid before Parliament today.

Brent threatens cycle hire firm with eviction

05/09/2024

Brent Council has threatened the cycle hire firm Lime with eviction due to safety concerns regarding its e-bikes.

Northern leaders form new partnership

05/09/2024

A partnership has been launched between mayors and council leaders representing non-mayoral areas in the North of England.

Gough: Local government under water

04/09/2024

‘Big changes' to tackle the ‘structural problems' facing local government are needed to help councils survive but ‘priority' is devolution, Kent leader says.

Hampshire CC’s shortfall jumps to £175m

03/09/2024

Hampshire County Council’s projected overall financial shortfall has jumped from £132m to at least £175m.

Cambridgeshire to plead guilty after busway deaths

03/09/2024

Cambridgeshire County Council will plead guilty to two health and safety offences after three people died in collisions on its guided busway.

Council grasps the nettle with ANPR cameras

30/08/2024

Rotherham Council is installing automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras at five ‘key sites’ under new powers to enforce moving traffic offences.

Half of councils still without EV charging plan

29/08/2024

More than half of UK councils do not have an on-street residential charging strategy for electric vehicles (EVs), new research has found.

Devon County Council helps electrify one million miles of road

29/08/2024

Devon County Council’s network of public electric vehicle chargers have electrified over one million miles of road travel two years since installation.

Low emission zones generate £1bn

28/08/2024

Local authorities have generated more than £1bn from low emission, clean air and zero emission zones since April 2019, new research has revealed.

Huge variation in on-street EV charger provision

27/08/2024

A new report has revealed significant disparities between council areas in electric vehicle (EV) charging provision for EV owners without off-street parking.

Haigh: Councils should decide on traffic measures

22/08/2024

The transport secretary has pledged to back councils that implement low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) and 20mph limits, with the new government ‘absolutely determined’ to end the Tories’ ‘culture wars’ approach to transport.

Councils accused of ‘penny pinching’ over transport

19/08/2024

A think-tank has accused councils of ‘penny pinching at the cost of older people’s wellbeing’ over public transport.

Suffolk announces electric car club trial

15/08/2024

A trial of electric community vehicles is set to launch in Suffolk next summer.

Liverpool warns 40,000 drivers caught by new cameras

14/08/2024

Liverpool City Council issued 40,000 warnings to drivers caught committing moving traffic violations by new cameras in the past six months.

Council drops defence of road closure

07/08/2024

Cambridgeshire County Council has agreed it will no longer defend a legal challenge of its decision to close a city road bridge to cars.

ULEZ working even better than expected, Khan says

26/07/2024

City Hall has said the controversial expansion of Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) across the whole of London is ‘working better than expected’.

Plans to boost Teesside Freeport vehicle and access approved

22/07/2024

Plans for new transport facilities to support the growing number of vehicles entering the Teesworks site on Teesside have been given the green light.

King's Speech: Labour to boost public control of buses and trains

17/07/2024

The King has confirmed that the new Government will bring forward legislation to bring bus and rail services more closely under public control, including public ownership of train operators.

King's Speech: Devolution takes centre stage

17/07/2024

The announcement of an English Devolution Bill took centre stage in the King's Speech.

Wales publishes 20mph guidance

17/07/2024

The Welsh Government has published guidance on reverting speed limits in built-up areas to 30mph, less than a year after introducing a default 20mph limit.

£1m boost to road patching in East Sussex

16/07/2024

East Sussex County Council has committed an extra £1m to road patching, but acknowledged it would cost more than £300m to bring all its roads up to scratch.

Brabin seeks public's views on tram plans

16/07/2024

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has launched a public consultation on options for two tram lines in the Leeds-Bradford area.

Highway leaders warn of ‘roadwork gridlock’

15/07/2024

Nearly two thirds of local highway authority (LHA) leaders believe that we are headed for a road and street work crisis by 2030, new research has revealed.

Councillors back £88,000 parking revamp

12/07/2024

Unreliable parking ticket machines in Rugby will be replaced as part of the council’s mission to regenerate the town centre.

DfT begins ‘bus revolution’

10/07/2024

The new transport secretary has confirmed that every local area will be able to take control of its buses through franchising or public ownership.

Council pays family £1,500 after school transport failure

04/07/2024

A family in Surrey has been paid £1,500 in compensation after the county council failed to provide school transport for a child with medical needs.

Leeds council proposes SEND transport overhaul

02/07/2024

Leeds City Council has proposed reducing transport support for post-16 learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Nine tonnes of bird poo removed from Tyne Bridge

27/06/2024

A multi-million pound revamp of the Tyne Bridge has seen nine tonnes of pigeon poo removed from the Grade II-listed structure.

TfL lets the wildflowers bloom

25/06/2024

Transport for London (TfL) says it has delivered its pledge of doubling wildflower verges in roadside areas to encourage biodiversity.

Oxford air pollution falls faster than across UK

25/06/2024

Air pollution in Oxford dropped quicker than the national average during the first full year of the city’s zero emission zone (ZEZ), but levels of toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2) at two sites breached the legally binding limit.

Hampshire set to quit transport partnership

24/06/2024

Officers have recommended that Hampshire County Council withdraws from a transport partnership involving three other local authorities.

Wandsworth to ban riders ‘abandoning’ e-bikes in busy areas

24/06/2024

A London borough council has announced plans to ban riders leaving e-bikes on pavements in busy town centres.

Lib Dem £300m pothole pledge ‘won’t scratch the surface’

20/06/2024

The Liberal Democrats have committed to spending £300m over the next Parliament to fill 1.2 million potholes a year.

Lack of funding hindering road safety, councils say

19/06/2024

Limited funding and inadequate data are major barriers to road safety planning and measurement, local authorities have reported.

Levelling up progress ‘glacial’, think tank says

19/06/2024

Progress on levelling up in England has been ‘glacial’ and – according to some metrics – inequality has got worse, a new analysis by the IFS has revealed.

Requests for driver details rise

18/06/2024

Councils and parking companies are increasingly requesting details about a car’s registered keeper, which allows them to fine drivers, according to a car sales firm.

Council has ‘no plans’ to cancel fines despite error

17/06/2024

Fines issued to drivers for using bus lanes will not be revoked despite containing a mistake, Southwark Council has said.

£23m extension sees ‘iconic’ trams return to Blackpool station

13/06/2024

Passenger trams have been connected to Blackpool’s main rail station for the first time in more than 60 years.

Councils looking after record 576k children with SEND

13/06/2024

Local authorities are looking after record numbers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), council chiefs warn.

Labour pledges to fix one million potholes

12/06/2024

One million potholes a year will be fixed if Labour are elected on 4 July, the shadow transport secretary says.

Conservatives pledge business rates retention expansion

11/06/2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to create business rates retention zones as he launched the Conservatives’ General Election manifesto today.

Council to consider Uber return after six-year ban

10/06/2024

Councillors in York will discuss whether to license Uber to operate in the city after refusing to renew the firm’s licence six years ago.

Tories announce plan to scrap outer London Ulez

10/06/2024

The Conservatives plan to scrap outer London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) if re-elected, Transport Sectary Mark Harper revealed over the weekend.

Half of cyclists say road conditions are dangerous

10/06/2024

A major local government insurer has warned that months of rain may have caused ‘some of the worst ever road conditions’.

Councils bring in over £127m in bus lane fines

07/06/2024

Local authorities in England brought in a total of £127.3m in revenue from bus lane fines in 2022/23, according to the AA.

RAC issues safety warning over obscured signs

07/06/2024

More than half of motorists say obscured signs are a frequent occurrence on their journeys, according to a survey by the RAC.

Diplomats owe £143.5m in congestion charges

21/05/2024

Embassies in London have amassed debt worth more than £143.5m in unpaid congestion charges since the scheme was introduced in 2003.

Auditors add to council biometric warnings

20/05/2024

A spending watchdog has echoed councils’ concerns that biometric entry requirements at UK ports could lead to freight delays and gridlock on major roads.

Council suspends meeting amid disorder over 20mph ‘frustration’

17/05/2024

A Ramsey Town Council meeting was suspended and a man was asked to leave after the agenda descended into a heated discussion about a 20mph traffic zone.

Government advisers urge overhaul of infrastructure funding

16/05/2024

Councils should be given more funding to play a greater role in developing infrastructure projects, according to Government advisers.

96% of taxi drivers licensed in Wolverhampton live elsewhere

14/05/2024

Only 813 of more than 21,000 taxi and private hire vehicle drivers licensed in Wolverhampton in the last year live within the council area.

Council faces court over busway deaths

10/05/2024

Cambridgeshire County Council has been served a court summons over three fatalities in separate incidents on its troubled guided busway.

Council proposes nearly 30 new 20mph zones

02/05/2024

Westmorland and Furness Council has proposed rolling out nearly 30 new 20mph zones to ‘make streets safer’.

What is a metro mayor?

25/04/2024

A metro mayor is directly elected by local people to oversee a region’s combined authority.

RAC: Drivers ‘dodged the pothole bullet’

23/04/2024

Vehicle owners ‘dodged the pothole bullet’ in what is normally the worst three months of the year for breakdowns, according to the RAC.

A40 park and ride site built – with no road to access it

23/04/2024

Oxfordshire County Council has almost finished work on an 850-space park and ride site, but delays mean it will not be in use for years.

Auditors warned over relief road 'iceberg'

19/04/2024

A councillor has asked Shropshire Council’s external auditor to investigate concerns the North West Relief Road will 'completely bankrupt the council'.

Nottingham members back new Trent bridge

18/04/2024

Nottingham councillors have given the green light to what will be the first new crossing built over the River Trent in the city in more than 60 years.

E-bike firm Lime announces £25m London expansion

12/04/2024

Bike rental firm Lime is planning a £25m expansion to cover three more boroughs in London.

Council parking income set to top £2bn

10/04/2024

English Councils received nearly £2bn in income from on and off-street parking in 2022-23, but paid out nearly £1bn in running and enforcement costs.

DfT stalls moving traffic enforcement roll-out

08/04/2024

The Department for Transport (DfT) has shelved the further roll-out of powers for English councils to enforce moving traffic violations.

Stoke councillors approve £5.4m transport plan

04/04/2024

A plan to invest more than £5.4m on improving roads and transport in Stoke-on-Trent has received a green light.

Newcastle moves cycle barriers that blocked disabled access

04/04/2024

Newcastle City Council has agreed to move a set of barriers after a disabled cyclist raised concerns that the design constituted indirect discrimination.

Stop treating transport as a culture war, Government told

03/04/2024

The Prime Minister’s rhetoric ‘fabricating’ a war on motorists has been ‘incredibly unhelpful’ and does not reflect public opinion, according to a think-tank.

Council payouts for pothole punctures down 13%

03/04/2024

Council payouts for punctured tyres are down 13% since 2020 despite reports of pothole-riddled roads increasing by almost a quarter over the same period.

Council-run bus services cut by 90%

02/04/2024

Over 90% of council-run bus services have been cut since 2010, a new analysis has revealed.

Hull and East Riding finalise devolution proposal

28/03/2024

A devolution proposal for a Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority is set to be submitted to the levelling up department.

Spending on SEND school transport doubles to £1.4bn

27/03/2024

The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) school transport system is threatening 'the financial viability of councils’, council leaders warn.

Winners announced on £40m signals cash

21/03/2024

The Department for Transport has published the list of 80 councils sharing £40m to upgrade traffic signals.

ALARM: Pothole-riddled roads need £16bn investment

19/03/2024

The condition of roads in England and Wales has continued to decline despite councils spending £143.5m filling in two million potholes this financial year.

Brabin to take control of West Yorkshire buses

15/03/2024

West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin has confirmed that she will take forward proposals for bus franchising from 2027 onwards.

City Hall hails ‘dramatic’ air quality improvements

12/03/2024

Air quality in the capital has improved ‘much faster’ than in the rest of the UK because of policies introduced by the London mayor, according to a report.

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