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Basemap partners with Trafficmaster
Digital mapping and transport data solutions provider Basemap has formed a partnership with Trafficmaster, a division of fleet management company Teletrac Navman. The partnership w
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NIMBY views in South East ‘holding back rail freight growth’
Local planning authorities in London and the South East are thwarting efforts to grow rail freight by taking a much more hostile view of new rail freight terminals than their count
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Robot lawyer developer claims to have won 160,000 parking appeals in UK and USA
A ‘robot lawyer’ programmed by a British teenager claims to have successfully challenged 160,000 parking tickets since its launch last year. Joshua Browder, creator of
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How to communicate uncertainty to decision-makers
Phil Goodwin’s comments on the variability of DfT road traffic forecasts (LTT 1 May) include reference to Tom van Vuren’s question on how decision-makers can handle add
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Which? is seeking remedies for stressful hospital visits
An investigation by consumer watchdog Which? has revealed the best and worst of NHS hospital parking in England. Seven-out-of-ten of the 1,000 people the magazine surveyed said tha
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McArdle brought in to sort out POPLA
The British Parking Association (BPA) is carrying out a review of the Parking on Private Land Appeals (POPLA) service just six months after its launch, following complaints from en
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Pay-on-foot for St Helens Hospital
St Helens Hospital in Merseyside has installed a new pay-on-foot system to improve visitor and staff car parking. Three pay stations have been installed: one within the hospital&rs
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Academics study road policing
Academics have set up a network to look into roads policing practices. The ‘road policing academic network’ is co-ordinated by Helen Wells, a lecturer in criminology at
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Suffolk draws up plans for A12 village bypasses
Suffolk County Council is developing plans for a 4.5-mile bypass of four villages on the A12 north of Ipswich. The so-called ‘Four Village Bypass’ would remove t
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West Yorks needs to learn the facts about London bus model
I was interested to read your interview with councillor Chris Greaves, chair of the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority, in the article on bus Quality Contracts. For an
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Hammond ready to drive transport on after spending review pit stop
It's a busy day for Philip Hammond in the House of Commons. The Finance Bill is having its third reading and the debate may not finish before midnight. But he’s managed to fr
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CityCAD
Product description: CityCAD is a new city information Modelling application designed for modelling urban design and master planning projects from 1ha up to over 1000ha in size. I
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Faced with tight car park spaces SUVs drivers are renting driveways
Growing use of SUVs means many UK motorists struggle when using car park bays that have not increased in size since the 1970s. Problems with manoeuvring and being able open car do
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The view out the windscreen doesn't tell the whole story about speed
I agree with Councillor Burston that 40mph on a road outside a school in dry weather at four in the morning is safer than 30mph outside the same school at four o'clock on a rainy a
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Seaside towns call up RingGo service
Four councils with coastal resorts introduced the RingGo mobile phone parking system last month ahead of the summer season. Dover District Council became the first local authorit
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Minister over-ruled officials’ advice to axe tram-train pilot
DfT officials recommended cancelling the South Yorkshire tram-train trial last year as costs ballooned, but they were overruled by rail minister Paul Maynard, a National Audit Offi
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Private sector to finance widening of 100km of M25
Private finance is to be used to widen most of the remaining three lane sections of the M25 to four lanes in each direction, the Highways Agency announced this week. The private s
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New commission needed to involve public in infrastructure, says report
A new report has argued that the government should create a new commission to involve the public in major infrastructure projects. The absence of a national strategy for infrastruc
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Rail franchise for Devon & Cornwall?
The DfT is to work with the Peninsula Rail Task Force and other local authorities in the South West on options for creating a dedicated rail franchise for Devon and Cornwall.
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East Midlands commuter station parking upgraded
A new car parking facility at Narborough train station in Leicestershire was given safer parking status at its official opening last month. The car park was built by Blaby Distric
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Bristol enterprise zone offers workers access to joinmyjourney service
People working in a business development project in Bristol can now use a locally developed online portal to find others to share their journey into work across a range of modes.
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Mike Brown appointed as London Transport Commissioner
Mike Brown has been appointed as London’s new Transport Commissioner. The appointment was confirmed by Mayor of London Boris Johnson and the board of Transport for London (Tf
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Transport projects should be categorised by impact, not cost
Tory MP Kenneth Clarke says that the East Midlands cannot be expected to pay for dualling the A46, since the cost would consume the region's entire Regional Funding Allocation for
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Bournemouth mall's detiorating car park to be replaced
Plans to replace the 3,000-space twin level car park at the Castlepoint Shopping Park in Bournemouth should be finalised this year, seven years after the problems first appeared. T
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Birmingham bus stop closure trial a success, says TfWM
Transport for the West Midlands may consider the case for closing more bus stops in the conurbation after declaring a trial in south Birmingham a success. TfWM launched the
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Multitude of rail plans a recipe for confusion says GMPTE chief
The development of Greater Manchester's rail network risks becoming confused by a multitude of plans prepared by different organisations using different assumptions, Chris Mulligan
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Councils at odds over future of street trees
Sheffield City Council has temporarily stopped felling large trees on its streets after the High Court granted an injunction to a campaigner. The council is challenging the
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Tax, rents and parking charges to rise in York
York City Council is also proposing to increase Council Tax, rents and parking charges as part of plans to cut £14m from its budget for 2024 to 2025. The Labour-run council'
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Government says it will review pavement parking
The government may give councils the power to make pavement parking illegal unless they expressly grant permission, potentially landing offenders with fines of £50 or £
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End of the road for Northants LEP
Northamptonshire’s Local Enterprise Partnership will cease operations at the end of this month, with its functions transferring to the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Pa
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Pay & display discussion group launched
A task force to develop a guidance document on how to procure pay & display equipment has been launched by the British Parking Association’s Equipment Manufacturer and Su
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Two more years and a 1% margin for Virgin Trains
The DfT has given Virgin up to 23 more months to run the West Coast Main Line. Its franchise was due to expire this month. The extension follows the DfT’s cancellation of th
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EU study probes disability access
A new project to study accessibility for disabled people to transport systems across the EU has been commissioned by the European Commission. The Public Transport Systems Accessibi
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English councils prosecute over 1,100 Blue Badge fraudsters
Over 1,100 people were successfully prosecuted by local authorities for misuse of disabled parking permits in England in the last financial year, according to new figures from the
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Multi-storey at Nottingham hospital forced to close
A Nottingham hospital has said the closing of its multi-storey car park will not affect services. The Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) had to close the 750-space car park at the
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Network Rail sets out Scots vision
Network Rail has published the final version of its Route Utilisation Strategy for Scotland, which includes plans for lengthening trains and platforms, and increasing capacity at s
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Cornwall will finance parking improvements using 'prudential borrowing'
Councillors in Cornwall have agreed to use prudential borrowing for a programme of parking measures because no capital funding is available. The borrowing will be repaid with reven
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Parking World 2011 launched
Parking Review’s annual parking management conference and exhibition will take place at Chelsea FC on Tuesday 29 November under the banner Parking World 2011. Parking Worl
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Councils and business attack SEA expansion
Local authorities and business leaders have voiced their opposition to the Scottish Executive's plan to extend Strategic Environmental Assessment to strategies as well as plans and
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Villiers promises to axe Stansted second runway
Shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers this week pledged to scrap plans for a second runway at Stansted airport if the Conservatives win the next election. Stansted operato
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Buchanan Order Management moves home
Parking consultancy Buchanan Order Management has moved into larger premises to improve facilities for visitors and to accommodate its expanding team. Buchanan Order Management (BO
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Nottingham City Council joins PTEG
Nottingham City Council has joined the Passenger Transport Executive Group as an associate member - joining existing members Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and Transport for
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Parking technology pioneer Sedgwick passes away
Tony Segdwick, a pioneering figure in the parking technology sector, has passed away. Sedgwick was a founder of Langdale Systems, a company which developed the first generation of
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Travel advice for Dundonians
Dundee’s residents are to receive visits from travel advisers as part of efforts to encourage citizens to adopt healthier lifestyles. Dundee City Council is inviting tenders
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Assumptions underpinning traffic forecasts are self-fulfilling
The DfT's long-term traffic forecasts, referred to in your article 'Tumbling motoring costs could provide the spur for accelerated traffic growth' (News Extra LTT 31 Mar), are the
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VINCI Park wins Salford and Trafford enforcement contracts
VINCI Park UK has won new on-street enforcement contracts with Salford City Council and Trafford City Council. The new contracts are the first signed by VINCI Park since their succ
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Parkopedia launches digital car park mapping
Indoor parking facilities currently present many challenges for drivers. These include navigation system blackouts, finding a vehicle within large parking facilities, and locating
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Radar detection for cyclists at junctions
A radar device for detecting cyclists waiting at junctions is being trialled in Bournemouth. Clearview Traffic Group says trials in the US have shown that the device is more accur
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Parking is finding its voice
Every day millions of journeys end in a parking space. We all want to live in a cleaner, safer, less congested world, yet without effective parking management there would be chaos,
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Gore film generates transport debate
On 2 September The Daily Telegraph ran a column by a regular contributor to its motoring supplement, former motor racing driver Sir John Whitmore. "Today I will be racing at t
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