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Sargeant presses for more regional delivery
A preliminary report on reforming the delivery of highways and transportation services in Wales is due to be presented to stakeholders next week. The review originates from
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TfL reports rising ad revenues as it goes digital
Transport for London (TfL) generated more than £150m in advertising revenue in 2017/18, which was invested in transport network improvements. TfL’s second Annual Advert
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Scots rail fares policy reviewed
The Scottish Executive is reviewing rail fares to encourage modal shift to rail. Under the Railways Act 2005 responsibility for fares regulation passed from the UK Government to Sc
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Give us control of Manchester Piccadilly, TfGM tells ministers
Transport for Greater Manchester wants to take over the management of all the conurbation’s rail stations – including the ‘crown jewel’ of Manchester Piccad
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Start preparing ‘green’ transport bids – Baker
Transport Minister Norman Baker has written to local authorities outside London encouraging them to start preparing bids to the DfT’s new £560m Local Sustainable Transp
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Cornwall Council reviews disabled resident parking bay charges
Cornwall Council says it will review the fees it charges applicants for creating disabled bays outside their homes. A woman with multiple sclerosis made headlines last month when s
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Climate committee issues EV report
The Government’s Committee on Climate Change this week published a report looking at the demand for a public electric vehicle charging network across Britain to 2030. The stu
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HE awards A14 design and construction works
Highways England has awarded contracts for the design and construction of the £1.5bn A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon road improvement project. An Atkins CH2M joint venture
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River Ely foot/cycle bridge, Cardiff
A Lottery bid submitted last week by transport charity Sustrans includes a proposed foot/cycle bridge over the River Ely in Cardiff. The 140-metre-span bridge would be east of the
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London seeks new powers to combat air pollution
London’s local authorities could get new powers to tackle air pollution caused by boilers, construction machinery and diesel generators through an Emissions Reduction Act.&nb
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Dockless bike hire scheme launched in Ealing
Mobike dockless cycle sharing is now available to residents in the London Borough of Ealing. This follows the UK launch of the Chinese app-based system in Greater Manchester in Jul
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Bosch and Daimler believe automation will make cars available to non-drivers
Car-maker Daimler and technology company Bosch are to work together on developing a fully automated driverless system by the start of the next decade. The two German companies beli
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Engineering measures key to cutting casualties on rural roads says TRL
The DfT confirmed this week that it had ruled out a road safety expert’s advice for a re-classified rural road network of well-engineered major roads and 40mph zo
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Metro in talks to save Leeds city bus
The free city centre bus service in Leeds could be converted to an exact fare system, West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority has suggested. ITA vice-chair Ryk Downes said: &
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Blackpool tops Which? survey of airport customer parking
Blackpool Airport topped a Which? customer satisfaction survey with a score of 80%, whereas BAA-run Heathrow Airport’s quartet of terminals filled the bottom four places in t
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APT Skidata unveils new parking apps
APT Skidata is displaying Skidata web-based services, or Sweb, on its stand at Parkex. Sweb forms a suite of online applications and tools designed by Skidata. Designed to be
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Motorcyclist bus lane trials extended
Initial indications from trials carried out by TfL are that the number of collisions involving motorcycles during bus lane operating times increased when motorcycles were allowed t
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A fair deal for councils, a fair deal for bailiffs?
During his talk at the Enforcement Summit, Harrow council’s Fern Silverio mentioned that his authority takes a cut of bailiff fees. After the event he told me that this will
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Fashion formula
Q-Park hosted a party at its Charles Street car park as part of Sheffield’s Retail Week. The event had the central theme of design and included a fashion show, featuring lat
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Local highway authorities set to save with new standard contract
The Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme has launched a new standard contract as part of its aim to achieve 15-20% efficiency savings. The HMEP hopes to encourage local highw
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Rail freight projects set to scoop much of first round productivity TIF
Freight organisations and rail freight promoters have welcomed transport secretary <b>Douglas Alexander's</b> announcement that much of the early Transport Innovation F
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Enfield signs BBFI and NSL to clamp down on Blue Badge fraud
Parking crime specialist Blue Badge Fraud Investigations (BBFI) and enforcement contractor NSL have signed a deal with Enfield council to reduce abuse of the disabled parking badge
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Chaos after crack closes Forth road bridge
Travel between Fife and the Lothians has been severely disrupted by the emergency closure of the Forth road bridge after the discovery of defective steelwork. Cross-Forth road tra
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Scottish people can meet friends and family outside
Changes to Scotland’s lockdown restrictions have been confirmed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. People in Scotland will be able to meet friends and family outside from Fri
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Siemens ITS traffic enforcement system users to meet at The Crystal
Siemens ITS will host its first traffic enforcement user group forum this month. More than 50 road safety and civil enforcement representatives from local authorities across the UK
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Rochdale transport interchange, Rochdale
Work has begun on designing a transport interchange in Rochdale following the appointment of a design team. The new interchange will be built in Smith Street, next to the River Roc
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Cenex appoints Hayter as new chair
Transport and energy consultancy Cenex has appointed Dennis Hayter as the new chairman of its board. Hayter, who has served as a director of Cenex since 2013, was involved i
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PATROL site to be upgraded
A website offering advice to motorists on parking enforcement is to be upgraded. The PATROL site is sponsored by the more than 200 local authorities which make up the Joint Commit
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Real-time simulation for pollution reduction
The Urban Traffic Management and Air Quality (uTRAQ) project uses satellite-generated atmospheric data to help local authorities devise traffic management strategies for reducing p
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Ministers plan even tighter CO2 target
The Government this week asked the Committee on Climate Change to report back by 1 December on the level of the first three five-year carbon dioxide budgets and whether the 2050 ta
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Anti-hate crime campaign from Brighton & Hove Buses
Brighton & Hove Buses are working with Sussex Police, Brighton & Hove City Council and community groups to tackle hate crime with a poster campaign - #NoHateHere. Anti-h
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NCP takes over Ashford
NCP has taken over the management of Ashford International’s car parks on behalf of train operator High Speed 1 (HS1). HS1 owns St Pancras International, the High Speed 1 r
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Police pressed on 20mph
Norman Baker has asked the Association of Chief Police Officers to rewrite its guidance on 20mph enforcement to bringing it into line with enforcement of other speed limits.
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Cumbria seeks e-car hire operator
Cumbria County Council is seeking an operator for a low emission car hire scheme. Vehicles would be based at “gateways and hubs such as railway stations”. The contract
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A77 Turnberry to Girvan improvement, South Ayrshire
Transport Scotland has this week published Draft Orders and a Public Notice and is holding exhibitions for the A77 Turnberry to Girvan improvement scheme. The 3.3km section of two-
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Let’s not treat Dudley’s parking standards as a template
I was interested in the article reporting that in Dudley, West Midlands, the commissioned consultants had found no evidence of a relationship between public transport access and ca
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First and Arriva in major rail contract wins as McLoughlin promises "world-class" northern train service
The Government today announces it intends to award the Northern franchise to Arriva and the TransPennine Express franchise to First to oversee over a billion in investment in train
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Greater Manchester to run High Occupancy Vehicle lane trial
A trial conversion of bus lanes into high occupancy vehicle lanes features in a new congestion reduction plan for Greater Manchester. A Highways Academy is also planned, which will
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Mayoral CA for Cheshire?
The three unitary authorities in Cheshire are preparing plans for a mayor-led combined authority, which would be the local transport authority for the area. Warrington, Ches
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Westminster reduces parking tickets by 70% over 13 years
Westminster City Council now issues 70% fewer penalty charge notices (PCNs) than it did 13 years ago, with 322,454 being written last year compared to almost 1.05m in 2003-04. The
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Further electrification planned for North West
Much of the north-west of England’s rail network could be electrified under plans announced this week by transport secretary Lord Adonis. Adonis proposed the electrification
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Boroughs make eye-catching bids for mini-Holland bike cash
Transport for London and the mayor’s cycling commissioner Andrew Gilligan are scrutinising the bids submitted by outer London boroughs for a share of the mayor’s £
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JBW adds to human resources team
Debt management and enforcement company JBW has appointed a new human resources (HR) and training assistant. Kate Beeston, 49, joins JBW from Lloyds TSB where she worked for 31 yea
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Graduated notice period could add stability to statutory Quality Partnership schemes
Bus operators in statutory Quality Partnership areas within England and Wales could have to give more notice of changes to bus services than operators elsewhere under proposals to
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Tyne and Wear QCS hearings delayed
Oral hearings into the plans of Nexus for a Quality Contract Scheme in Tyne and Wear have been delayed until July after the PTE asked the QCS board for more time to prepare a
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Narayanan to lead mobility and placemaking work in Edinburgh
Planning and transport expert Daisy Narayanan has been appointed to a new role bringing together placemaking and transport strategy at the City of Edinburgh Council. Narayanan is
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Park users can add Gift Aid to parking fee
The charity that looks after Wimbledon Common in London is using a mobile parking payment system to tap into Gift Aid funding. The Wimbledon and Putney Commons (WPCC) is an area of
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How to ensure we invest in the right transport projects
I was encouraged by the letter sent by Keith Buchan, chair of the Transport Planning Society, and the 32 professors of transport to transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin (‘J
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Clamping ban is ‘dangerous’
The Home Office’s moves to outlaw vehicle clamping on private land could result in a death or serious injury, warns wheel-clamping firm National Clamps. Trevor Whitehouse,
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NR’s plans don’t support our airport rail link, says Glasgow
Glasgow City Council has voiced concern that its plans for a rail link to Glasgow Airport could be hampered by Network Rail failing to deliver the necessary works on the existing n
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