Councils given extra time on signals plans14/05/2024 The Department for Transport (DfT) has given English highway authorities an extra month to set out what they plan to do with their share of £50m for upgrading traffic signals. |
DfT stalls moving traffic enforcement roll-out04/04/2024 The Department for Transport (DfT) has shelved the further roll-out of powers for English councils to enforce moving traffic violations. |
DfT's Plan for Drivers gets into gear but public unsure of direction19/03/2024 A Department for Transport review of low traffic neighbourhoods has found little evidence of widespread opposition to LTNs, despite the Government's rhetoric. |
LTNs 'popular and effective', leak reveals11/03/2024 Low-traffic neighbourhoods are popular and effective, a leaked report from the Department for Transport has found. |
EMCC realises 'dream' of sterile work environment on fast roads28/02/2024 A longstanding 'dream' of providing workers on fast roads with a 'safe and sterile' work environment has been realised through a new Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) standard. |
Sheffield to spend £1m CAZ funds on air quality15/02/2024 An estimated £1m raised through Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone will be used to improve air quality near schools, the city council has said. |
Ministers stall on pavement parking, despite pledge12/02/2024 The Department for Transport (DfT) has refused to say when it will make a decision on giving councils the power to ban pavement parking, amid criticism that it has ‘sat on’ the issue for over three years. |
Ministers did not stop LTNs receiving cash06/02/2024 Officials have confirmed that last year’s allocation of £200m government funding for cycling and walking excluded low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) because no LTN bid matched funding criteria rather than because ministers had blocked such schemes. |
Edinburgh first to enforce pavement parking ban29/01/2024 Edinburgh City Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to enforce a ban on pavement parking. |
Councils get new steer on motorbikes in bus lanes26/01/2024 The Department for Transport has updated its guidance for councils on allowing motorcycles to use bus lanes. |
'CAZ working' Rees claims, but NO2 still in breach26/01/2024 Air pollution in Bristol is still above legal limits after the city council brought in a Clean Air Zone that exempts private vehicles. |
Ministers were warned of LTN review difficulties11/01/2024 A newly released Department for Transport document has confirmed that officials had to tackle ministerial misconceptions about traffic calming measures included in a ‘proposed’ review of low traffic neighbourhoods. |
A road ecosystem fit for the future23/11/2023 Alex Smith, chief executive officer of Buchanan Computing, looks at the need to digitise the road network across the UK and the company’s work towards this. |
Glasgow clean air bid gets all clear31/10/2023 A legal challenge to Glasgow's Low Emission Zone from a local business has failed. |
Khan hails ULEZ compliance as revenue doubles31/10/2023 London mayor Sadiq Khan has welcomed new data showing that compliance rates in the new outer London part of the Ultra Low Emission Zone have nearly caught up with those in inner London. |
Controversial Oxford LTNs made permanent19/10/2023 Three low traffic neighbourhoods in Oxford are to become permanent, Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet decided this week. |
Bus companies brand Oxford LTNs a ‘failure’16/10/2023 Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Oxford have ‘made congestion worse’ and delayed bus services, operators have argued ahead of a crunch decision on the future of the schemes. |
Boroughs get opt out from future traffic schemes12/10/2023 Legislation that will enable London boroughs to opt out of future road charging schemes has been welcomed as ‘an enormous step forwards in local democracy’. |
15 minute cities 'don't exist': DfT official describes struggle to 'move past politics'06/10/2023 Civil servants are battling to explain to ministers that concepts like ’15-minute cities’, said to restrict people’s ability to go shopping, ‘don’t really exist’, a top Department for Transport official has revealed. |
Sunak announces 20mph review in 'fight for motorists'02/10/2023 The Government has announced plans to discourage English local authorities from bringing in 20mph and traffic reduction measures, billed by the prime minister as ‘slamming the brakes on anti-car measures’. |
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