Oatlands Drive and Wetherby Road Crossings Delayed Again Crossings of Oatlands Drive and Wetherby Road for people using Slingsby Walk are to be delayed yet again, according to a report submitted in advance of a council meeting. North Yorkshire Council
What North Yorkshire Told Active Travel England vs the Reality North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has a habit of making big claims when it is required to show that it is committed to active travel, but then disappointing by failing to
Framework for York’s Movement and Place Plan The City of York has received a report setting out a Framework for a Movement and Place Plan. It was commissioned from consultants PJA. Why Movement and Place? The report explains that over
Time Savings for Cars not Treated as a Benefit in Welsh Transport Schemes When assessing transport schemes in Wales, journey time savings for private car users are no longer considered as a benefit for Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) purposes. That’s
Tories Still Prosecuting LTN Culture War It appears the Tories are still attempting to prosecute a culture war over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and other sustainable travel, despite their defeat at the general election in July 2024. Written Parliamentary Questions On
Beech Grove to Get Traffic Calming Beech Grove Harrogate is to get traffic-calming measures. That’s a change from the position in December 2023, when no traffic calming was proposed. The information comes from an Active Travel Update report by North
Reform Party Against Clean Air The Reform Party are against clean air, it transpires from their manifesto. Their transport proposals are all regressive, with no solutions to the problems of the 2020s. Further, there is barely a cigarette paper between
Safe Streets Under Attack in Dying Days of Desperate Government Safe streets in England are under attack once again by the unprincipled opportunists running the UK government. They are seeking to undermine Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and 20mph zones in
Sunak’s Anti-LTN Report Finds LTNs Popular A report commissioned by Mr Sunak to show that Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are unpopular and ineffective has reached the opposite conclusion. The report was ordered in July 2023 and was due to be published
Oxfordshire’s Local Transport and Connectivity Plan With local authorities including York and North Yorkshire preparing new Local Transport Plans (LTPs), it’s useful to look at the work already done by another council which has made a good job of it.