Transport Planning Society Writes to Sunak to Defend LTNs The Transport Planning Society (TPS) has written to Rishi Sunak to defend and support active travel and mode shift schemes like Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). It comes after Sunak used an
Stop Building New Strategic Roads, says Transport Committee The House of Commons Transport Committee has told the UK government to cancel complex expansion projects on the Strategic Road Network (SRN), and to prioritise day-to-day maintenance instead. National Highways oversees the
Ipsos Our Changing Travel Report for DfT Earlier this month the DfT published an Ipsos report it had commissioned, Our Changing Travel. The report contains the results of research into public attitudes to travel following the pandemic. One finding that
Disappointing Anti-LTN Rhetoric from High-Carbon Transport Secretary Harper Transport Secretary Mark Harper indulged in populist anti-active travel propaganda in Sunday’s Telegraph. It is becoming increasingly clear that Prime Minister Sunak leads a government that is anti-active travel and uninterested in
Quantified Carbon Reductions The DfT is due to produce guidance for councils’ new Local Transport Plans (LTPs). It will include detailed information about how local authorities should deliver Quantified Carbon Reductions (QCRs) from their transport networks. The LTP guidance is
CCC Progress Report 2023 The true test of leadership is delivery, says the outgoing Chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) Lord Deben in his Foreword to the 2023 Progress in Reducing Emissions report to Parliament. The UK government is
DfT Major Road-Building Policy Pays Minimal Attention to Climate and Nature The DfT is planning to bust the UK’s carbon budgets and destroy wildlife habitat by carrying on with road-building business as usual. It is consulting on a draft National
Ireland Moves Cautiously towards Reducing Car Use Ireland is moving cautiously towards reducing car use, reports the Irish Times. The Irish government’s Climate Action Plan commits to developing a national demand management strategy for transport in order to halve emissions
North Yorkshire Council Has Cut Down 300 Trees for Kex Gill Diversion North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has cut down around 300 trees as part of its planned diversion of the A59 to avoid Kex Gill. The number of trees felled
The Future Starts Now: Utrecht Builds Car-Free Neighbourhood Utrecht is to build a car-free neighbourhood for 12,000 residents, called Merwede. It will be between the Merwede Canal and the Transwijk Park. The residential area replaces a business park. There will