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.
North Yorkshire Local Transport Plan Progress Report 59% of respondents to a Let’s Talk Transport survey were dissatisfied with transport in North Yorkshire. The top reason for dissatisfaction was lack of alternatives to car use. These facts appear in a
Mind the Carbon Gap Current government transport decarbonisation policy is not enough to achieve the UK’s climate goals. There is a carbon gap between our present policies and the reductions we need to make. That’s according to a new report
NHS Net Zero Travel and Transport Strategy NHS England has published a Net Zero Travel and Transport Strategy. The strategy explains that climate change is bad for people’s health. For example, the excess mortality during the record-breaking temperatures in Summer
Lee Waters on Streets Ahead Podcast Wales’s Deputy Minister for Climate Change appeared on the Streets Ahead podcast earlier this year, and chatted with hosts Adam Tranter, Laura Laker and Ned Boulting about roads and active travel. The episode aired
Invest in Public Transport and Active Travel, says National Infrastructure Commission The government should invest more in public transport and active travel, says the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) in its Second Assessment Report. The Commission was set up in 2015,
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