Our Changing Travel Post-Pandemic The DfT has published a study of post-pandemic transport trends and changing travel behaviour, Our Changing Travel 2023. The data were gathered by Ipsos in an online survey of 3,732 people in England, and the study
York’s Transport Strategy Implementation Plan is Fizzing with Ideas York Council has published a draft Local Transport Strategy Implementation Plan 2024-26. It will be discussed at a council meeting today. The Implementation Plan is fizzing with ideas. Most council plans
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
Cycling Stuck at 2% of Trips in National Travel Survey 2023 Cycling is stuck at 2% of trips and 1% of distance travelled according to the National Travel Survey for 2023. The average number of cycling trips per person per
Early Signs of New Government’s Approach to Active Travel The Labour manifesto didn’t say much about the party’s approach to active travel. What clues as to the new government’s approach can we pick up from its first days in office?
York Local Transport Strategy Consultation Open York’s Local Transport Strategy Consultation is open, and residents can respond until Sunday 4th February 2024. The rather childish title is Our Big Transport Conversation. In keeping with the title, it begins by explaining
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
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,
Laughable Tory “Plan for Drivers” The Tories have published a laughable “Plan for Drivers” as a government policy paper. Foreword The Foreword is full of gaslighting and Doublespeak such as ‘the easy political choice is to vilify the private car…’
Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme Rumbles On The Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme (HTIP) rumbles on with no results so far. History HTIP began in October 2019 following the Congestion Study, which showed a big appetite for improvements to walking and cycling