Why our trains aren’t as good and as cheap as Europe’s
Moreover, at stations things need to change. Lifts are not just for people with disabilities, but are needed by many other passengers. Yet, they are treated as…
Grant Shapps seeks to slash millions more rail fares
Rail use has recovered somewhat since the depths of lockdown but still stands at only 70pc of pre-pandemic levels. In the absence of a full bounceback, transport…
Slap a 12mph speed limit on e-scooters, Government urged
One million e-scooters have been imported to the UK since 2019. While they can legally be sold, they are illegal to use on public roads and in…
Nicola Sturgeon prepares to shunt Great British Railways into the sidings
Nicola Sturgeon is set to shunt Westminster rail reforms into the sidings by snubbing flagship new public body Great British Railways. Officials for Transport Scotland and Scotland’s…
Commuters hit by biggest rise in rail fares in almost a decade
Commuters will be hit with the biggest increase in rail fares for nearly a decade despite a steep fall in the number of train services being run. …
Council won’t say if resident’s low traffic neighbourhood objections were excluded
A council refused to tell a resident whether her views were included in a public consultation about low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) because it would be an “unfair”…
Covid train schedules threaten to wreck return to the office
Emma Gibson from London Travelwatch said: “No one returning to the office this week will want to turn up at their local station and find their train…
Commuters must wait another six months to spend a penny on South Western trains
Commuters on some of the busiest train services to London must wait another six months for on-board lavatories after South Western Railway delayed the introduction of new carriages. The…
Dutch reach comes to England: Revised Highway Code sets out new way to open your car door
The code’s new advice comes after cycling groups have long called for the Dutch reach method to be adopted widely in the UK. The term was coined…
Disused rail tunnel gets green light to become Europe’s longest underground cycle lane
Campaigners are hoping to reopen the 3,443yd route and make it the longest underground cycle path in Europe. The Rhondda Tunnel Society was established in 2014 and…
Train bosses fear return of British Rail by the back door
One of Dean’s counterparts at a rival operator is less sure: “The contract structure that is being discussed by the DfT doesn’t seem to fit with the…
Cyclists given priority over cars in ‘dangerous’ Highway Code change
It also means that pedestrians and cyclists will have right of way at junctions. Under the old code, pedestrians only had right of way at a junction…
Electric car grants slashed for second time this year
Electric car sales doubled in November to account for one in every five purchases as the switch away from petrol and diesel vehicles gathers pace. Almost a…
HS2 at risk of being deemed ‘low value for money’
Ministers could be forced to officially concede that HS2 is “low value for money” after the Government abandoned the eastern leg of the controversial rail link. An…
Treasury shunts Boris Johnson’s rail revolution into the sidings
Peter Wilkinson, director of rail passenger services at the Department for Transport, did not mince his words on an internal industry call in October. According to others…
Free New Year’s Eve Tube travel cancelled by London mayor Sadiq Khan
Diageo, which owns Guinness and Johnnie Walker, and travel search engine Kayak are among the companies that have footed the bill for free New Year travel in…
Treasury shunts Boris Johnson’s rail revolution into the sidings
Peter Wilkinson, director of rail passenger services at the Department for Transport, did not mince his words on an internal industry call in October. According to others…
Eastern leg of HS2 scrapped before formal value for money analysis was calculated
Critics of the scheme believe the new calculation could result in an official assessment showing for the first time that the scheme offers “poor” value-for-money, after the…
HS2 route map: how the high-speed rail plans will affect you
Plans for HS2, the high-speed rail link from London to the Midlands and the North of England, have been scaled back by the Government. The eastern leg…
Smart motorways are a symptom of the British state’s addiction to failure
The scariest 20 minutes I have experienced while driving came on the M5 travelling home from a holiday in Devon. It was just getting dark when we…