The removal of rural bus routes has forced authorities to provide unsustainable ‘demand-responsive’ services and prompted the County Councils Network to call for additional money.
Sustained public investment and devolution of local transport powers will reduce car use, improve road and rail connections and help meet climate change goals, the National Infrastructure Commission...
Recovering passenger levels and a real-terms reduction in running costs will help Transport for London reach an operating surplus a year after it agreed funding settlement with the government.
Poor governance led to a tramline exceeding its budget and saddling the City of Edinburgh Council with almost £250m of extra debt, an independent inquiry has found.
Keir Starmer has reportedly abandoned Labour’s suggestion of introducing clean air zones like London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone following his party’s by-election defeat in Uxbridge and Ruislip.
The government will take over day-to-day running of a rail service it said is vital to the northern economy, following months of disruption and regular cancellations.
Upgrading public transport to meet net zero goals in England and Wales will also create high-quality jobs and add £52bn to the economy every year, researchers at the TUC have said.
Delivering the Euston terminus of HS2 will cost almost double its budget despite changes to the scheme aimed at reducing costs, the National Audit Office has said.