The beleaguered HS2 project faces further scrutiny following the government announcement that the railway line will not open for at least a decade at a revised cost of up to £102.7bn.
More local powers for contactless travel underpin the government’s national transport strategy, which is calling for tap-and-go travel to be rolled out across England to make travel options...
The lack of governance arrangements between national and local stakeholders risks derailing the government’s Northern Powerhouse Rail programme, the National Audit Office has warned.
The government has described its plan to boost the northern economy and raise living standards underpinned by a more reliable and frequent train service across major cities in the region as an...
A traffic light system that shows how well councils fix potholes is aimed at encouraging councils to repair potholes more effectively and highlight best practice, and future funding will depend on...
Councils are struggling to meet their legal duty to provide home-to-school transport in the face of mounting pressures which have seen budgets overspent by over £400m.
Funding for bus services has been “short-term, fragmented and poorly targeted”, hindering investment in the sector, according to a cross-party group of MPs.
The government has been urged to introduce five-year funding settlements for local buses to replace the current “short-term and fragmented” arrangements that hamper councils’ ability to improve...
More than £10bn of investment in rail infrastructure in the Spending Review will help rebalance the economy away from London and the South-East, experts have said.
Proposals have been set out for a new Liverpool-Manchester Railway that regional leaders argue would deliver jobs, growth and regeneration across the North West.
Extra GP appointments, a “cost of living guarantee” and the scrapping of peak rail fares have been given top priority in the Scottish Government’s legislative programme for the next year.
Council staff will be unable to make public transport accessible to disabled people without new funding, training and other support, writes Clive Gilbert, head of accessible transport at the Policy...
Bus provision was cut between 2011 and 2023 at a rate 10 times higher in the most deprived areas of England compared with the least deprived, according to the IPPR North think-tank.
The government has claimed that all regions in England, but in particular "historically underserved" rural areas and small towns, will benefit from the money.
The bus sector is worth more than £11bn a year to the British economy, while bus services contribute almost £40bn every year to local economies, according to a research report.
Northern leaders have voted to request that Avanti West Coast should have its contract to run the rail line terminated “at the earliest possible opportunity” to be replaced by the Operator of Last...
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...
