MPs have called for significant reforms to the rail franchising system including how contracts are managed, following high-profile disputes on the Southern network.
The Scottish Government is to pilot raising a levy on exhaust pollution from heavy vehicles, as part of a renewed drive to meet long-term C02 emissions reduction targets.
Government proposals to improve the coordination between different parts of the rail industry may make sense, but they are unlikely to be enough to drive real change
A government project to build a commercial airport on the UK overseas territory of St Helena at a cost of £285m was a “fiasco” that “unquestionably failed” taxpayers, the Public Accounts Committee...
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has today set out reform plans for the rail network that will see state-owned Network Rail work more closely with train operators under new franchise agreements.
Facts and figures from the December 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine on infrastructure, state pensions, the benefits of buses, and crime big and small
The Department for Transport’s bungled modernisation of the Great Western railway offers “a case study in how not to manage a major programme”, the head of the National Audit Office has said.
Improving local bus services can boost employment and improve income, helping to reduce social deprivation, research published by Greener Journeys has found.
The government should take over the troubled Govia Thameslink rail franchise if the company is found to have breached the terms of its franchise, a committee of MPs has said.
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has recommitted the government to construction of the High Speed 2 rail line, saying that the project is needed now more than ever.
Labour’s shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald has accused the government of clinging to a failed privatisation model for running the rail network and pledged to take services into public...
The government must set out a realistic timetable for delivering the High Speed 2 rail project and clarify important details regarding its second phase, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
The government must amend the Bus Services Bill to include rural transport and ensure services outside urban centres are protected from cuts, the Campaign for Better Transport has said.
A prominent free market think tank has backed Scottish Government plans to cut and then scrap Air Passenger Duty and urged other parties to unite behind the plan, which is strongly opposed by both...
Local authorities are demanding extra powers to charge utility companies for digging up roads in order to tackle the “traffic chaos” caused by these works across the country.
The government should revise its infrastructure strategy to prioritise investment in the North of England in order to promote growth and prosperity, a think tank has said.
Scottish transport minister Humza Yousaf is to meet council leaders to push for better co-ordination in road maintenance after Audit Scotland found a third of council-maintained roads and an eighth...
