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‘Ridiculous’ parking charge increases in a coastal Kent town have prompted complaints from residents and a petition with more than a thousand signatures.

The BPA (British Parking Association) and the IPC (International Parking Community) have published a Private Parking Sector Single Code of Practice ‘to be used across the entire private parking sector’, ahead of a delayed official government version.

Councils and parking companies are increasingly requesting details about a car’s registered keeper, which allows them to fine drivers, according to a car sales firm.

Oxfordshire County Council has almost finished work on an 850-space park and ride site, but funding problems mean it will not be in use for years.

English Councils received nearly £2bn in income from on and off-street parking in 2022-23, but paid out nearly £1bn in running and enforcement costs.

Westminster City Council will revamp its parking schemes so that residents and visitors are charged based on their vehicles’ tailpipe emissions.

Buckinghamshire Council brought in £1.4m from parking fines last year, a 50% increase compared to 2022.

A new report from the Transport Planning Society (TPS) argues that current parking practice promotes car use and outlines 18 policy recommendations to encourage lower carbon travel.

The income that councils raked in from parking surged to almost £1bn in the last financial year.

Cross-party group London Councils is consulting on penalty charges issued for parking and traffic offences, and says it is concerned that current charges are not high enough.

A highway authority has said it is the responsibility of motorists to understand signs and lines on the road after residents criticised what they say are 'confusing' double markings on a residential street.

An increase in the use of heavy electric vehicles poses a risk to car parks, structural engineers have warned.

A policy of restricting access to York city centre for motorists with blue badges has been slammed as ‘disproportionate’ and a possible breach of human rights.

Communities secretary Michael Gove has been accused of ‘treading on the Department for Transport’s toes’ after he wrote directly to councils about the use of cash in car parks.

Leicester City Council has dropped plans to introduce a workplace parking levy in 2023 due to the cost of living crisis.

Worcester is the UK city with the most accessible parking, according to the results of a new survey.

The Government has approved Oxfordshire County Council's plan to take responsibility for all civil parking enforcement across the county.

Councils are issuing fines worth an average of £850,000 a year for parking offences, with one raking in more than £10m, according to new research.

Local authorities in England have said a slight dip in the surplus they make on parking activities could impact their ability to fix potholes and tackle congestion.

Kent County Council has been given new powers to clamp and fine lorries that are illegally or inappropriately parked.

Town hall chiefs have rejected calls that all local councils should provide free town centre parking over the festive period.

Hackney Council has announced plans to bring parking warden services back in-house when its current contract ends in March 2022.

Councils in Wales could have greater powers to prevent pavement parking by 2022 after ministers backed recommendations from an independent taskforce.

The Government has proposed a new code of practice aimed at eliminating unfair fines issued by private car parking firms.

The Department for Transport has published a consultation setting out three options to tackle the issue of pavement parking.

Local authorities will be given the power to use CCTV to fine drivers who misuse mandatory cycle lanes, the Government has announced.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has pledged to set out new plans to tackle pavement parking, which it said would make streets safer for parents and disabled people.

Chris Ames spoke to the five councils with the biggest deficits on their parking accounts and found that many see parking more as a service than a revenue stream.

New research has revealed English councils made £930m from parking activities last year.

Birmingham City Council is to take forward work to develop a workplace parking levy of £500 per space per year.

Sheffield City Council has agreed to review its process for dealing with blue badge applications after an investigation revealed it was breaking its own policy.

The Government should introduce an outright ban on pavement parking across England, MPs have said today in a new report.

The Blue Badge scheme is available to people who have non-visible disabilities from today.

More than three quarters of the UK's main airports have increased short-term charges for picking up and dropping off passengers by car since last year, new figures show.

Councils fined motorists £1.6bn last year –equivalent to £200,000 an hour – it has been reported.

A new task force to help councils tackle the fraudulent use of Blue Badges has been set up by the Government.

The UK is 'on the verge of a revolution to make parking easier', according to a government announcement.

The Transport Select Committee has launched an inquiry into pavement parking. As pavement parking is a devolved issue, the committee said the focus of the inquiry is England only.

The Innovation Trail at Parkex19 at the NEC, Birmingham on 2-4 April will highlight ten new products, services and sector-leading advances.

Latest trends suggest councils in England could be set for a £1bn parking income by the end of the decade.

A recent study used figures from the Civil Aviation Authority, airport booking sites and Google search data to analyse UK airport parking demand.

Council chiefs have defended themselves after new research revealed local authorities have increased their revenue from parking charges by nearly £170m in five years, while simultaneously cutting road improvements.

Councils have warned that Blue Badge theft in England has increased by 45% in the past 12 months.

The number of penalty charge notices issued by London’s highway authorities rose by 10% during the last financial year.

Car parking charges have generated 32% more profit for councils in England over the last four years, new figures have revealed.

London’s boroughs have made the business case for their parking management, with a new report that estimates that it is worth £3.58bn per year to the capital’s economy.

The Department for Transport has responded to criticism from charity leaders who have accused ministers of stalling on the issue of pavement parking.

The Government's revised National Planning Policy Framework has left local transport planners with enough wriggle room to support limiting parking spaces for major developments, senior sources have told Transport Network.

Reading Borough Council is proposing a raft of measures to tackle congestion and air pollution, including a possible workplace parking levy.

Technology consultants have hailed the potential of machine vision and deep learning after unveiling what they say is the world’s smartest car park, which uses existing infrastructure to monitor the availability of parking bays.

A society of public sector IT practitioners has accused council parking services of failing when it comes to online information and services, with disabled drivers in particular losing out.

Ministers have announced plans to give people with hidden disabilities, citing examples such as dementia and autism, greater access to blue badges.

Cardiff has become the first council in Europe to launch a new smart parking system across its citywide road network.

Hannah Giles, head of marketing at billing firm Fonix, says pay by phone parking services need to improve if drivers are going to accept them.

Luc Warner, UK marketing director at the Parkmobile Group, operator of RingGo, says the AA’s recent research on cashless parking doesn’t resonate with what its customers are doing.

A council is saving thousands of pounds and generating extra income by removing pay and display parking machines and shifting to cashless payments.

Seven out of 10 drivers are more likely to drive by than park somewhere they can only pay by phone, according to the AA.

Dave Smith, head of public affairs and research at the British Parking Association, says new technology and innovation are changing the way parking services are managed and delivered.

Kelvin Reynolds, director of corporate and public affairs at the British Parking Association, discusses the Parking (Code of Practice) Bill.

The number of motorists handed tickets by private parking companies has soared by almost two thirds in one year, official figures suggest.

The public are not yet ready to move towards cashless payment for parking, despite the lengthy and expensive process of changing ticket machines to take the new £1 coin, the British Parking Association (BPA) has said.

Gloucestershire County Council is in the middle of a parking war with a Lamborghini driver who insists on parking in the mayor’s space.

Councils took in a record £756m from parking charges in 2015-16, generating almost 10% more revenue, new research from the RAC Foundation claims.

A Private Member’s Bill has been put forward to assist councils with cutting parking charges – and ensuring they consult when seeking to raise them.

One of Britain's top druids, King Arthur Pendragon, is taking legal action over summer solstice parking charges at Stonehenge, suggesting hiking them from £5 to £15 'unfairly targeted' his religion.

The number of stolen Blue Badges for disabled parking has shot up by around 20% in the last year and trebled in the last three years, councils have warned.

Solar powered parking meters that give residents the chance to choose coin, card or contactless payments, are being installed in East Hampshire and Havant this week.

Ministers could make it easier for English councils outside London to restrict pavement parking as part of their strategy to promote walking and cycling.

Some councils raise hundreds of thousands of pounds a year from residents’ parking schemes, with one London Borough receiving nearly £3m, according to the RAC.

Leeds City Council has announced it will write off some 13,000 parking tickets due to the cost involved in chasing them down.

Finally...New national regulations for traffic signs come into force from 22 April, providing councils with more flexibility but also raising fears of legal ‘uncertainties’.

Kensington and Chelsea council has awarded NSL a new 12-year £65m contract for civil enforcement parking services.

Plymouth City Council has unveiled new parking spaces designed specifically for people caring for those with dementia.

Businesses in small towns and villages would enjoy up to 60% more trade if councils abolished car parking charges, a survey has found.

Bristol City Council has launched a new open data web tool that will provide free access to a wealth of transport information, including real-time feeds from buses and car parks.

Oxfordshire CC has announced plans for a Workplace Parking Levy, after recommendations from the national lobby group for councils that it should consider a congestion charge.

Drivers parking illegally in disabled bays could be caught using new technology being trialled in London.

Scotland's 30-plus air quality management areas could be the next UK adopters of workplace parking levies to deter car commuting, after Nottingham in 2012.

The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has entered into talks with the British Parking Association (BPA) to try and bring regulated standards to private car parks, Transport Network can reveal.

Private car park companies have been given the freedom to impose severe penalty charges on motorists following a landmark court ruling that could have widespread repercussions.

After winning a contract to help create a masterplan framework for the UK’s first 21st century Garden City, an expert at infrastructure giant AECOM takes us through the issues around building a modern city designed to stand the test of time.

Cardiff CC’s sustainable transport target will be unattainable without stricter parking control, including a possible workplace parking levy, says a leading academic.

Devon County Council has launched a new scheme that allows drivers to park on double yellow lines for a £5 a day charge.

After losing two recent appeals to the independent parking adjudicator, Canterbury City Council is set to repay around £10,000 in parking fines where a valid ticket may have been flipped upside down.

Smart parking technology offering live information to motorists is being trialled in Cardiff.

Caerphilly could follow in the footsteps of Hillingdon and use sweeping new behaviour orders to police council and public transport areas.

The Government’s push for free parking in small town centres has taken another step forward following the vandalism of parking meters in a picturesque Welsh community.

David Cameron called for market towns to offer free parking and for more deregulation of planning rules as he reiterated calls made on the election trail in prime minister's questions this week.

Cardiff Council has been left red-faced in a battle of the parking enforcement camera cars with arch rival Swansea, Transport Network can reveal.

Engineering giant Siemens has bought leading traffic enforcement organisation, Zenco Systems, for an undisclosed amount.

North Somerset Council has announced plans to take over parking enforcement from the police.

Motorists face a ‘postcode lottery’ on parking charges outside their own home, with some councils charging 10 times more than the national average – research reveals.

Almost three quarters of parking fine appeals in London made through a leading freight body’s administration service were successful, it has emerged.

A £40,000 CCTV camera car will begin patrolling the streets of Cardiff today in a bid to catch illegally parked vehicles.

Poole BC has installed a solar powered rapid charger for electric vehicles, in what the council claims is a UK first.

Harrogate BC has approved plans to spend £9,000 on body cameras to help ensure the safety of local traffic wardens.

A Dorset council unlawfully hiked parking charges to raise ‘significant’ amounts of money for other services, inspectors have found.

A woman has blasted Manchester City Council after claiming her car was moved into a restricted parking zone and hit with a fine while new yellow lines were painted.

David Cameron has urged councils to stop ‘picking on the poor motorist’ and introduce free parking in town centres.

Assumptions that increased car parking charges deter shoppers are challenged by Carmarthenshire CC’s recent experiences.

York City Council has been accused of implementing traffic regulation orders ‘like a child at pick and mix counter’ after losing a driving fine appeal.

A potentially landmark case that could have shaken up the law on parking on private land has been dismissed by three judges at the Court of Appeal.

The personal driver records of more than three million motorists were sold to parking companies in the last year, more than 10 times the number snapped up nine years ago.

Europe’s largest traffic management and parking exhibition, Traffex, is set for a record year in Birmingham next week with more companies than ever taking part.

Government officials have raised the prospect of forcing local authorities to offer residents the option of paying for parking by cash rather than just over the Internet.

Communities secetrary Eric Pickles’ parking reforms are ‘nonsense’ and could set costs soaring for all council tax payers, a Liberal Democrat councillor has claimed.

Councils have voiced ‘serious concerns’ over a swathe of new parking laws set for introduction in coming months, fearing public safety could be compromised.

Motorists could be in line for tens of millions of pounds of refunds after hundreds of thousands of drivers could have been illegally penalised for parking too long on private land, the RAC Foundation has claimed.

A Berkshire council that painted parking bays up to a metre too narrow to comply with government recommendations has still raked in cash from charging motorists for being outside the lines, it has emerged.

Charges could soon be introduced to free parking sites across North West Wales, as council leaders attempt to cover central government funding cuts.

The UK’s leading traffic and parking exhibition this year features a new section simulating a live public highway to help delegates explore the latest technology and design developments, Transport Network can reveal.

Infra-red parking sensors have been launched in England's most revenue rich parking authority, Westminster City Council, to help drivers find spaces faster and slash congestion.

Reforms to the local government transparency code announced today will force councils to publish a breakdown of how they spend revenue from parking charges and enforcement activities.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has effectively been subsidising private car parking enforcement companies to the tune of £700,000 a year by under-charging for the sharing of data on drivers’ vehicles, MPs have warned.

A two-day strike could leave much of Wandsworth’s yellow lines and parking bays un-enforced, as parking attendants walk out over pay.

Motorists could be in line for millions in refunded parking fines following a tribunal ruling that could send shock waves through the local government sector.

Editorial director Mike Burton on problem parking.

Local residents and businesses could force councils to review the use of yellow lines and 'unfair' parking charges in their area under plans outlined by communities secretary Eric Pickles.

A dispute over low pay in local government could cause disruption at this weekend’s Tall Ships festival in Greenwich, as car parking staff strike for 48 hours from Friday 5 September.

Eric Pickles unveils plans that could force councils to provide more parking spaces alongside new homes.

Councils in Scotland are to be handed new powers to crack down on the abuse of disabled parking schemes, after the Scottish Parliament passed the Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill this week.

Council chiefs have called on the Government to get tough with foreign drivers that dodge parking tickets, warning that local authorities are losing millions of pounds each year.

A major state of the nation motoring report has warned of growing public dissatisfaction with the state of the UK’s roads, local parking services, the costs of motoring and the quality of public transport alternatives to driving.

Latest DCLG figures give more ammunition to Eric Pickles as councils’ parking income is set to rise to almost £650m this year.

Wiltshire councillors are pressing for a countywide smartcard to cover public transport and parking as well as council services.

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has told Transport Network councils should be ‘pleased as punch’ about the planned reforms to parking legislation.

The majority of appeals against parking fines on private land, such as hospitals or supermarkets, are being rejected by the sector’s new dispute resolution service while the number of cases has seen a dramatic 12-fold increase over the last year.

Ministers have confirmed plans to make it illegal for councils to use CCTV ‘spy cars’ alone to enforce on-street parking, among a raft of measures that could change the face of council parking controls.

Transport minister Robert Goodwill has strongly hinted at what local authorities can expect from planned parking reforms, following a major consultation on the issue and a war of words between ministers and councils.

Technology developers with plans to rescue Britain’s high streets started work this week on feasibility studies for new approaches to parking management, destination finding, multi-modal travel and distribution.

Bristol mayor George Ferguson could face a ‘no confidence’ debate later this year over plans to introduce residents’ parking in areas of the city.

Dorset CC is tightening up its criteria for introducing new on-street pay-and-display parking schemes in market town centres.

Like 95% of motorists I have received parking tickets. But contrary to the Eric Pickles-inspired media frenzy over councils cashing in on parking revenues, my own regrettable experience involves private car parks.

Local authorities could be pocketing an extra £38m a year from not giving change at pay-and-display parking machines according to the RAC Foundation, which has called for the end to the practice.

Council chiefs have reached out to ministers over the ongoing battle on parking reforms, calling on them to work with local authorities to create new jointly-formed parking guidance.

More than 110 ‘spy car’ vehicles are being used by councils to carry out parking enforcement in England and Wales, resulting in up to £32m of possible fines in just one year between 2012-13, it has emerged.

Roads minister Robert Goodwill has given the first indication of the overall results from the Government’s consultation on controversial local parking reforms, revealing that opinion was split on at least two major issues.

The majority of local residents and politicians believe parking on the pavement should be banned considering the dangers it causes vulnerable residents especially the blind and partially sighted, a new poll suggests.

Devon CC will take over the enforcement of on-street parking from local district councils from 1 April and estimates the in-house service will save £400,000 a year.

The city manager of the country's largest parking authority speaks exclusively to Transport Network about CCTV, Eric Pickles and the future of the sector.

Parking penalty charges have been frozen under new Government plans to ease parking restrictions to help support town centre high streets.

Local government minister Brandon Lewis has sparked fresh controversy in the ongoing war of words between councils and the DCLG over parking enforcement, accusing local authorities of using ‘Stasi surveillance’ to boost parking fine revenue.

Westminster City Council is planning to review its use of CCTV for parking enforcement on single yellow lines with a view to slashing their use ahead of a possible Government ban.

The chief executive of the British Parking Association (BPA) has joined the mounting criticism of communities secretary’s Eric Pickles’ proposed parking reforms, labelling them a populist measure that flies in the face of his department’s own statistics.

Councils have condemned planned parking enforcement reforms, warning Government proposals could endanger pedestrians and set town hall costs spiralling.

Fewer than one in five councils (19.7%) make a surplus income from parking enforcement according to a new report from leading local government think tank the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU).

The latest period of severe weather has caused widespread damage across the rail and road network as prime minister David Cameron has pledged a further £100m for flood repair.

Portsmouth traffic wardens will stage further strike action on Wednesday in response to ‘overbearing and micromanaging bosses’ at the city council.

Most rural shires with summer tourism hotspots might feel a tinge of sympathy for Cornwall Council this week, after the authority was lambasted for installing 63 no parking signs along a one-mile country lane.

Lawyers at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) are to scrutinise parking contracts at several London councils following a probe into the issue.

Retailers including Tesco and Waitrose are to bring ‘click and collect’ shopping services to stations across the London Underground network, in a scheme that could reduce traffic congestion and raise cash for transport investment.

Highways around central London could require a massive overhaul due to the impact of the new Crossrail service, a report has claimed.

Southend-on-Sea BC has raised more than £600,000 in under two years using CCTV camera cars designed to catch drivers parking illegally.

Plans to roll-out parking sensors across the entire Westminster road network are due to begin next week, following a successful trial of the scheme in the West End of London.

Poole BC has lost a landmark parking tribunal over its use of camera cars - or so-called ‘parking spy cars’ - for traffic enforcement in a case that could cause councils across the country to reassess their policy.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson today announced parking times are increasing at 600 bays across the capital, giving drivers an extra 10 minutes of free parking when shopping on the high street.

More than 5,000 parking tickets worth some £278,000 will be refunded by Westminster Council as the authority admitted some street signs may have been ‘confusing’ for drivers.

One of the UK’s leading unions has called for urgent Government investment in transport, arguing that every £1 spent on transport schemes delivers £4 in overall benefits.

Infra-red ‘smart-eye’ parking bay sensors are due to be installed across the whole of London's West End to drive down congestion and carbon emissions, Westminster City Council has announced.

Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has called on infrastructure chiefs to work with Whitehall to develop a skills legacy from its planned £73bn capital spend.

Crawley BC has revealed seven initiatives have been planned as part of a crackdown to halt the damage caused by drivers parking on grass verges.

A 'parking by phone' system is set to be established by Gloucestershire CC in a bid to simplify payment procedures and save residents money on permits.

Civil enforcement officers in Ealing, West London, have called off a strike after securing a pay boost in talks.

Scores of traffic wardens in the London borough of Ealing are set to create ‘motoring heaven’ by going on strike as the chances of receiving a parking ticket are heavily reduced, trade union Unite has warned.

Councils have lost public trust on parking and must justify how the revenue is raised with mandatory annual reports, chair of the Commons transport committee Louise Ellman has warned.

MPs have completely ignored the difficulties caused by vehicles parked on pavements causing obstructions for blind and partially sighted people, according to the charity Guide Dogs.

Communities secretary Eric Pickles returned to concerns about the ‘war on the motorist’ this week, telling MPs that councils should offer 30 minutes free parking to shoppers in town centres.

Councils have lost public trust on parking and must justify how the revenue is raised with mandatory annual reports, chair of the Commons transport committee Louise Ellman has warned.

Transportation plans across the East Lancashire region have been outlined by the county council in the area.

Council chiefs are fighting back against Government plans to clampdown on local parking revenues, accusing the Treasury of pocketing £1,000 a year from the average motorist in charges and taxes while holding back on local funding.

A Labour councillor who sits on the local committee overseeing parking issues, has been forced to quit as a parliamentary candidate after reportedly failing to pay £2,000 in parking fines.

Local transport minister, Norman Baker, has called on all English traffic authorities to make greater use of restricted parking zones and ditch yellow lines.

Half-a-million more penalty charge notices (PCNs) have been issued on private land this year as a crackdown on clamping has lead to more ticketing.

Councils in communities secretary Eric Pickles’ backyard are defying Government calls to end the use of so-called spy cars in parking enforcement.

British vehicles are suffering damage to the tune of £500m from a lack of change to sizes of car parking spaces, according to research.

Payment by motorists for parking charges and fines has increased by 10% in the last five years, according to data obtained by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Parking spaces are hot property in London, with one going up for sale for some £300,000 recently. So obviously every inch counts, but...

Councils have been pushed to support car drivers in town centres by creating more parking spaces and restricting use of road humps.

Rising costs and skill shortages are the greatest challenge to the infrastructure sector, civils contractors have warned.

New parking machines are set to be implemented by Peterborough City Council to replace coin-only pay and display machines.

Communities minister Brandon Lewis has accused the Local Government Association (LGA) of 'encouraging unlawful activity' in its advice to councils on parking charges.

New technology has been implemented by West Midlands transport authority Centro to make planning journeys easier, it has been claimed.

Exclusive comment from Nottingham City Council on why its controversial workplace parking levy is the right move for the city's transport.

Nottingham City Council has hit back at claims its workplace parking levy scheme – the first in the country – has caused ‘chaos’ as workers try to duck the charges.

A parking space in central London has gone on sale for £300,000 - over £100,000 more than the average UK terraced house.

Fewer parking tickets were issued to motorists by London boroughs last year, according to new data.

Councils have been warned to not prevent households renting out their drives and unused off-street parking spaces by communities secretary Eric Pickles.

Councils in the North could be pocketing tens of thousands of pounds from parking meters that do not give change, an investigation has found.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has rejected accusations of profiteering following the release of an RAC Foundation report on local authority parking income, which has led to claims councils are using it as a way to boost revenue.

Local and public law specialist Dr. Nicholas Dobson gives his expert opinion on the recent landmark legal case over Barnet LBC's parking charges.

Councils across England are forecast to make £635m profit from parking charges and fines in 2013 to 2014, according to the latest Government figures.

Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle has vowed to stand ‘side-by-side’ with local authorities against any challenges to planned quality contract schemes, stating a Labour Government could place ‘most of the country’ under such regimes.

Local transport minister Norman Baker has slammed communities secretary Eric Pickles idea of a 15-minute grace period on double yellow lines as ‘unworkable’.

A Government assessment of the Crossrail Act 2008 has revealed concerns from local authorities over the costs of planning procedures and a loss of parking revenue.

Upgrades to two road projects in the Midlands have been given the go-ahead by roads minister Stephen Hammond.

Motorists outside the capital could face an increase in parking fines following a government review, if reported plans to change the penalty charge notice regime go ahead.

Cameras on buses could be involved in Cardiff CC’s plan to become the first council outside London to enforce moving-traffic rules.

Councils have been given more powers to tackle motorists who drive across the pavement to get to and from their property, following a Supreme Court ruling in favour of Harrow Council.

Concern has been raised about current parking enforcement laws following the first oral evidence session to the transport committee on the issue.

More than 4,000 motorists in England and Wales appealed against local charges for parking on private land in the six months to March this year, with 54% of decisions in favour of the driver, according to a report published today.

Woking BC is facing legal action from the National Secular Society (NSS) after offering free Sunday parking to churchgoers.

Testing is due to begin on the Luton-Dunstable busway next week, following the completion of a guided track.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD) has claimed the UK should invest more in infrastructure for growth.

Leader of Birmingham City Council, Sir Albert Bore, has delivered his plans to ensure the city has 'among the best transport system in Europe'.

Southend-on-Sea BC is to spend £15m on transport projects - double last year's total - it has announced.

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has called on councils to follow new guidance and promote free parking in town centres.

Worthing BC and the parking contractor NCP are in a legal dispute after the authority announced it was taking back control of council-owned car parks in the borough.

Carlos da Rocha, project manager for FM Conway, reports on how modern urban design can be key in encouraging shoppers back to Britain's town centres.

UKIP councillors at East Sussex CC have called on officers to use miles not kilometres in documentation and signage in a bid ‘to continue being English’.

Major new transport infrastructure has been proposed in Cambridgeshire to prevent congestion issues in the next decade.

New rules proposed by the Government’s advisory body, the Law Commission, could see local authorities handed the power to stop licensed vehicles, impound cars and impose fixed penalty notices for taxi companies flouting the law.

Creative Parking has become the first company to sign up to the British Parking Association?s (BPA) Charter for Higher and Further Education Parking.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced plans to radically overhaul the central legislation governing traffic sign design and use, with a revised version of the law planned for March 2015.

All the news from day one of Traffex,the 26th international traffic engineering, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), road safety, parking and highway maintenance exhibition.

Norfolk CC has rejected May Gurney’s appeal against being dropped from a £350m highways contract the firm has been working on for the last nine years.

Services giant, Serco, has been awarded a £30m parking enforcement contract by the West London Alliance of Hounslow, Ealing and Brent LBCs.

Motorists in Manchester could soon find vacant car parking spaces using their mobile phone, thanks to technology being trialled by the city council.

Councils in London have hit back at community secretary Eric Pickles’ call for traffic wardens to be more lenient.

Traffic wardens should be more lenient to motorists in a bid to boost local trade, according to communities secretary Eric Pickles.

The Department for Transport (DfT) needs to give councils more control over refranchising local schemes, a report on Whitehall decentralisation has claimed.

The Government has set out its vision for how infrastructure in the UK can be delivered more efficiently.

Over £290m will be invested in 93 newly green-lit flood defence projects this year, potentially protecting an additional 64,000 homes from water damage.

The London boroughs of Bromley and Bexley have agreed to share their parking services, in a deal expected to save up to £270,000 a year.

Public support for 20mph zones has almost reached an outright majority, according to new research published this week.

Nearly £150m has been set aside by Transport for London (TfL) for councils in the capital to undertake local transport schemes, it has been announced.

The Local Government Association (LGA) is assessing plans to pool town hall pension funds, to kick-start the country’s 500 stalled priority infrastructure projects.

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The introduction of new parking charges in Brighton has cut trade by 25%, according to local businesses.

More regional City Deals designed to improve strategic area-based transport links, similar to the Leeds City region deal, could be on their way, according to cities minister Greg Clark.

Planning permission has been granted by Hounslow LBC’s sustainable development committee for the regeneration of Brentford lock west

Free parking should be available in Wales’ towns to encourage shoppers onto struggling high streets, the Conservatives have said.

Northumberland County Council has become the 85th local authority whose roadworks data is now available to the public for free through an online porta

Localism has become a core element of public realm strategy, and communities are embracing the change, Surveyor has learned

Community decision-making has enabled radical streetscene changes to be put in place in Sutton LBC, it has been claimed.

Plans to be released next month relaxing rules on 20mph zones for councils, local transport minister Norman Baker reveals.

Legislation which addresses the issue of congestion around streetworks is 'tolerable' - although local authorities do not have enough information to help co-ordinate emergency works more effectively. This was the message from representatives of NJUG and JAG (UK) in reply to questions from the Commons transport select

Local authorities look set to face additional scrutiny of streetscene projects as an inventory is launched, mapping out the cost of different types of street furniture to help residents calculate the cost of 'unnecessary' signage, guardrails and road markings. The tool has been created by the charity, C

Many of Scotland’s roads are still vulnerable to extreme weather conditions, according to Parliament’s climate change adviser. An independent report by the adaptation sub-committee of the UK Committee on Climate Change

There has been little Government support of infrastructure investment and more can be done to promote opportunities in the UK, the CBI has claimed. In its report Attracting Investment to UK Infrastructure, the CBI identified four key alterations that would encourage long-term institutional investment, especially in greenfield proj

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