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£200m for walking, wheeling and cycling

Ministers have announced £200m for new active travel cycling schemes across England.

Cold Comfort: UK's leading winter service event boasts top line-up

Taking place in just two weeks, Cold Comfort 2022 will feature cutting-edge presentations from experts working in a fast-moving winter service and resilience sector in a rapidly changing climate.
Keeping up with the EVs

Dr Ali Alderete Peralta of the Centre for Energy Systems and Strategy at Cranfield University, says that expanding electric vehicle charging requires making the best use of existing infrastructure.
Brett takes the chair at RSTA

Kiely Bros contracts director Keith Brett has taken over as chair of the Road Surface Treatments Association.
Council cuts speed limit on over 700 roads

Cornwall Council is reducing the speed limit on hundreds of residential roads from 30mph to 20mph.
Newcastle and Gateshead CAZ postponed

Plans to introduce a clean air zone (CAZ) in Newcastle and Gateshead are to be postponed to allow more time for people and businesses to get ready.
Highway Code to change as Britain awaits ALKS

The slow pace of transition to self-driving has again been highlighted after ministers confirmed changes to the Highway Code to cover ‘the first wave’ of the technology, nearly a year after a consultation.
New trial to crack down on 'rowdy' motorists

A new trial to help local authorities tackle loud engines and exhausts on Britain’s noisiest streets has been launched by the Government.
ADEPT publishes 'invaluable' live labs report

The ADEPT SMART Places Live Labs Programme has published its final programme review, which highlights the successes and difficulties experienced by the trials over nearly three years.

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AV roll-out is littered with legal potholes

Sam Henegan

“ Sam Henegan, an associate at Shoosmiths, looks at some of the barriers identified by the recent report into automated vehicles by the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission. ”
A plan with no imagination or heart

Dom Browne
Longer semi-trailers: Stings in the tail

Cherry Allan

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Are we ready for e-scooter legalisation?

With legalisation in sight, Martin Usher, personal injury partner at Lime Solicitors, asks what we have learnt from the e-scooter trials.
Bus back better or worse?

The Transport Select Committee has announced an inquiry into the prime minister’s flagship National Bus Strategy, called ‘Bus Back Better’, one year after it launched. With a key deadline coming up, the strategy now looks more like a way of managing decline.
Where do we stand on e-scooters, legally speaking?

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ADEPT Women in Transport: Live Labs leaders

Hannah Bartram

ADEPT chief executive Hannah Bartram talks to four women who are leading innovation trials running across local authorities in ADEPT’s SMART Places Live Labs programme.
Transport Photo of the Week: Ep 8

Dom Browne
Transport Photo of the Week: Ep 7

Samuel Shane

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Highways

£200m for walking, wheeling and cycling

Cold Comfort: UK's leading winter service event boasts top line-up

Keeping up with the EVs

Brett takes the chair at RSTA

Council cuts speed limit on over 700 roads

Newcastle and Gateshead CAZ postponed

Highway Code to change as Britain awaits ALKS

New trial to crack down on 'rowdy' motorists

ADEPT publishes 'invaluable' live labs report

Comments

AV roll-out is littered with legal potholes

A plan with no imagination or heart

Longer semi-trailers: Stings in the tail

Analysis

Are we ready for e-scooter legalisation?

Bus back better or worse?

Where do we stand on e-scooters, legally speaking?

Blogs

ADEPT Women in Transport: Live Labs leaders

Transport Photo of the Week: Ep 8

Transport Photo of the Week: Ep 7

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