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A Step Change for Air Quality

Published on: 27th October 2017 by Claire Haigh.

This week the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, took the biggest step towards improving London’s air quality since the introduction of the congestion charge 14 years ago. The capital’s air quality has frequently breached EU limits in recent years but the Mayor’s courageous decision to introduce the toxicity charge shows that he is serious about…

Bringing Local Intelligence to Investment: How BIDs Can Help us Shape our Transport Network

Published on: 19th October 2017 by Ojay McDonald.

When it comes to productivity, the UK is underperforming. It has been underperforming for years. The problem has been acknowledged by the UK Government. In the Green Paper ‘Building Our Industrial Strategy’, workers in France, Germany and the US can produce in just 4 days, what UK workers can produce in 5. There are few…

Radical steps needed in transport funding

Published on: 15th September 2017 by David Fowler.

A revolution is needed in the finance of transport projects if ambitions to rebalance regional growth in the UK economy are to be met. That was the verdict of KPMG partner Lewis Atter, speaking at last Friday’s Transport Knowledge Hub round table event. The organisation’s first national seminar, Funding Transport Investment, focused particularly on the…

A sustainable model for road use

Published on: 14th July 2017 by Claire Haigh.

Why should roads be free to use at the point of use? We don’t expect to use airports or railways without paying for them, but when we’re on the roads we forget the cost of building and maintaining them – until we hit a pothole and wonder why the council hasn’t done anything to fix…

STBs, another acronym to add to the list. So what are they?

Published on: 10th July 2017 by Hannah Bartram.

Provisions within the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 allow groups of local authorities (LAs) to propose the establishment of Sub-national Transport Bodies (STBs).

Mayor’s Transport Strategy – a breath of fresh air

Published on: 23rd June 2017 by Professor David Begg.

The Mayor’s Transport strategy is a breath of fresh air – and not just in a metaphorical way. It is visionary and robust. It gets the balance right between enticing Londoners to continue the shift away from car travel to more sustainable modes (walking, cycling and public transport) with the essential, but politically more difficult…

Congestion is not just a drag on the economy, it kills.

Published on: 15th June 2017 by Claire Haigh.

Greener Journeys has published new research which demonstrates that reducing congestion must be at the heart of Government’s strategy to improve air quality. Halving average city traffic speeds leads to a 50% increase in harmful NOx emissions. While it is essential to clean up diesel vehicles, it is also crucial that the continual decline in…

Oxford – Milton Keynes – Northampton – Cambridge Corridor of Growth

Published on: 1st May 2017 by Hilary Chipping.

The National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) Interim Report last October on the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Northampton – Oxford corridor of growth suggested that this area could be UK’s Silicon Valley – a world renowned centre for science, technology and innovation. However, the NIC added that a lack of sufficient and suitable housing presents a fundamental risk to the success of the area. The undersupply of housing is made worse by poor east-west connectivity.

Improving air quality: what’s the plan?

Published on: 12th April 2017 by Claire Haigh.

DEFRA is due this month to publish its new Air Quality Plan. Government has already lost two court cases on this issue, so the pressure is on. Concern over air quality is no longer just the preserve of environmental groups and it is widely recognized that we are facing a public health emergency. With air…

Transport investment under uncertainty

Published on: 1st April 2017 by Gerard Whelan.

We are at the beginning of a new industrial revolution which will bring challenges and opportunities to our communities. This revolution will disrupt economic, social and transport needs, creating increased levels of uncertainty for those involved in making transport policy and investment decisions.

Launch of the Transport Knowledge Hub

Published on: 27th March 2017 by Claire Haigh.

Greener Journeys is pleased to be a sponsor of the Transport Knowledge Hub, which launches today at the LEP Annual Conference at the QEII in Westminster. Transport is central to unlocking growth, which is why transport infrastructure investment accounts for such a significant proportion of allocated Local Growth Fund. The key question is what is…

What would you do if you had £690m to tackle urban congestion in England?

Published on: 13th March 2017 by Robert Jack.

Guest Post by Robert Jack. Managing Editor and Publisher of Passenger Transport We will soon hear Chris Grayling’s answer to this question. The Secretary of State for Transport will shortly reveal details of a new competition for local authorities to “get local transport networks moving again”, launched by Chancellor Philip Hammond in last week’s Budget. There…