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How Scotland can revitalise bus use and improve air quality

Published on: 23rd March 2018 by Claire Haigh.

At a recent Transport Knowledge Hub event in Scotland, Transport Minister Humza Yousaf MSP proclaimed that sustainable transport was at the very heart of the Scottish Government’s agenda. He said buses are to play a crucial role if Scotland is going to achieve its sustainable transport ambitions and in particular improve air quality. He sees…

How a Sub-National Transport Body will transform the North

Published on: 23rd March 2018 by Claire Haigh.

When Transport for the North becomes the UK’s first Sub-National Transport Body in a few days’ time there will be a lot to celebrate. Transport for the North’s specific role is to be a statutory partner to the Department for Transport, Highways England, and Network Rail to ensure that pan-Northern strategic transport priorities are delivered.…

Going forward together – the opportunity for the Midlands

Published on: 14th March 2018 by Claire Haigh.

Transport Knowledge Hub has kicked off our March 2018 events programme with a lively discussion in the Midlands. We brought together local authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships and local transport decision-makers to discuss the opportunities for the Midlands in a time of fast-paced change. A major focus of the discussion was how new technologies are beginning…

Planning for Sustainable Development: paying more than lip-service to sustainable transport

Published on: 7th March 2018 by Nick Small.

This month’s guest blog is from Nick Small, Head of Strategic Development and the Built Environment (South) at Stagecoach. For the first time since the 1950s there is an all-party consensus that more homes are needed, and quickly. In November 2017, an already challenging delivery target of at least 200,000 per year, now no longer…

Transport Investment under Uncertainty: Transport Knowledge Hub workshop 12 December 2017

Published on: 15th December 2017 by David Fowler.

The world is poised on the cusp of a transport and societal revolution which, over the next 10 to 15 years, “will drive change on the scale of the Industrial Revolution”. So said KPMG global head of public transport and UK head of infrastructure Richard Threlfall, introducing this week’s Transport Knowledge Hub workshop. TKH’s second…

Mobility as a Service in the West Midlands and elsewhere

Published on: 24th November 2017 by Chris Perry & Ben Faulsner.

Whim has recently launched a mobility app in the West Midlands that offers seamless travel by bringing different modes of transportation into a single app with one monthly fee. The mobility app is the customer interface to a new type of transport proposition known as ‘Mobility as a Service’ or MaaS. There are several competing…

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…