Transport for West Midlands has announced that NHS staff will be able to travel for free on buses and trams across the West Midlands as they tackle coronavirus. Key workers will need to show their NHS pass when boarding buses in the region and the West Midlands Metro. The announcement comes as demand drops across…
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Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps announced that bus operators will receive a funding boost totalling £167 million over 3 months under the new COVID-19 Bus Services Support Grant. As a condition of the funding, bus operators will be required to maintain necessary services at a level which is “sufficient to meet much reduced…
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The Guardian has reported that National Express will suspend coach services from midnight on Sunday 5 April after government measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus hit demand from travellers. The company has already reduced services and experienced a fall in passenger numbers as people heed government advice to make essential journeys only. Journeys…
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Grant Shapps updated MPs on the transport implications of the coronavirus outbreak and his immediate priorities last week. Addressing the Transport Select Committee via Skype on Wednesday, the Secretary of State for Transport said there had been nothing comparable to this in modern government. He offered evidence that the public is heeding government advice not…
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The DfT has temporarily suspended rail franchises in response to the Covid-19 pandemic that has prompted patronage to collapse. All revenue and cost risk has passed to the Government, with operators being paid a management fee. The Confederation of Passenger Transport has called for £1bn of Government emergency support for bus and coach operators over…
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Transport for London has warned that Coronovirus could reduce its passenger income by up to £500m. A growing number of firms and individuals have changed their travel behaviour, with greater numbers of people working from home, and this has led to a significant reduction in passenger numbers. In the week commencing 9 March, passenger volumes…
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What to make of such a high-profile and well-attended event focusing on decarbonising transport? For me there were four clear take-out messages. First, it is relatively easy to come up with lists of measures which look and sound worthwhile, but which on closer inspection do little more than nibble at the edges of what’s going…
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I am feeling strong emotions and also conflicted as I write this short piece. This morning, 4 days before the Transport Knowledge Hub event ‘Decarbonising Transport’, I was sat in an office on Broadway in New York watching footage on my laptop of one of my heroes, climate crisis activist Greta Thunberg, addressing today up…
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The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) recently published a challenge policy paper, calling for a national strategy on the aviation sector. Hannah Bartram, ADEPT’s Chief Operating Officer, explains why a national strategy is needed to tackle both climate change and the economy. ADEPT’s ‘The Future of Aviation’ policy challenge paper…
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Read more“The Transport Knowledge Hub is a fantastic resource and I’m really excited about the opportunity to explore how we can maximise its use among transport stakeholders. In the South East Midlands, investing in local transport infrastructure has unlocked significant economic growth. The Hub offers a formal framework for sharing expertise with decision makers around the UK, as well as learning from the experience of others. This will enable more investment to be directed towards local and sustainable forms of transport.
Hilary Chipping, Deputy CEO, SEMLEP
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