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Port of Liverpool campaigners furious at latest “snub” from DfT
The Department for Transport (DfT) is "actively obstructing" the exploration of alternative solutions to the controversial Port of Liverpool access road, according to campaigners against the current project who described the latest response as a "snub".
Friday, 14 January 2022
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- 24-hour bus lanes trial set to become permanent as bus journey times improveTransport for London (TfL) has announced that it intends to make its trial of 24-hour bus lanes permanent, after it found that extending bus lane hours on London’s busiest roads cut journey times and helped reliability.
- Air Products secures 15-year hydrogen supply contract with Go-AheadAir Products is to supply liquid hydrogen to fuel Metrobus’ 20 new hydrogen vehicles as Go-Ahead negotiates a potential order for a further 34 buses from Wrightbus
- Scottish transport trend data shows slow recovery in user numbersMonitoring by Transport Scotland (TS) of transport trends during the Covid-19 outbreak has shown a small increase in use compared to pre-pandemic levels over recent weeks. The information gathered by TS, which is used to help determine Scottish policy in relation to resilience and response to the outbreak, provides a snapshot of travel across main modes when compared to a pre-pandemic baseline, which for most modes is the same period in 2019. The figures use data from a variety of sources, including the DfT’s National Travel Survey, data published in Scottish Transport Statistics, and data collected by operators across the transport networks.
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- Scottish coach industry included in further support packageThe coach industry in Scotland will be eligible for further modest Scottish Government support after it was confirmed as one of six sectors that will benefit from an up to £9m package to mitigate the Omicron variant’s impact on tourism.
- Wales bus franchising: 2023 suggestion ‘not strictly true’The Welsh Government has said that suggestions that scope will open in summer 2023 to re-regulate bus services in Wales through franchising schemes are “not strictly true.”
- Merseytravel chooses Omnibus for cloud-based schedulingMerseytravel, the transport delivery arm of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, has chosen Omnibus’s cloud-based solution for its timetabling and scheduling software.
- Metroline launches its first battery-electric bus in HertfordshireMetroline has put its first battery-electric bus outside of London into service. It comes as part of a renewed agreement with Hertfordshire County Council.
- Duncan Cameron confirmed as First Bus Scotland MDDuncan Cameron has been appointed Managing Director of First Bus operations in Scotland on a permanent basis. He has acted as interim MD since May 2021 when Andrew Jarvis was elevated to the post of Portfolio Managing Director as part of the group realignment of its UK operating companies.
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- Council seeks £16m from National Bus Strategy for roadbuildingStoke-on-Trent City Council (SoTCC) is seeking £16 million of National Bus Strategy for England funding towards roadbuilding, its Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) has revealed.
- CPT refreshes brand as coach travel TV campaign to launchThe Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has revealed a refreshed brand that will make its public debut on Monday 10 January with the launch of an industry-wide television campaign to promote coach travel christened Get Back on Board.
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