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There have been a couple of major Government transport-related policy announcements in the last two weeks — the publication of the much anticipated Railways Bill, and supporting material, and of the Government’s Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan and its transport implications. We provide a full analysis of both of these.
Other issues of significance to local transport policy and governance have also arisen, including reports relating to bus policy, school transport provision, and road user charging. The latter relates closely to speculation about what transport financial and taxation matters will be addressed in the forthcoming budget, something about which we also provide insight.
On transport innovation and technology, we report on a study into the interface between ‘big data’ and individual user travel behaviour, and another on the best approaches to improving public transport to maximum benefit in metropolitan areas.
Ahead of next week’s Local Transport Summit in Derby, we preview the event with contributions from our hosts and partners in it, including thoughtful pieces about current challenges and opportunities facing transport professionals by Nicola Kane, Steven Keeley, Martin Campbell, Monta Drozdova, and Adrian Ulisse.
We are much looking to meeting many of our readers at the Summit, and the fruits of discussions and presentations there, including that of our after dinner speaker, former Transport Minister and author, Chris Mullin, and his work in the Transport Ministry of John Prescot under the last Labour Government. There were, as we write this, a few places still available if you go to the website (https://www.landorlinks.uk/local-transport-summit-2025) or contact jason.conboy@landor.co.uk.
Our expert contributor in this issue is David Knight, who explores innovative approaches to the creation of the visions now expected to be part of the transport planning process, and in particular how we might learn from the pioneering thinking of Walt Disney.
In his Editorial Opinion, Peter Stonham further considers the issue of planning and provision for freight transport on the road network in the light of a new framework for travel time valuation calculations for HGVs and how that might prompt wider policy and charging changes to better reflect the costs and benefits involved.
Our next issue will appear on 3 December, which is a slightly longer gap between publication than usual in order to accommodate our time at the Local Transport Summit, and to report on that and to provide a full analysis of the transport implications of the Chancellor’s Budget Statement being made on 26th November.
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A 30-year journey
Local Transport Today has been providing a unique service of news, analysis and comment about everything relating to transport at urban, conurbation, rural and regional levels in Britain for over 30 years.
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