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The appearance of Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, before the Transport Select Committee has provided considerable insight for the first time to her thinking on the general shape of transport policy, and various elements of it, so our extensive coverage of it fills several of our news pages. It brings some significant news relating to the future funding of transport and other specific project initiatives.
Our main front page lead story, for example, reflects Alexander’s announcement that the Capital Review Panel set up by her predecessor, Louise Haigh, and chaired by Rachel Skinner, and expected to lead to the possible cancellation of some road projects, has now been closed down. Meanwhile, we report on emergence of some plans for new roads in Wales in apparent divergence from the policy adopted by the Welsh Government after the Sloman Roads Review Panel.
Other news we cover includes developments in highway maintenance, the structure of delivery for the rail services under the new public ownership model, the safety of e-bikes used for delivery, local active travel schemes in several areas, and the message of data from the latest mid-year National Travel Survey.
Our major contributing columnist in this issue is David Metz , who examines the environmental and economic implications of the tranche of new airport developments being given Government support. He finds a questionable economic case and a challenging issue regarding meeting climate change and Net Zero commitments.
We continue with our Deep Thinking initiative, with a contribution from Professor Peter Jones, who questions the suitability of data collection about travel patterns and proposes better and more carefully tailored metrics to reflect key policy issues and planning for future transport provision.
This topic will be amongst those to be given more reflection at LTT’s new summer event providing an opportunity for new thinking on transport matters — Future 2050. This will be a new space for consideration of the landscape for transport amid the social and technological changes over the next 25 years. Taking place on the 10th June in the relaxed environment of Regent’s College in London, and mixing the presentation of prospective scenarios with interactive discussion and networking.
Coupled with a summer style outdoor evening ‘after party’ for socialising and networking, we expect this event to be stimulating, enjoyable, memorable and professionally rewarding. We believe this event will provide a special opportunity for those who want to think beyond immediate horizons. We look forward to seeing many LTT readers there with both booking priority and a cost privilege to encourage you as a subscriber to attend. Full details are included in LTT this time.
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