In LTT magazine, LTT904, available for subscribers to access.
It has been an exciting week for announcements relating to transport policy from the Government, and LTT’s publication has been held by an extra day to cover the Transport Secretary’s presentation of her thinking regarding the content of the forthcoming Government Integrated National Transport Strategy.
This is our front page main story, and we also can now reveal the full list of members of the panel, led by Rachel Skinner, that Louise Haigh has appointed to review the DfT’s Capital Spending priorities.
There are other important people stories we sadly must cover, recording the deaths of three individuals who played major roles in the transport world over the period from the 1970s into the first part of the new century.
Other significant policy and practice issues are addressed in this issue, including reflections on the COP29 in Baku, further developments on the Government’s plans for a batch of new towns, details of the funding support being provided to local transport authorities for buses, and expectations of new arrangements to be made for the organisation of local government in county council areas. We have the usual extensive coverage of other technological, operational, and policy developments across the country relating to local transport.
Our columnist in this issue is John Dales, who takes a detailed look at progress towards genuinely integrated land use and transport policy, sharing his disappointment that it is still very much work-in-progress. In his Editorial Opinion, Peter Stonham reflects upon the contributions of pioneering individuals, including the late John Prescott, in supporting the purposes and practices of transport planning, and the opportunities and challenges in now going further.
With the 2024 Local Transport Summit taking place next week in Bedford, we include a detailed profile of the activities of England’s Economic Heartland, the sub national transport body who are our hosts this year, including the significant investment being made on the East-West Rail line from Oxford to Cambridge across the EEH area.
The next issue of LTT will include a review of the Summit, where more details of the Government’s thinking on transport policy are expected to be revealed by the Local Transport Minister, Simon Lightwood, and other Department officials. This, our last issue of the year, LTT905, will appear on 16th December.
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