Transport has key role in shaping sustainable suburbs in post-COVID era, report finds
Transport has a key role to play in shaping a new and sustainable era for the suburbs, a new report from the Urban Transport Group says.
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Speed up zero emission vehicle usage across cities or risk missing decarbonisation targets, report urges
A more cohesive approach to accelerating the uptake of zero emission vehicles across the UK’s city regions is vital if ambitious city-wide and national decarbonisation targets are to be achieved, a new report urges.
Metropolitan area transport authorities key to effective global climate response, report finds
Metropolitan transport authorities have an integral role to play in responding to the global climate crisis by reducing emissions from, and increasing the resilience of, transport systems, according to a new report.
Queen’s Speech: Transport Bill is opportunity to extend benefits of local control of transport
The Urban Transport Group has today responded to the Queen's Speech.
Urban Transport Authorities respond to DfT funding announcement
Responding to today's DfT's funding announcement Chair of the Urban Transport Group, Laura Shoaf, said...
New transport technologies must promote equity and inclusion to deliver just transition to net zero, says report
Embracing new technologies will play a key role in decarbonising transport and help towns and cities to achieve net zero emissions – but steps must also be taken to ensure that the way new technologies are applied does not marginalise some groups or reinforce existing inequalities.
Transport authorities call for powers to ensure e-scooter services meet local needs
The Urban Transport Group is calling for a new national enabling framework to give locally accountable transport authorities the option to regulate key aspects of micromobility rental services (like e-scooters) in line with local needs and circumstances, in a new report, published today.
Urban Transport Group welcomes Government’s extension of COVID funding for public transport
The Urban Transport Group has today welcomed the announcement that Government will extend its COVID funding support for local transport for a further six months.
Nearly one in three urban bus trips – some 300 million journeys - could be lost without further financial support from Government, report warns
The number of bus passengers in city regions outside London could be up to 30% lower than before the pandemic – a “similar magnitude” to the direct impact which COVID-19 itself has had on demand - if the Government does not extend its financial support for the bus.