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City regions welcome e-scooter trials but highlight need for safeguards

9 June 2020

City region transport authorities have welcomed Government plans to bring forward trials of e-scooters to explore the role they might play in the future of urban transport and to inform future decisions around the legislative framework.

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Open letter from transport authorities to Minister on urgent need for restart funding

15 May 2020

City region transport authorities have sent an open letter to the Transport Minister Baroness Vere on the urgent need to cover the gap for the city regions outside London on COVID-19.

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Urban Transport Group statement on Government actions needed to support urban transport provision during coronavirus crisis

27 March 2020

As the transport authorities for England’s largest city regions, we are working tirelessly to maintain a vital service for those that need to travel during the coronavirus pandemic whilst at the same time protecting our staff.

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How Urban Transport Group is responding to the coronavirus crisis

23 March 2020

The Urban Transport Group’s number one priority is to support our members (the public sector transport authorities for the largest city regions) in responding to the coronavirus crisis in the best way they can for the users of their services, their people and the places they serve.

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Uncertainties around pace & scale of autonomous vehicle rollout laid bare in new report

10 March 2020

‘Considerable uncertainties’ about how fast and how far the rollout of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will go in the UK has been outlined in a report from the Urban Transport Group, the UK’s network of city region transport authorities.

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Excessive use of competition funding for urban transport projects is inefficient and costly, report reveals

12 February 2020

Excessive reliance by Government on short-term competition funding for the long-term task of transforming urban transport networks is inefficient and costly, according to a new report by the Urban Transport Group, the UK’s network of city region transport authorities.

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Urban Transport Group responds to NHS campaign to tackle climate change

27 January 2020

The Urban Transport Group has welcomed the launch of the NHS’ campaign ‘For A Greener NHS’ designed to tackle the climate “health emergency”, which it announced this weekend.

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UTG welcomes new government’s commitment to invest in urban transport

20 December 2019

Responding to the outcome of the election, and the Queen’s Speech, UTG Chair, Stephen Edwards, said:

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Urban Transport Group commissions new city region bus planning tool

10 December 2019

The Urban Transport Group has commissioned a new and improved model to help city regions plan the future of their bus networks through forecasting how factors such as population, employment, car ownership, service levels, fares and public funding will drive bus patronage over the next decade.

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