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Urban Transport Group welcomes national bus strategy's “positive and ambitious vision for the future”

15 March 2021

The Urban Transport Group, the network of UK transport authorities (which serve the areas where the vast majority of bus trips are made), has today welcomed the national bus strategy.

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City regions make case for new deal for urban transport in run up to Budget

25 February 2021

City region transport authorities are making the case for a new deal on urban transport in the run up to next week’s Budget.

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New report to review regulation of bus safety, commissioned by Urban Transport Group

22 February 2021

The strengths and weaknesses of the current system of oversight and regulation of bus safety are to be analysed by the Urban Transport Group in a new report.

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Urban Transport Group brings together past and present Nexus leaders to celebrate 40 years of Tyne and Wear Metro at special event

9 February 2021

The Urban Transport Group is bringing together the former boss of Nexus (the public body which operates the Tyne and Wear Metro) Mike Parker and its current Director General Tobyn Hughes for a special event to celebrate 40 years of the unique and pioneering light rail system.

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West Midlands transport chief is new chair of Urban Transport Group

26 January 2021

Laura Shoaf, the Managing Director of Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), is the new Chair of the Urban Transport Group.

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Urban Transport Group launches new model to help predict bus use during and after COVID-19 pandemic

14 December 2020

The Urban Transport Group has today launched the most sophisticated tool currently available for modelling bus use in city regions.

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City regions must be “at the heart” of Government’s Green Industrial Revolution

18 November 2020

The Urban Transport Group, the UK’s network of city region transport authorities, has today responded to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.

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UTG launches ‘Urban Transport Next’ - a new series of lunchtime conversations on the future beyond COVID

11 November 2020

Designed to stimulate and inspire, the ‘Urban Transport Next’ events will see leading figures in urban transport discuss potential opportunities, challenges and strategies for the coming months and years.

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Transport Authorities respond to CPT bus funding proposals

30 October 2020

Responding to the CPT’s document on bus recovery partnerships which was published today, Urban Transport Group Director, Jonathan Bray said...

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