Billions £ needed for EV Charging Infrastructure
Rapid charge points are essential if individuals and businesses are to make the switch from conventional diesel and petrol to electric vehicles (EVs). They make longer journeys easily doable and allow high mileage business users, such as taxi drivers, freight and fleet...
£23 Million investment to Boost Cycling and Walking
On 21st March the Government announced that £21 million will be spent to improve significant on and off-road stretches of the 16,000-mile National Cycle Network and a further £2 million will be spent regionally to encourage more people to cycle and walk for those shorter...
Revised HS2 Junction at Lichfield
Revised HS2 Junction at Lichfield could save £1bn+ and offer increased flexibility for the future. At Transport for Britain we have been closely analysing the HS2 route to see how the project may be improved while saving costs and increasing access to the new service. The...
£4.8bn needed for our Railways – Government announces £500m Investment
On 20th January the Government announced £500m funding in support of reopening stations and sections of track closed as a result of the 1963 Beeching report. Critics were quick to point out that such a small sum could only fund the reinstatement of around 25 miles of track...
HS2 – A Hybrid Solution
The Government gave the green light to proceed with construction of HS2 on the 15th April despite the increased cost and significant changes in the behaviour of the travelling public expected as a result of the Coronavirus. While many of us may feel proceeding with this...
HS2 – Folly or Economic Necessity?
While we are still in the throes of the Covid-19 outbreak many of us are wondering what the UK will look like post pandemic and how the changes brought about by the lockdown might change our future lives, both good and bad. For example, with many companies seeing the...