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10 Feb 2020

Spotlight on the Yorkshire Seminar – Connectivity and Rural Transport

In January we hosted the regional seminar for the Yorkshire and Humber region, postponed due to the election in December 2019 We hold these events as we recognise that not...

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03 Feb 2020

RSA: English towns need levelling-up with cities on devolution

Towns and rural areas in England must benefit from the next wave of devolution alongside cities, with a majority of all people in England wanting greater local decision-making, according to...

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20 Jan 2020

A National Bus Strategy?

The Times reports on how bus companies are abandoning the £150 million Transport for the North integrated travel scheme, intended to allow passengers to use the same contactless bank card...

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20 Jan 2020

Nearly half of operator’s rural trains late

Nearly half of Greater Anglia’s rural trains failed to arrive on time during the Christmas period, reports the BBC. According to the operator’s statistics that nearly 55% of services did...

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13 Jan 2020

Government to launch ‘Bus Open Data Service’

The Department for Transport is ramping up its National Bus Location Data Plans, so that passengers should soon be able to know where every bus in the country is, reports...

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09 Jan 2020

Travel Time to Key Services

This analysis presents data from the Department for Transport, looking at the travel time to a number of key services.  It presents the situation for a chosen authority, covering the...

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23 Dec 2019

Bus travel hits record low

The Express and Star has revealed the number of bus journey outside of London is the lowest it’s been since records began in 2004/05 Nine million fewer journeys were made...

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23 Dec 2019

Investing in public transport – are free journeys the answer?

The Times this week pushed for free bus travel as it commented on news that Britain’s network of buses is faltering, leaving many people isolated and unable to get to...

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09 Dec 2019

Average journey times to public services across England revealed

The Department for Transport calculates journey times from neighbourhoods across England to eight types of local service  on foot and using public transport Destinations range from job centres to GP...

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09 Dec 2019

Labour and Tories pledge to spend on public transport

Both Labour and Conservatives made significant spending pledges on public transport last week The Conservative Party promised to spend more than £4 billion on new bus and metro links across...

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