Were trams the answer to our air pollution woes all along?
Pippa Neill speaks to Jim Harkins from the All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group about the use of trams as…
Freight & Transport
Government launches fund to revive axed Beeching rail routes
The Department for Transport (DfT) is inviting MPs, local councils and community groups across England and Wales to propose how…
DfT publishes major new decarbonising transport report
Late last week (March 26), the Department for Transport (DfT) published its Decarbonising Transport Report, outlining priorities that it hopes…
Airlines should start paying fuel tax after Covid-19, says green group
Support airlines during the Covid-19 outbreak, but ensure that they start paying fuel tax after the pandemic is over, says…
Europe’s largest biomethane re-fuelling station has opened in Warrington
CNG Fuels opened Europe’s largest biomethane refuelling station in Warrington yesterday (March 19). HGV’s currently account for 4.2% of the…
BVRLA says rental vehicles are essential during Covid-19 outbreak
The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has urged policymakers to work with the vehicle rental sector in maintaining…
Would you ditch your car if public transport was free?
Enrica Papa, senior lecturer in transport and planning at the University of Westminster discusses the benefits and drawbacks of a…
£36.7m funding to accelerate the electrification of transport
The government has announced funding for four industrialisation centres across the UK to help accelerate the electrification of transport. The…
