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City regions welcome e-scooter trials but highlight need for safeguards
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.
Open letter from transport authorities to Minister on urgent need for restart funding
Urban Transport Group statement on Government actions needed to support urban transport provision during coronavirus crisis
How Urban Transport Group is responding to the coronavirus crisis
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.
Uncertainties around pace & scale of autonomous vehicle rollout laid bare in new report
Excessive use of competition funding for urban transport projects is inefficient and costly, report reveals
Urban Transport Group responds to NHS campaign to tackle climate change
UTG welcomes new government’s commitment to invest in urban transport
Responding to the outcome of the election, and the Queen’s Speech, UTG Chair, Stephen Edwards, said: