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Transport has key role in shaping sustainable suburbs in post-COVID era, report finds
Transport has a key role to play in shaping a new and sustainable era for the suburbs, a new report from the Urban Transport Group says.
Response to Queen’s Speech: Transport Bill is opportunity to extend benefits of local control of transport
Responding to the Queen’s Speech, Jonathan Bray, Director of the Urban Transport Group, said:
Urban Transport Authorities respond to DfT funding announcement
Responding to today's DfT's funding announcement Chair of the Urban Transport Group, Laura Shoaf, said:
Urban Transport Group welcomes Government’s extension of COVID funding for public transport
The Urban Transport Group has today welcomed the announcement that Government will extend its COVID funding support for local transport for a further six months.
Nearly one in three urban bus trips – some 300 million journeys - could be lost without further financial support from Government, report warns
The number of bus passengers in city regions outside London could be up to 30% lower than before the pandemic – a “similar magnitude” to the direct impact which COVID-19 itself has had on demand - if the Government does not extend its financial support for the bus.