Governance
Resources
Policy Futures - Seamless public transport
Policy Futures - Urban Transport outside London
Policy Futures - Highways
National road and rail networks: draft national policy statement
Changing Highways Policy
This report to pteg by Atkins focuses on the most important recent and forthcoming changes to highways policy and the implications of these for Metropolitan areas, including in respect of air quality, carbon emissions, technology, the Strategic Road Network, road maintenance, road safety, planning, freight, management of road space and parking policy.
Local decision making on transport expenditure
Delivering Successful Local Transport - the City Region Experience
Report by JMP demonstrating the sound processes that PTEs have for identifying the right projects and then delivering them efficiently and effectively.
EU Balance of competence on transport
Integrated Public Transport Committee Inquiry
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Policy statement on Regional Strategies and Guidance on the Establishment of Leaders' Boards
Draft Local Transport Bill
Changes to planning obligations: A planning gain supplement
Lyons Inquiry into Local Government - questions for stakeholders
Local transport planning and funding
Devolved decision making
Scrutiny of the Draft Regional Assemblies Bill
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pteg responds to DfT bus subsidy plans
David Brown, who leads on bus issues for pteg, said:
New Chair of group of urban transport authorities elected
Transport authorities unite to defend use of bus regulation powers
West of England Authorities join pteg
Bristol is now part of the pteg network after the West of England Authorities joined the group together as an Associate Member.
New Chair of pteg calls for more investment in local rail
Geoff Inskip, chief executive of Centro, has been appointed as the new Chair of pteg, taking over the role from Neil Scales.
Leicester joins pteg!
Leicester City Council has joined pteg as an associate member.
Leicester will join pteg’s existing associate members – Nottingham City Council, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and Transport for London.
New Chair for group of Integrated Transport Authorities
Chair of Merseytravel, Cllr Mark Dowd, is the new Chair of the Integrated Transport Authorities Special Interest Group. The group brings together leading Councillors from the six English Integrated Transport Authorities.
Cllr Dowd said:
Nottingham joins pteg!
Nottingham City Council has joined pteg as an associate member.
Nottingham will join pteg’s existing associate members – Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and Transport for London.
Chair of pteg Neil Scales said:
New era beckons for transport in the city regions as Integrated Transport Authorities are established
First batch of new powers from Local Transport Act kick in
pteg welcome Local Transport Bill enactment
Local Transport Act hailed as biggest opportunity in a generation for transport in the city regions
pteg today welcomed the Local Transport Act (which received Royal Assent today) as a historic opportunity for the city regions on transport.
New Chairman for group of Passenger Transport Authorities
Chairman of West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority, Cllr Gary Clarke, is the new Chair of the Passenger Transport Authority Special Interest Group. The group brings together leading Councillors from the six English Passenger Transport Authorities.
Cllr Clarke said: