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Metropolitan area transport authorities key to effective global climate response, report finds
Metropolitan transport authorities have an integral role to play in responding to the global climate crisis by reducing emissions from, and increasing the resilience of, transport systems, according to a new report.
Urban Transport Group responds to Spending Review
Responding to today’s Spending Review, Jonathan Bray, Director of the Urban Transport Group, said:
Government will miss carbon reduction objectives and levelling up goals without more local transport spending, warn city regions
The Government will fail to meet its objectives around carbon reduction and levelling up unless it increases spending on local transport as part of the Spending Review.
Urban Transport Group welcomes Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority to growing network
The Urban Transport Group (UTG) has today welcomed Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) as its latest Associate Member, meaning UTG now has members from all ten Combined Authority areas, as well as from each of the four nations of the United Kingdom.
West Midlands transport chief is new Chair of Urban Transport Group
Laura Shoaf, the Managing Director of Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), is the new Chair of the Urban Transport Group.
Empower urban transport authorities to build back better from COVID-19, urges report
Transport authorities can play their part in shaping a positive legacy of COVID-19 for the UK’s city regions, provided they are given both the funding and powers they need to respond to the challenges that lie ahead.
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:
Critical challenges and solutions to improving transport in city regions identified ahead of party conferences
The challenges to improving transport in the UK’s city regions and the solutions needed to overcome them have been set out by the Urban Transport Group today.