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Transport has key role in shaping sustainable suburbs in post-COVID era, report finds
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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.
Urban Transport Group responds to Levelling Up White Paper
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
The Urban Transport Group, the network of UK transport authorities, has today responded to the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper.
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Protect and expand Britain’s light rail systems to aid city regions’ recovery from COVID pandemic, urges report
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Britain’s light rail systems are instrumental in supporting economic growth, promoting social inclusion and achieving environmental gains (including a reduction in carbon emissions) in the urban areas that they serve.
MPs are right to call for urgent action to tackle bus decline, says Urban Transport Group
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
MPs on the Transport Select Committee are “absolutely right” to call for urgent action to tackle bus decline in their new report into the health of the bus market in England.
National Infrastructure Commission is right to make devolved transport funding for cities a key test for Government’s future infrastructure plan
Monday, May 13, 2019
The National Infrastructure Commission’s call for Government to make devolved funding for urban transport to cities a key test of the Government’s forthcoming National Infrastructure Strategy is hugely welcome, says the Urban Transport Group.
Supporting bus services key to achieving policy goals of Government departments, report shows
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
- New ‘Connectivity Fund’ needed to reverse significant cuts in bus funding
Investing in bus services is key to achieving a wide range of policy objectives across Government, a new report from the Urban Transport Group has shown.
South Yorkshire transport chief is new Chair of Urban Transport Group
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Stephen Edwards, the Executive Director of South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), is the new Chair of the Urban Transport Group.
His appointment follows the end of the two-year term of outgoing Chair Tobyn Hughes, Managing Director at Nexus.
‘Transit oriented development’ can help meet housing demand and reduce car-based urban sprawl, says report
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
- Report sets out five point plan to realise more building developments based around sustainable, public transport and active travel
Leading urban transport data tool relaunches with expansive range of new statistics
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
- Refreshed Data Hub expands ability to ‘select, visualise and share’ key transport data
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