The 15-minute cities concept conceives that by actively designing an urban area, the daily needs of work, education, healthcare and leisure can be reached by a 15-minute walk or bike ride from where you live. […]
A Transport Rising Star!
Passenger Transport has recently teamed up with Tracisis Transport Consultancy to compile a selection of ‘Rising Stars’ within transport. We are proud that our own Peter Gillan MRTPI has been selected as a star within […]
Could New Transport Networks Help Recovery Post COVID-19?
New proposals suggest that the funding of major connectivity and transport networks across the North of England could help the region – and the rest of the UK – to recover from coronavirus (COVID-19) moving […]
Clean Air Zone gets Newcastle City Council Backing
Plans to impose daily tolls of up to £50 for high-polluting vehicles entering Newcastle city centre have achieved further backing from city councillors. Final proposals for a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) have been supported at […]
Private Car Journeys to be Banned from York City Centre
York has announced plans to ban private car journeys from the city centre in an effort to cut carbon emissions within the next three years. Following the lead of Bristol – due to become the […]
The Importance of Planning Cycle Lanes
Cycle lanes have been in the news recently as many opponents to the idea have been using misguided arguments against them. For all the (slight) progress in some UK cities over mass cycling, we are […]
New transport infrastructure – but not the north east!
Chancellor George Osborne this week committed £300m to kick-start work on major transport schemes in the capital and the North, specifically Crossrail 2 and rail and road links between Manchester and Leeds, which are expected […]