New smartphone app aims to tackle potholes
The Department for Transport has pledged £30,000 to fund the development of an innovative smartphone application which will allow users to report the location of potholes. The cash injection will ...
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Sefton congestion to benefit from £18.3m project
Work to improve congestion in a Merseyside borough will start by the end of November after £14.5m of Government spending was approved. By October 2014, Sefton should have a new 2.6 mile single ca...
DSA and VOSA to be replaced by DVSA from April 2014
The Department for Transport has officially launched the agency which will replace the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA). The two agencies have be...
DfT spends £1.4m on low emitting technology for 92 buses
The Department for Transport has approved almost £1.4m to lower emissions for 92 buses on the streets of five UK boroughs. The buses will have Selective Catalytic Reduction technology retro-fitted...
Green lights for Birmingham and Leeds traffic improvements
Birmingham and Leeds city centres will benefit from more than £24m of government money to tackle congestion. Transport Minister Baroness Susan Kramer today announced that £8.3m will be spent on i...
£16.5m to be invested in better bus services
Bus services will be improved in four English regions after £16.5m of Government funding was green lit. Local authorities in York, Merseyside, Nottingham and the Bath and greater Bristol areas hav...
London to trial out-of-hours deliveries early 2014
London will trial out-of-hours freight deliveries from early 2014 in a bid to reduce congestion in the capital. The Mayor’s office and Transport for London will work with London boroughs to explor...
Government urges councils to cut back on “unsightly” yellow lines
Yellow lines could become less common on UK roads after the Government urged local authorities to consider introduced restricted parking zones instead. It is part of an effort to declutter road s...
Government pours another £80m into busting local congestion
Another £80million of Government funding has been set aside to tackle pinch points on local roads, in addition to £190m invested since March. Just under a third of this fresh funding (£25m) has a...
Drink drive deaths up in 2012
Drink-driving claimed more lives in 2012 than the year before, according to new figures. According to the Department for Transport’s annual report into UK road casualties, 280 people lost their l...
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