Reducing transport emissions
How can we engineer a ‘climate smart’ recovery from the COVID-19 crisis?
transport
New money for cycling and walking
A £250 million emergency ‘active travel fund’ will help encourage cycling and walking through new infrastructure such as pop-up bike lanes, protected space for cyclists, wider pavements, safer junctions and cycle and bus-only roads.
Fuel for thought
The transition to electric vehicles offers important benefits but needs local infrastructure solutions.
£5 billion for buses and bikes
The Government has announced “a much-needed boost” of £5 billion for bus and cycling services.
Bus journeys hit 10-year low
Local buses are travelling nearly 150 million fewer miles than they were 10 years ago, dropping to their lowest level since the mid-1980s, according to new LGA analysis.
Home-to-school transport costs rising
Unsustainable costs and demand pressures are set to push councils’ bill for providing free home-to-school transport to £1.2 billion a year by 2024, new analysis reveals.
Well-connected places in a changing world
Being well-connected is fundamental to the success of our local communities.
Taxi reforms ‘urgently needed’
The LGA is calling on the next government to strengthen taxi and private hire legislation to improve passenger safety as new figures show the number of licensed drivers and vehicles has hit a record high.
New investment in bus and road networks
The Chancellor has set out a series of measures to boost investment in roads and buses.
Bus service funding ‘needs reform’
Funding of bus services in England is uncertain and needs reform, according to a report by the Commons’ Transport Select Committee.