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Issue Scottish Transport 2020

Scottish Transport 2020 (Published Oct 2020)

In this issue:

• Scottish Transport Awards Summit 2020 report
• Scottish Transport Awards shortlist / winners
• Foreword from Michael Matheson MSP
• Decarbonising Scotland's Transport Networks
• Building Back Better from COVID-19
• The need for a single, collective approach to transport in Scotland

Issue UK Rail 2020

UK Rail 2020 (Published Sept 2020)

In this issue: 

• UK Rail Summit 2020 report
• Keeping Britain Moving
• A reality check on the state of the national railway
• Transport investment/economic recovery
• Decarbonisation 
• England's Railways need a bold agenda for change
• Selling rail travel in the future
• Building back better from COVID-19
• Interviews with Mark Thurston and Andrew Haines

Issue North of England Transport Summit Review

Published/Edited by Passenger Transport in association with Transport Times Events

February 2020

This supplement includes:

• Preview of the 2020 North of England Transport Summit
• Transport for the North: The Story So Far
• Reflection on northern transport in 2019
• NEBus
• FirstBus
• Transport Focus on buses
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Issue UK Bus Summit Review 2020

Published by Passenger Transport in association with Transport Times Events

January 2020

This supplement includes:

• Preview of UK Bus Summit 2020
• Foreword: Buses Minister Baroness Vere
• Reflection on the bus indsutry in 2019
• The case for the bus
• West Midlands Bus Alliance
• Articles from First Bus, Go-Ahead, and Stagecoach
• Transport Focus

Issue Skills Supplement 2017

Skills Supplement

Edited by David Fowler. Commissioned by AECOM, First Group, Fusion and Go-Ahead.

June 2017

Themes in this supplement: 

• Diversity
• Training
• Mentoring
• Case studies
• Interview with: Dana Skelley
• High Speed Rail

Issue TT143

June 2017 - The final print edition! 

In this month's issue:

• Election result heralds an end to austerity
• What to expect from a hung parliament – TT experts' views
• Clean air strategy 'must tackle congestion'
• Oxford Bus goes contactless
• Dockless bike hire for Manchester and Salford
• Transdev and Delphi in autonomous vehicle partnership
• Scottish Transport Award winners
• Croydon poised for regeneration
• HS2 rolling stock design
• Enhanced partnerships will need new strategies

Issue TT142

May 2017

In this issue:

• Clean air strategy 'should focus on buses not cars'
• Network Rail's Mark Carne outlines cautious approach to next investment plan
• MPs give cross-party support to Crossrail 2
• Infrastructure investment 'not a competition between regions'
• NAO criticises DfT ticketing scheme
• Mobility as a Service
• HS2 rolling stock design
• Francis Paonessa interview
• Smart North makes progress

Issue TT141

April 2017

In this month's issue:

• Clean air strategy 'should focus on buses not cars'
• Network Rail's Mark Carne outlines cautious approach to next investment plan
• MPs give cross-party support to Crossrail 2
• Infrastructure investment 'not a competition between regions'
• NAO criticises DfT ticketing scheme
• Mobility as a Service
• HS2 rolling stock design
• Francis Paonessa interview
• Smart North makes progress

Issue TT140

March 2017

In this month's issue:

• Congestion 'still the biggest threat to buses'
• Explore retrofitting to tackle diesel emissions, says LowCVP
• Infrastructure bond could finance Northern Powerhouse Rail
• Transport for the North strategic plan takes shape
• TfL brings Bakerloo extension forward two years
• MPs call for rail franchising reform
• UK Bus Summit: full report
• Why London needs a new bus strategy
• Ferrovial Agroman: new entrant to major player in 15 years
• Why Ealing wants to be more like Copenhagen

Issue TT139

Jan/Feb 2017

In this month's issue:

• Congestion charge 'needs reform'
• Driverless cars: greater potential to reduce delays in cities
• New group backs hydrogen for transition to clean energy
• Procurement for HS2 trains launch
• Mobile ticketing launches
• Leeds strategy seeks to double bus use
• New trains for Merseyrail
• Rail skills return to the North East
• HS2: focus turns to services as the pace accelerates
• Roadworks: no longer driving blind

Issue UK Bus Supplement 2017

UK Bus Supplement 2017

Edited by David Fowler. Commissioned by Arriva, First Group, Go-Ahead and Stagecoach.

January 2017

Issue TT138

In this month's issue:

• Chris Grayling rewrites the rules
• NIC on the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge corridor
• Chancellor prioritises infrastructure investment
• Preferred HS2 route revealed – plus revised Euston Express plan
• Elgin and TomTom team up
• Greener buses make inroads in emissions
• Hitachi unveils first UK built Intercity Express
• North of England Transport Summit and Awards
• Worldline: how smart technology can change rail operations and retail
• New award at London Transport Awards in tribute to TfL's Stuart Ross

Issue TT137

In this month's issue:

• What's in store in the autumn statement?
• Grayling sets out priorities for the DfT
• Agency status for National Infrastructure Commission
• Chancellor backs infrastructure investment
• Mobile ticketing for Preston and West Midlands students
• Alternative Euston HS2 plan 'could save £4bn'
• Electric buses for Arriva Merseyside
• NTA winners
• HS2 conference report
• West Yorkshire trial for ITSO mobile ticketing

Issue TT136

In this month's issue:

• Rail renationalisation: how much would it save?
• Runway backers make last-minute attempt to sway ministers
• Chancellor backs infrastructure investment
• Osborne's powerhouse thinktank
• Urban Transport Group's 15-step policy programme
• West Yorkshire to pilot ITSO tickets on smartphone
• Mayor promised new Thames crossings
• Bus congestion seminar
• TT at the party conferences
• Low carbon awards for Hendy, FirstBus, Aberdeen H2 and Argent Energy
• The digital traveller

Issue TT135

In this month's issue:

• Hopes rise for early runway decision
• DelayCheck aims to speed rail compensation
• Options identified for trans-Pennine tunnel
• London 'should phase out diesel cars'
• Lorol's West Anglia Inner lines
• Travel Fast or Smart? David Metz on investment appraisal
• Bob Kiley, 1935-2016

Issue Skills Supplement 2016

Edited by David Fowler.

September 2016

Issue TT134

In this month's issue:

• Pressing decisions for the new prime minister
• Politicians rally to Northern Powerhouse
• TfL licences contactless ticketing globally
• New HS2 route proposed for South Yorkshire
• Intercity Express carries first passengers
• Devolution and subnational bodies special feature
• STA winners
• Road reform: an international perspective

Issue TT133

In this month's issue:

• Queen's Speech boost for bus services and autonomous vehicles
• Cambridge plans workplace parking levy
• Alstom go ahead for Widnes training academy
• The Digital Railway – key to capacity or here already?
• Sir Peter Hendy on rail's success story
• A national approach to ticketing

Issue TT132

In this month's issue:

• ORR's Stephen Glaister asks: how do we pay for all this?
• UK Transport Infrastructure Summit – full report
• Strategic Transport Apprentice Taskforce launched
• Light rail plans for Luton airport
• Hitachi trains ordered for TransPennine Express
• First to spend £70m on buses
• HS2 Bill passes to Lords
• Bechtel's Ailie MacAdam interview
• LEPs, buses and the right decisions for growth
• Quick wins and Pop pay as you go – Nesti and Transport for the North's smart ticket initiatives

Issue TT131

In this month's issue:

• The Budget plus National Infrastructure Commission reports
• The North: 'action needed now';
• Crossrail 2; 'No good reason to delay'
• Shaw report on Network Rail
• High Speed to Scotland - HS2 on the options
• M6 traffic inquiry - better coordination of motorway incidents needed
• London Transport Awards - the winners
• Rail North's David Hoggarth on a transformative rail strategy
• Jon Lamonte: Think about mobility, not transport
• James Stamp and Richard Threlfall: virtuous circles in funding

Issue TT130

In this issue:-

• New Challenges for Buses: UK Bus Summit report
• Minister reveals details of Buses Bill
• LowCVP and Greener Journeys Green Bus report
• HS2 Bill select committee completes its work
• Manchester Busway set for April launch
• Scottish Transport Strategy refresh – the verdict
• Jon Lamonte on the Urban Transport Group
• Multi-operator bus smart ticketing

Issue TT129

In this issue:-

• Spirit of '68 – devolution returns to the forefront
• Contactless payment 'on all buses by 2022'
• Flybrid and Virtual Electric bus trials
• TfL/DfT plans for south London Suburban Metro
• Network Rail publishes detailed revised upgrade plans
• Jon Lamonte on the Urban Transport Group
• Multi-operator bus smart ticketing

Issue UK Bus Supplement 2016

Edited by David Fowler. Commissioned by Alexander Dennis, Arriva, First Group, Go-Ahead and Stagecoach.

January 2016

Issue TT128

In this issue:-

• Spending review analysis
• Hendy review reprieves rail investment
• Runway decision faces further delay
• Multi-operator smartcards for Greater Manchester
• New HS2 plans for Crewe and Leeds station
• Manifestos must be more than shopping lists

Issue TT127

Exclusive interview with new TfN CEO David Brown; statutory status for TfN, DfT agrees to 3% cuts, quality contract rejection stokes controversy, electric cars "not the sole solution to air quality", HS2 seeks engagement with suppliers, redefining the boundaries of privacy, infrastructure commission members named.

Issue TT126

Adonis to head infrastructure commission; Party conference fringe reports; Buses and diesel emissions; Rail electrification 'unpaused'; NTA winners; Rolling stock procurement; Crossrail: mobilising operations.

Issue TT125

Ten years of setting the agenda. Sustainable transport still not mainstream; Regional approach comes full circle; Patrick McLoughlin's third anniversary in the post of Transport Secretary.

Issue TT124

Can Hendy rescue rail investment plans? Vehicle duty ringfenced for road fund; Gatwick hits back at Airports Commission; Frequent flyer levy proposed; Businesses back devolution; PTEG calls for support for smart ticketing; All-electric double decker. Who will replace Sir Peter Hendy?; Airports Commission final report; Powerhouse hit by failure of Network Rail investment plans; Buses Bill; Scottish Transport Award winners; Intelligent Mobility.

Issue TT123

The return of Patrick McLoughlin; Transport Secretary reaffirms commitment to investment; Crossrail tunnels completed; active cities ‘more productive’; Hitachi unveils UK high speed train concept; Alan Stilwell receives Lifetime Contribution award; Challenges ahead for McLoughlin; the Digital Railway; Big dividends for smart cities.

Issue TT121

The Great Debate; Transport for the North publishes strategy for Powerhouse; Northern invitation to tender is death knell for Pacers; Safety Commission calls for Road Accident Investigation Branch; first Hitachi Intercity Express arrives; London Transport Award winners 

Issue TT120

March 2015

Populist stance; UK poised to be global test hub for driverless cars; infrastructure mega-ministry proposal; Leeds station study of Leeds station heralds ‘new approach’ on HS2; range-extended Metrocab in service; UK Bus Summit report; multi-operator smart ticketing in Norfolk and English regions

Issue TT119

A new vision for buses; Transport for Greater Manchester seeks control of railway stations; Transport Committee questions Network Rail's ability to manage its investment programme; Counties propose combined authority; Bristol wins money for bus rapid transit scheme.

Issue TT113

Issue TT105

Issue TT96

Cancellation of West Coast award and launch of two inquiries puts franchising process on hold. Patrick McLoughlin will seek “constructive cooperation” as Transport Secretary; “Move Heathrow west” – Policy Exchange; Armitt to lead Labour review of infrastructure planning.  Olympics: a triumph of collaboration; the 2012 National Transport Award winners; TT at the party conferences report; Green vehicles: Bombardier’s Primove plus wireless charging in Milton Keynes; technology on show at LCV2012; winners of the Low Carbon Mobility Challenge.

Issue TT95

Change at the DfT as reshuffle brings in Patrick McLoughlin, Simon Burns and Stephen Hammond; Greener Journeys sets out five-point plan to help buses boost economic growth; quality contracts will lose out on DfT funding; transport operators win plaudits for performance during the Olympics and Paralympics; car dependent city survey. Rail devolution: views from the north of England and London; Intelligent transport systems: Vienna Congress plus ITS UK on the EU directive.

Issue TT83

Norman Baker takes day-to-day responsibility for rail; transport select committee launches high speed rail inquiry; Oxford’s multi-operator ticketing scheme launched; why our infrastructure planning process is failing; ITSO approaching critical mass, says chief executive, plus smart technology conference report; 60

Issue TT82

Philip Hammond's first year as Transport Secretary: Year of decision for the rail industry as McNulty report calls for partnership  to the efficiency gap; Competition Commission’s provisional report on bus market; end of the Northern Way; high speed rail myths busted – and who’s behind them

Issue TT81

British Chambers of Commerce Infrastructure Commission report; HS2 will benefit existing rail (Hammond); Nottingham tram gets green light; Can a fuel stabiliser work? Goeff Inskip on vision for PTEs; switch freight to rail to cut carbon emissions; Shashi Verma on TfL's smart ticket plans; Budget finds money for Northern Hub; Localism

Issue TT80

Time to speak up for high speed rail; HS2 route refinements; IEP and electrification boost; Oxera on concessionary fares; Network Rail's David Higgins; Is the North losing out on transport - conference report; airport expansion reply from Hacan

Issue TT79

Future of aviation policy - TT conference report and debate; London's transport networks - update on Tube, Crossrail, Thameslink, Overground etc; qualifying partnerships, a valuable tool for local authorities and bus companies

Issue TT78

Transport for Greater Manchester and new integrated authority formed; progress on the city's big transport projects; Network St Albans demonstrates partnership in action; McNulty interim report; cameras improve safety - RAC Foundation; low emission cars on the verge of commercialisation? Scottish Transport Award winners

Issue TT77

Spending review - capital spending spared; eight pages of reaction; Philip Hammond interview;Next Steps for High Speed Rail conference report; Network Rail teams up with Samaritans

Issue TT76

Philip Hammond: destined for higher office? Local Enterprise Partnership proposals; Government backs HS2 Y-route; Minister watch at the party conferences;electric cars: only as clean as their power (Oliver Inderwildi); Investment special incl appraisal (Lewis Atter); London vs North for best return (John Dickie and John Jarvis); efficient links for freight (Simon Chapman, FTA); Start conference on smartertransport - report; Nottingham: least car-dependent city; James Drummond of Invensys Rail interviewed; TT bus conference report

Issue TT75

War on speed cameras; protect transport investment, says CILT;Green Alliance calls for end to aviation tax relief;spending review could be disastrous for public transport in cities (PTEG); innovation in rural transport - Matthew Taylor; Extract from Roger French's memoirs of Brighton & Hove buses; partnership or franchising (Moir Lockhead and John Henkel); Greener Journeys

Issue TT74

Hammond on the value of transport investment; shake up of Network Rail likely; prioritise maintenance says Adept's George Batten; National Transport Award winners; Manchester's transport strategy; Austerity: improving the road network with less funds - TT conference report; Serco's Jeroen Weimar interviewed; Greener Journeys

Issue TT73

Can the coalition work for transport? Hammond looks for early cuts; Norman Baker interview; safeguard existing infrastructure (survey); Lorry road user charging: vignette vs distance-based; Transport secretaries and what they achieved.

Issue TT72

Post-election special. TT writers analyse the challenges facing transport and incoming secretary of statePhilip Hammond.

High speed line 'would allow rail map of UK to be redrawn'; End of the TIF era; survey - hard shoulder running; Urban transport policy looks to low cost demand management; London Transport Awards; new sources of investment; Dundee Travel Active

Issue TT71

High speed line 'would allow rail map of UK to be redrawn'; End of the TIF era; survey - hard shoulder running; Urban transport policy looks to low cost demand management; London Transport Awards; new sources of investment; Dundee Travel Active

Issue TT70

Priority transport schemes for next Parliament (BCC); Manchester Hub; Transport a low priority for Conservative candidates; the Great Transport Debate; CUBS bus service analysis; investment campaign

Issue TT69

Don't turn off the investment tap - a Transport Times campaign

Issue TT68

Transport under the Tories - what would Conservative policies be?

Issue TT67

Who was the best transport secretary since 1997?

Issue TT66

High speed rail revolution

Issue TT65

Should we privatise the road network?

Issue TT64

Lord Adonis sets out manifesto; hybrid buses to become the norm; Doubts over Nottingham tram; Manchester Transport Investment Fund; Flying start for domestic high speed; Light rail feature (Manchester and Nottingham); Door to Door transport