Opportunities & challenges for the railway:

Posted on: 16 July 2013
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The Office of Rail Regulation has published a statement which sets the framework for financing and delivering improvements in the infrastructure and operation of Britain’s railway during the period 2014-2019.

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Velo-City 2013. Vienna, 11-14 June 2013

Posted on: 16 July 2013
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The Velo-city 2013 conference programme placed a special focus on developments in eastern and southeastern European cities. The conference invited cycling experts from all over the world, from different cycling-related fields such as social cultures, the environment, health and economics, amongst others. Presentations are available online.

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Roads Task Force

Posted on: 10 July 2013
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The Roads Task Force (RTF) was set up by the Mayor of London in July 2012 to tackle the challenges facing London’s streets and roads.  This independent body brings together a wide range of interests and expertise, united in the belief that the Capital needs a long-term strategy for roads and a commitment to major investment in street management and urban design. The RTF report sets out a vision of how London can cope with major population growth and remain one of the most vibrant, accessible and attractive world cities. Transport for London has responded to the RTF report to explain how it plans to improve London’s roads and streets in partnership with the boroughs, developers and others. It also sets out how it will deliver improvements in the short-term and conduct further, detailed studies to assess and develop longer-term RTF proposals.

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Double up on Heathrow

Posted on: 9 July 2013
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A new report, published by the Centre for Policy Studies, sets out proposals for “Heathrow Hub”, an integrated air and rail facility which would nearly double slot capacity at Heathrow while also mitigating noise and environmental concerns. It involves: extending both of the existing runways up to a total length of about 7,000 metres and dividing them so that they each provide two, full-length, runways, allowing simultaneous take-offs and landings; and, providing a new transport interchange immediately north of Terminal 5, directly connecting the airport with the M25 motorway, Crossrail, the Great Western Main Line and, as an option, an alternative HS2 route via the airport (should the HS2 project proceed).

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Compendium of Transport Research Funding: A guide to European, international and national programmes

Posted on: 5 July 2013
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The Compendium offers an overview of transport research programmes and funding sources, currently ongoing in 36 countries in Europe and beyond. Besides the ERA (European Research Area) countries, the Compendium provides information about Canada, China, India, Russia, South Africa and the United States. These countries have all participated in FP7 programmes. Key stakeholders, institutions, programmes and policies related to transport research and innovation are described for each country, providing a detailed guide on the state-of-the-art in the transport arena. This represents a unique source of information for policy makers and research managers.

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Qualitative research and focus group research measuring public awareness of and attitudes to HS2: February and March 2011

Posted on: 3 July 2013
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The Department for Transport has published the findings of quantitative research and focus group research to measure public awareness of and attitudes to high speed rail.

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What cities want: How cities plan future mobility

Posted on: 27 June 2013
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This study by the Technical University of Munich contains information from 15 international cities on how they want to more positively design their urban traffic in the future. The cities of Ahmedabad, Beirut, Bogota, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Copenhagen, London, Los Angeles, Lyon, Melbourne, Munich, St. Petersburg, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore show the opportunities that go hand in hand with urbanisation.

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State of the Nation 2013: Transport

Posted on: 26 June 2013
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The State of the Nation report has been compiled by the Institution of Civil Engineers each year by a panel of recognised experts drawn from the various fields of expertise across ICE’s membership. Its aim is to stimulate debate and to highlight the actions that needed to improve the state of the nation´s infrastructure. The most recent report looks at the state of the UK’s transport infrastructure, to inform government policy and decisions through this electoral cycle and beyond.

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The Great Train Robbery: Rail privatisation and after

Posted on: 10 June 2013
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The privatised rail system relies upon billions of pounds of hidden subsidies from the tax payer and has failed to bring in private investment, according to research from the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC).

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Local Sustainable Transport Fund Annual Report 2011/12

Posted on: 6 June 2013
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This annual report, the first for the fund, provides an opportunity to highlight the achievements made during the first financial year (2011 to 2012), and provides some background to the range of projects being implemented across the country. It also provides some accountability to show how public funds have been invested towards important local, national and international goals.

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