http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/News, data and business intelligence on public transport projects, developments and investment in the UK.en-ushttp://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/rss/rss20.xmlhttp://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6938Network Rail has opened Britain's very first purpose built rail recycling hub in Westbury, Wiltshire. Built on a former railway year to handle 25% of the country's disused track materials, the...Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6938http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6727Work is due to begin today (7 April) to implement a 20mph speed limit across south Bristol. New signs and road markings will alert motorists at the boundaries of the scheme while smaller 20mph...Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6727http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6694Bristol City Council's Cabinet meeting today (25 March) is set to approve a major scheme bid to the Department for Transport for a second bus rapid transit package of routes for Greater Bristol. The...Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6694http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6681Bristol's BRT2 bus rapid transit scheme has been granted Programme Entry with the government provisionally agreeing to pay £43m of the £48m cost. The project involves creating a new express bus...Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6681http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6622Network Rail has published its sixteenth route utilisation strategy leaving just three left until it has a full set of planning documents for Britain's rail network. The Great Western RUS sets out...Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6622http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6521Construction work has begun on four infrastructure projects as part of the Bristol Cycling City programme. Bristol City Council hopes progress on the schemes will counter criticism that Cycling City...Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6521http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6279Planning applications for two components of the Bath Transportation Package have been approved by the Department for Communities and Local Government, which has decided the schemes do not raise...Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6279http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6134Plans to build a busway along part of the disused Mangotsfield to Bath rail alignment have been approved at a meeting of the local authority's development control committee. Bath and North East...Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6134http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6003Bristol - Britain's designated Cycling City - has opened the first completed kilometre of a new off-road cycle path. The section of the new Northern Link route, from St Werburghs to Muller Road,...Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6003http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=5976A new bus station in Bath has opened as work nears completion on the city's £360m Southgate retail development. The Dorchester Street interchange, built alongside the railway station, opened on...Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=5976http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=5933Plans to build a bus rapid transit route linking east and west Bath have been put on hold following local opposition to the scheme. Bath and North East Somerset Council's Development Control...Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=5933http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=5775Plans to redouble a 12-mile stretch of railway between Swindon and Kemble have been thrown a lifeline after the Department for Transport agreed to fund a £2.5m study into dualling the track. The...Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=5775