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/rss7.xmlhttp://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6952Local enterprise partnerships could replace regional development agencies and regional government offices in setting transport priorities, according to transport secretary Philip Hammond. During...Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6952http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6939Sutton in south London has been promised new powers to specify local transport services after the borough was designated one of four Big Society communities. Prime Minister David Cameron set out...Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6939http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6927The House of Commons this week formally appointed the members of the new transport select committee, which meets for the first time on Thursday (15 July). Liverpool Riverside Labour/Co-op MP Louise...Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6927http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6923Subsidies paid to bus operators through the Bus Service Operators Grant could be scrapped within a fortnight, according to a letter sent to all 533 Members of Parliament in England. The Campaign for...Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6923http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6905London's transport commissioner Peter Hendy has agreed to forfeit a bonus of £132,409 and other senior staff at Transport for London have declined similar performance-related payments for 2009/10. ...Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6905http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6901Slimmed down regional development agencies could survive as local enterprise partnerships under measures announced by the departments for Communities Local Government and Business, Innovation ...Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6901http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6900Decentralisation minister Greg Clark has confirmed that the Infrastructure Planning Commission is to be abolished, although many of its functions will be retained. New primary legislation will be...Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6900http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6884Motorists have been spared further rises in petrol duty in this week's Budget pending a review of fuel taxation. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said he has asked the Office for Budget...Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6884http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6883George Osborne vowed to protect capital spending on Britain's infrastructure, including transport projects, in his first Budget speech as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Osborne said non-protected...Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6883http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6875Communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles has set out plans to dismantle regional local authority leaders' boards and return transport powers to local authorities. Pickles says closing...Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6875http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6865The Campaign for Better Transport has urged the government not to slash public transport spending and called for a wide-ranging review of how transport schemes are appraised. In a new report, Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6865http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6859The government has set out details of how it intends to claw back £309m of transport funding allocated to local authorities for the 2010/11 financial year following the announcement last month that...Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6859