Bus passenger journeys continue to fall

15 December 2017
Bus passenger journeys continue to fall
The number of people using buses in England each year has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, dropping to 4.44 billion passenger journeys in 2016/17.

Manchester needs £1.5bn for cycling transformation

15 December 2017
Manchester needs £1.5bn for cycling transformation
Chris Boardman says Greater Manchester needs £1.5 billion to help reach its ambition of transforming into a world class region for cycling and walking.

Homelessness affecting new groups of people

15 December 2017
Homelessness affecting new groups of people
Homelessness is increasingly affecting families from areas and professions that would never have encountered the problem before, says the LGO.

£200 million investment in England’s roads

15 December 2017
£200 million investment in England’s roads
The government is making an investment of almost £200 million to help improve the condition of local roads up and down the country.

Brixton clean Bus Zone to tackle toxic air

13 December 2017
Brixton clean Bus Zone to tackle toxic air
The Mayor of London has delivered the second in his network of 12 Low Emission Bus Zones in Brixton Road.
The new clean bus zone, running from Brixton Hill via Stockwell Road and Streatham High Road to Streatham Place, carries 130,000 passengers a day on a total of 450 bases on 23 scheduled routes. The route travels near a number of primary schools, meaning more than 1,000 local children are now breathing cleaner air, as well as past Brixton Tube station which sees over 50,000 passengers a day enter and exit via Brixton Road.

Major transport overhaul in Greater Manchester announced

13 December 2017
Major transport overhaul in Greater Manchester announced
A major overhaul of transport, beginning in 2018, has been announced by the Mayor of Greater Manchester.
When addressing the Urban Transport Group in Leeds, the Mayor outlined his ambition to deliver a safe, reliable, affordable and fully integrated high capacity transport network with customers at heart.

Third of employees take work breaks

13 December 2017
Third of employees take work breaks
One in three office workers feels unable to make the most of their breaks at work, a new survey says.
The survey, conducted by One Poll on behalf of Nestlé Professional, involves 1,000 UK adults working in an office environment for a small and medium-sized enterprise also highlights the potential need to ‘seize the break’.
It shows that 13 per cent of office workers are not taking a break during an average working day and 19 per one only take time out for lunch.