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Proposals could improve job opportunities for people aged 18 to 20, ease driver shortages and provide more reliable bus and coach services across England.

• Updated: 11 April 2024

Newly funded projects will provide even more people, especially in rural and deprived areas, the choice to travel by walking, wheeling or cycling.

• Updated: 23 March 2024

Crackdown on unfair enforcement and blanket 20mph limits will improve drivers’ lives, reduce congestion and make journeys smoother.

• Updated: 18 March 2024

These measures from the Plan for Drivers will improve drivers’ lives, shorten journey times, and ensure traffic measures have buy-in from the people they impact.

• Updated: 17 March 2024

Local Transport Fund will provide £4.7 billion for the North and Midlands.

• Updated: 26 February 2024

Unprecedented transport budget targeted at smaller cities, towns and rural areas will fund projects that matter most to local communities.

• Updated: 26 February 2024

Almost £20 million from the Levelling Up Fund was awarded to North Lincolnshire Council to revolutionise travel in Barton.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

Funding from the Levelling Up Fund has been allocated for cycling and walking routes in the Tees Valley 

• Updated: 19 February 2024

£43.1 million has been allocated to transform 2 London Underground Stations.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

Levelling Up funding was provisionally allocated to Staffordshire County Council for a package of transport projects on the major road network in Mid-Staffordshire.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

Almost £20 million from the Levelling Up Fund was allocated to County Durham, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland to improve the availability and quality of sustainable zero emission transport options in the region.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

Letters setting out funding and financing agreements for Transport for London (TfL).

• Updated: 7 February 2024

From the Secretary of State for Transport to the Mayor of South Yorkshire concerning funding for Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

• Updated: 1 February 2024

The CMA has published its response to West Yorkshire Combined Authority Bus Reform Consultation.

• Updated: 18 January 2024

Funding to maintain the capital’s roads over the next 11 years will improve journey times and save motorists money on damage caused by potholes.

• Updated: 20 December 2023

Funding brings much-needed capital  investment and will support jobs across the country. 

• Updated: 18 December 2023

Updated best practice guidance puts more emphasis on making taxi and PHV services more accessible to disabled people.

• Updated: 17 November 2023

UK businesses can apply for up to £500,000 to run pioneering trials that tackle local transport challenges.

• Updated: 16 November 2023

Backed by £2.5 million of funding, specially-trained officers will enhance public safety and help prevent violence against women and girls on and around public transport.

• Updated: 6 November 2023

Millions of people across the country are set to receive significant cost of living support ahead of winter, with the government freezing bus fares in England and the second instalment of the cost-of-living payment – worth £…

• Updated: 31 October 2023