Following last week’s announcement the composition of the Local Transport Boards (LTBs) is finally known and the Department for Transport (DfT) has indicated how much funding each board will have available.

On Wednesday 23rd January 2013 the DfT published indicative funding levels for Local Transport Bodies taking and confirmed the geographical areas for these bodies. Funding totals £1.1 billion for the Spending Period 2015 to 2019.

With nearly all first round Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) applications containing measures to increase cycling, here we concentrate on two wheels and getting the most from network development, cycle hire, training; and journey planning.

While  nearly all of the LSTF grants contain something about cycling, recent experience from Key Component and Tranche 1 schemes shows that what was bid for might not be exactly what is implemented.

LSTF Cycling Strategy

We have been working closely with the West Yorkshire team to develop their LSTF strategy and progr

As part of the £5 billion National Infrastructure Plan, and subsequent announcements by the UK’s Department for Transport this month, funding has been approved for a package of transport schemes. Steer Davies Gleave is pleased to have provided support to promoters of nine of these:

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The main parties have released their manifestos and here we compare their policies across a number of transport and planning areas. The overall picture is complicated, with a plethora of initiatives and large projects obtaining the backing of the clear favourites – SNP and Labour.