Labour's plans for rail nationalisation and bus franchising may at best slow accelerating pace of decline.

Radical changes to the way road space allocated and charged for, along with radical innovation to the way services run (e.g. metroisation) needed for modal shift in the right direction.

Residential cycle parking standards in London are being slashed, as Labour's war on blockers to new housing takes an unexpected turn.

This deregulation was justified by the rise in e-scooters & dockless bikes. But planning rules don't yet require making space for them.

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As explained it's *not* the "minimum", especially for busy routes. Compare the image promoted by @westminster-lcc.bsky.social with the narrower reality.

Either filter George Street or make 1-way for cars like popular Tavistock Place: imagine how unpleasant that would be if 1.5m tracks on each side.

No they have either lied and/or are incompetent:
- misapplied minimum width at constraint (e.g. tree) to significant section of George St route
- ignored reduction in effective width due to kerbs
- no cycling flow data, allowance for background growth, let alone diversion from pedestrianisation

Another 1990s revival! In the depths of today's Devolution Bill, Mayors in England are to be given a duty to consider setting traffic reduction targets for key routes.

This is resuscitates the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997: its congestion & climate aims are surely more relevant than ever.

Or indeed the commitment in DfT's 2021 Transport Decarbonisation Plan to make carbon outcomes a "fundamental" requirement.

Still waiting for that guidance though...

Also promised is a national exercise campaign and, don't hold your breath, an update to PM2.5 pollution limits "in the medium term".

Coming after *five* years of waiting for a response to consultation on a pavement parking ban, anyone else wondering how long that might take?

With obesity now costing the UK £126bn a year, how ambitious is the new 10 year health plan on physical activity?

- an annual city of physical activity competition, modelled on UK city of culture
- "identify simple changes" to boost active travel that can be shared as best practice

And that's it?

"Opposition leader Keir Starmer"

Freudian slip in today's Standard, as time runs out for PM after welfare vote debacle?

Now it's official.

Absolutely no need to establish a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) to pedestrianise Oxford Street.

In fact the Mayor is unable to deny his proposed MDC would have zero traffic powers. The CONsultation was a farce.

The £15.6bn announced today to fund urban transport in England for five years is significant, even if more detail needed.

In particular, will the government follow its infrastructure advisors' recommendation to make funding conditional on demand management schemes?
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Unexpected yes but unlikely to set a wider precedent on LTNs since only one of the campaigners' arguments succeeded. That was about a failure to consider a 53 page doc.

Even in this instance, Lambeth Council could make a fresh and lawful decision to approve same LTN.
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Fourth rebrand lucky as it's goodbye National Highways, hello Great British Highways! 👋🛣️🇬🇧🚘

This brilliant new name has won over the fiercest detractors, with even @transportaction.bsky.social finally getting behind the roads programme!

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Planning reforms can be hard to get your head round. So the UK govt has published an easy read version of its proposals, and now its response.

At 109 and 67 pages long, perhaps not the easiest read! Also it came out after consultation ended, but still an important step. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Actually there's still a strong case for keeping a high #HS2 design speed between Birmingham and Warrington, while much of rest of phase 2 *always* had a lower design speed.

That maximises potential for modal shift from air, and also car for journeys beyond major urban centres.

Handy new chart showing why we urgently need to cut motor traffic and vehicle weight (if not max speeds and sharp braking).

PM2.5 is the most dangerous form of air pollution, linked to cancer, dementia, respiratory and cardiovascular risks.
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Absolutely, and great that Alexander is an MP representing both urban and rural communities.

With her constituency blighted by road noise, perhaps England will finally see real action to tackle this?