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As our first issue of 2026, may we wish you a happy and successful New Year with the expectation that there will be a continuing rich flow of information and discussion about local transport with which to engage over the next twelve months.
Indeed, that flow has already begun as you will see in the new issue, including a further batch of Government policy announcements embracing road safety, the pathway to zero emission freight vehicles, and guidance on the role of demand-responsive transport.
Government activity has also raised some interesting issues in relation to infrastructure development in respect of both urban mass transit and its investment appraisal under an ostensibly new devolved approval framework; major road schemes and their funding from external sources; and the authorisation for automated vehicles to operate in the UK which seems set to see them appear on the streets of London in the form of RoboTaxis later this year.
Other themes on our news pages include continuing discussions about the Railways Bill, the circumstances in which bus usage can increase, the use of lane rental schemes for highway works, and further suggested uses of AI in the transport sector. We also look in detail at those from the world of transport recognised in the King’s New Year’s Honours.
Our principal expert columnist contribution in this issue is from Graham James, who looks in forensic detail at the design and potential contribution of the Department for Transport’s new Connectivity Tool, in the first of three special articles we are running about this significant new element in the transport planning toolkit.
We also have a very interesting feature about the new detailed digital data capture concept explored in the DfT’s FUSION Project, which prompts some further thoughts in his Editorial Opinion from Peter Stonham on the wider issues relating to data collection and use.
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Local Transport Today has been providing a unique service of news, analysis and comment about everything relating to transport at urban, conurbation, rural and regional levels in Britain for over 30 years.
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