Transport news

• Transparency data: Local Authority Bus Grant allocations

  05-12-2025 01:01 via gov.uk
  Funding allocations for local transport authorities in England to provide bus service improvements.
  
  Read more

• Better buses, more services: £3 billion boost for millions of passengers

  05-12-2025 01:01 via gov.uk
  Multi-year funding gives local authorities the funds they need to provide passengers with lower fares, more frequent and reliable services and safer journeys.
  
  Read more

• Next step on the UK rollout of self-driving vehicles as public, charities and businesses asked for their views

  04-12-2025 17:57 via gov.uk
  Have your say on the framework that will ensure self-driving technology is safely introduced on Britain's roads.
  
  Read more

• Plans for direct UK–Germany rail link one step closer

  04-12-2025 15:27 via gov.uk
  Eurostar and Deutsche Bahn plan direct London–Germany high-speed rail by early 2030s, making travel greener and easier.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Developing the automated vehicles regulatory framework

  04-12-2025 11:52 via gov.uk
  As automated vehicle technologies develop, we want to ensure that they do so in ways that strengthen safety, widen access and safeguard the public.
  
  Read more

• All aboard for Cardiff Central Station transformation

  04-12-2025 01:01 via gov.uk
  The transformed station will improve links between Wales and the rest of the UK, breaking down barriers to travel and jobs.
  
  Read more

• Corporate report: DfT accounting officer system statement 2025

  03-12-2025 17:34 via gov.uk
  The accounting officer systems statement explains the accountability framework in the Department for Transport (DfT).
  
  Read more

• Government boost for businesses to drive freight innovation

  03-12-2025 16:55 via gov.uk
  Funding of up to £130,000 will be paid out to 9 small and medium-sized firms, exploring ways to solve challenges within the freight and logistics industry.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Four more EV models qualify for £3,750 discount under Electric Car Grant as government pumps an extra £1.5 billion into the switch to electric

  03-12-2025 01:01 via gov.uk
  Government doubles the number of models available for the top ECG discount.
  
  Read more

• Professor Patricia Thornley appointed as new DfT Chief Scientific Adviser

  02-12-2025 12:00 via gov.uk
  Professor Patricia Thornley brings extensive expertise across sustainable energy and clean transport, ensuring science advice is vital to decision-making.
  
  Read more

• Guidance: Bus and coach security

  02-12-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Security best practice for bus and coach operators and owners or managers of bus and coach stations and depots.
  
  Read more

• Transparency data: DfT: workforce management information, October 2025

  01-12-2025 13:44 via gov.uk
  Reports on departmental staff numbers and costs.
  
  Read more

• New national standards on taxi licensing proposed to protect passengers

  27-11-2025 17:35 via gov.uk
  Standards will see all drivers, vehicles and operators subject to robust checks and requirements on safety and accessibility across the UK.
  
  Read more

• Research: Visual impairment and road safety: rapid evidence review

  27-11-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  Evidence review exploring the extent to which driver eyesight problems or visual impairments pose a risk to road safety in the UK.
  
  Read more

• Research: Support for victims of road traffic collisions

  27-11-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  Research looking at the support available for victims of road traffic collisions in England and Wales.
  
  Read more

• Research: Safer Roads Fund process evaluation

  27-11-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  Reports evaluating the Safer Roads Fund.
  
  Read more

• Research: Effectiveness of targets for road safety

  27-11-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  Review of road safety performance indicators and targets to determine if they are effective in improving road safety.
  
  Read more

• Research: Driver 2020 evaluation

  27-11-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  Findings from a project that examined the effectiveness of a range of voluntary interventions designed to help young and new drivers improve skills and safety.
  
  Read more

• Form: Apply to the Rental Vehicle Security Scheme

  27-11-2025 12:59 via gov.uk
  Form and guidance to apply to join the Rental Vehicle Security Scheme.
  
  Read more

• Road safety statistics: guidance

  27-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Guide to reported road casualty statistics including notes and definitions, quality and methodology information and supporting technical documents.
  
  Read more

• Road safety statistics: data tables

  27-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Detailed statistics about reported personal injury road collisions for Great Britain, vehicles and casualties involved.
  
  Read more

• Research: Rail customer experience: revised survey design pilot

  27-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  The findings from a pilot testing a recommended approach for measuring rail customer experience in surveys.
  
  Read more

• Research: Rail customer experience: review of existing survey collection methodologies

  27-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Review and recommendations regarding methodologies for conducting surveys to collect rail customer experience in Great Britain.
  
  Read more

• Official Statistics: Linking police and health data on road collisions: feasibility study

  27-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  A feasibility study based ona subset of ambulance service data for one area, as the first stage of a wider project with the Pre-hospital Research and Audit Network (PRANA).
  
  Read more

• Guidance: STATS19 collection and use: impacts of the 2024 specification

  27-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  This report summarises the impact that the transition to the 2024 STATS19 specification has had on providers collecting data in this format.
  
  Read more

• Accredited official statistics: Reported road casualties in Great Britain, provisional estimates: year ending June 2025

  27-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Personal injury accident and casualty statistics on public roads in Great Britain for the year ending June 2025.
  
  Read more

• Alex Hynes named as new CEO of DfT Operator

  27-11-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  Alex Hynes appointed CEO of DFTO to lead rail reform, as more operators move into public ownership ahead of Great British Railways launch.
  
  Read more

• Consultation on the VAT Treatment of Private Hire Vehicles

  26-11-2025 14:43 via gov.uk
  Consultation on the potential tax impacts of recent High Court judgments on transport legislation on the private hire vehicle sector and its passengers.
  
  Read more

• Electric vehicle charging: changes to permitted development rights

  26-11-2025 14:40 via gov.uk
  Changes to permitted development rights to support the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
  
  Read more

• Official Statistics: Electric vehicle charging device grant scheme statistics: October 2025

  26-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Statistics on the number of electric vehicle charging devices funded through grant schemes in the UK.
  
  Read more

• Official Statistics: Concessionary travel statistics: year ending, March 2025

  26-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Concessionary bus travel statistics in England about the number of passes, bus journeys, reimbursement and expenditure.
  
  Read more

• Guidance: Electric vehicle charging infrastructure statistics information

  26-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Supporting documents for the electric vehicle charging infrastructure statistics collection.
  
  Read more

• Accredited official statistics: Quarterly bus fares statistics: July to September 2025

  26-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Local bus fares statistics in Great Britain for July to September 2025.
  
  Read more

• Accredited official statistics: Annual bus statistics: year ending March 2025

  26-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Annual statistics on local buses in Great Britain for the year ending March 2025.
  
  Read more

• Changes to the air navigation directions and air navigation guidance

  25-11-2025 16:00 via gov.uk
  Proposed changes to the air navigation directions and air navigation guidance to supportthe airspace modernisation programme.
  
  Read more

• Policy paper: Engagement during the Airports National Policy Statement review

  25-11-2025 11:21 via gov.uk
  How DfT ministers and officials will engage with stakeholders during the review of the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS).
  
  Read more

• Heathrow expansion: selection of a scheme for ANPS review purposes

  25-11-2025 11:21 via gov.uk
  Heathrow Airport Limited’s third runway proposal will be basis for expansion.
  
  Read more

• Heathrow Airport Limited’s third runway proposal will be basis for expansion

  25-11-2025 11:21 via gov.uk
  Decisive action on third runway to support trade, tourism and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
  
  Read more

• Guidance: Heathrow expansion: next steps for promoters

  25-11-2025 11:21 via gov.uk
  Outlines next stage of Heathrow expansion plans, including what Heathrow Airport Limited and the Arora Group/Heathrow West Limited need to do as promoters of expansion proposals still under consideration.
  
  Read more

• Correspondence: Engaging with the Climate Change Committee: Airports National Policy Statement review

  25-11-2025 11:21 via gov.uk
  Sets out how the Department for Transport would like to engage with the Climate Change Committee during the review of the Airports National Policy Statement.
  
  Read more

• Research: Rail fares freeze: passenger savings estimate

  24-11-2025 16:09 via gov.uk
  Explains the data and calculation behind the estimated savings for rail passengers as a result of the fares freeze.
  
  Read more

• THINK! launches first drug driving campaign in a decade

  24-11-2025 12:37 via gov.uk
  We’re determined to tackle this growing issue as part of our upcoming Road Safety Strategy, which will set out how we make our roads safer for everyone.
  
  Read more

• Zero emission vans: regulatory flexibility

  24-11-2025 11:00 via gov.uk
  Seeks views on proposals to reduce regulatory burdens for businesses operating zero emission vans.
  
  Read more

• First rail freeze in 30 years to ease the cost of living

  23-11-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  Rail fares frozen for the first time in 30 years in historic intervention to deliver real savings for millions of commuters.
  
  Read more

• New Sunderland-made Nissan LEAF qualifies for £3,750 discount under government’s EV grant in a boost for North East manufacturing

  21-11-2025 01:01 via gov.uk
  There are now 39 models of electric vehicles eligible for the Electric Car Grant.
  
  Read more

• Using a rental e-scooter

  20-11-2025 14:26 via gov.uk
  How to safely use an electric scooter rented as part of a government trial.
  
  Read more

• Official Statistics: Transport Statistics Geography Portal: November 2025

  20-11-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  Quarterly update to the website that presents existing published official statistics, by the Department for Transport, in a geographical format.
  
  Read more

• East West Rail autumn announcement 2025

  19-11-2025 11:13 via gov.uk
  Latest proposals for East West Rail reflect government’s commitment to delivering improved connectivity for communities in the Oxford-Cambridge region.
  
  Read more

• East West Rail unveils next phase for Oxford-Cambridge growth

  19-11-2025 01:01 via gov.uk
  East West Rail confirms next phase of construction, boosting Oxford-Cambridge links with more frequent trains, new stations and major economic growth.
  
  Read more

• Policy paper: EM on EU amendments: cyberattacks C(2025)4842 & eCall C(2025)4852

  19-11-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  The government's summary of changes to EU legislation to protect L-category vehicles from cyberattacks and update eCall standards for emergency systems in cars.
  
  Read more

Follow @News4Transport on Twitter!