Case studies

Young people in Wiltshire worked with the Council Youth Development Service to organise a Transport Conference to bring together young people, decision makers and local transport providers to identify transport problems and seek solutions. Background

Nottingham has introduced a work place parking levy through the powers granted to them by the Transport Act 2000.

Manchester has fostered developer confidence in the infrastructure which has improved investor confidence in the city. This has been achieved whilst delivering a capital programme focused on the city’s transport needs and tackling congestion.

Kent has trialled the concept of lane rental to reduce the amount of time taken by roadworks on important roads.

Brighton & Hove City Council has been at the forefront of bus prioritisation for many years. Brighton has an extensive bus network with 20km of bus lanes used by 3000 buses a day. The council has had the ability to enforce them through CCTV and fixed penalty notices since 2005.

Based on ideas generated by local government, the Government launched the Total Transport initiative in 2015.

Councils need to better understand the impacts of their own vehicles and how they can contribute towards reduced emissions.

TFWM are working with a technology provider to investigate ways they can make travelling across the regime in different types of transport a seamless experience.

Public Power Solutions Ltd. (PPS) is a company wholly-owned by Swindon Borough Council which has been set up to deliver innovative solutions in the areas of Waste and Power. 

Leeds’ Fleet Replacement programme is designed to identify the lowest emission vehicle available when needing to be replaced. Where possible, this means electric vehicles (EVs) as the default option, however this requires appropriate charging point facilities to support this change. When vehicles are identified as suitable for EV replacement, details of their depot locations are mapped and collated and they’re then replaced, however this was not always straightforward as this case study by Leeds City Council and the Energy Saving Trust explains.