Transport Planning Associates (TPA)

  It is a stance that many transport consultants will know the organisation has already expressed in the past, but it is nonetheless an important stance: the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) has once again urged that a National Transport Strategy for England be put in place.  The charity, learned society, and membership body has said that while both Scotland and Wales have “coherent” visions and practical strategies for how transport will contribute to strategic challenges identified by politicians currently in power, the same cannot be said for England.  CIHT said that England’s continued lack of a National Transport Strategy placed it at “great risk of failing to achieve outcomes vital for national wellbeing, such as Levelling Up economic opportunities and Net Zero, to name a few.” Once again, questions are being asked about implementing a National Transport Strategy Although – as stated above – CIHT has waxed lyrical on this subj...