Transport Planning Associates (TPA)

  The number of public chargepoints that electric vehicle (EV) drivers in the UK can make use of is now more than 50,000, the Department for Transport (DfT) has said.  The UK Government said that the reaching of the “key milestone” would assist with the country’s transition to EVs, adding that the UK was “on target” to install 300,000 public EV chargepoints by the end of this decade.  “Another step on the road to zero emission driving”  Many transport consultants and their clients are likely to take great interest in the achievement of the landmark figure for public EV chargepoints, which the DfT hailed as an indicator of the country having “taken another step on the road to zero emission driving”.  The Government said that the latest statistics – released on 13th December – had been produced using data supplied by the EV charging app and digital services provider, Zapmap.  The department also drew attention to the fact that – according to the ...

  The number of public chargepoints that electric vehicle (EV) drivers in the UK can make use of is now more than 50,000, the Department for Transport (DfT) has said.  The UK Government said that the reaching of the “key milestone” would assist with the country’s transition to EVs, adding that the UK was “on target” to install 300,000 public EV chargepoints by the end of this decade.  “Another step on the road to zero emission driving”  Many transport consultants and their clients are likely to take great interest in the achievement of the landmark figure for public EV chargepoints, which the DfT hailed as an indicator of the country having “taken another step on the road to zero emission driving”.  The Government said that the latest statistics – released on 13th December – had been produced using data supplied by the EV charging app and digital services provider, Zapmap.  The department also drew attention to the fact that – according to the ...

  The Government-owned company that is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of England’s motorways and major A roads – National Highways – has recently published a third-year progress report constituting a “stocktake” of the country’s smart motorways.  It is the third such report since the publication of an Action Plan in 2020, and includes evidence that in most cases, smart motorways are actually safer than the roads they replaced.  This comes on the backdrop of the UK Government having announced in April 2023 that it would cancel plans for new smart motorways, due to a combination of financial pressures and a perceived lack of confidence in these controversial motorways among drivers.  The subject of smart motorways continues to polarise drivers and other stakeholders  In truth, smart motorways have long been a contested topic among drivers, transport consultants , and other observers.  Back in April, for instance, when ...