Department for Transport

News of the announcement has been largely met by positive feedback by residents.

Government to allow councils to set bus fares, timetables and routes

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday July 30, 2024.

On the buses - it's a good place to start

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Over 70,000 rail passengers could receive refunds after court ruling

Crescent Gardens in Harrogate

Road to close as part of plans to turn council building into offices

A train south of Leeds. PIC: Tony Johnson

Woman whose fare evasion case being examined will ‘never get on a train again'

The creation of the cycle lane has gone £120,000 over budget

Yorkshire council take £120,000 from road budget to pay for 'useless' cycle lane

Yorkshire drivers could get their hands on a free dashcam

How you can get a free dashcam in Yorkshire thanks to Government funding

A cycle lane on Moor Road in Wath

Resident blasts 'useless' new cycle lanes in Yorkshire town

E-scooter in York

E-scooters and e-bikes to be removed from York

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with bus drivers during his visit to a bus depot in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Scrapping Northern leg of HS2 will help bus services, says Rishi Sunak

The view from South Bank rail station, which is in line for £40m of improvements if Lord Houchen's transport plans are approved.

Rail expert supports Ben Houchen's regional ownership model of railways

A green hydrogen refuelling dispenser being used for a Exolum project in Madrid, Spain, and, right, Anthony Browne, the Minister for Transport and Decarbonisation. Picture credit: Department for Transport.

'Green' grocery deliveries thanks to new £7m hydrogen refuelling station

How to clear your path, pavement or driveway safely.

Should you clear snow off the pavement yourself? What you need to know

Former Middlesbrough mayor Ray "Robocop" Mallen

Teesworks charitable fund set up by former Middlesbrough mayor Ray Mallon

An early visualisation of a HS2 train. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

London’s roads are getting smoother thanks to HS2 funds - The YP says

New markings on the approach to Barnes Way roundabout in Kingswood, Hull. Picture is from Donna Clifford/Hull Live

Roundabout markings lead to drivers entering in wrong direction

Rishi Sunak's Network North plans are full of old plans which were shelved by the Government, MPs have been told. Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Network North full of rail projects that have 'not been developed'

LBA set to introduce major changes to security procedures CREDIT: LBA

Leeds Bradford Airport: Date revealed for major changes coming

Transport Secretary Mark Harper speaks to media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture date: Sunday April 30, 2023.

Mark Harper told to keep HS2 land until 'alternative' rail plans are in place

Picture by Bruce Rollinson

Northern Powerhouse Rail: 'Huge relief' as key stretch of rail network is saved

'Whitby, ‘The Jewel in the Crown’ is once again left to go it alone'. PIC: Tony Johnson.

Where are the transport voices calling for investment on the coast? - YP Letters

From: Cllr Linda Wild, Member of Whitby Community, Whitby.

The Yorkshire Post Letters

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh

HS2: Labour could change plans after promising to ‘build it in full’

The news that operators Peel Group have decided to close Doncaster Sheffield Airport was met with angry words from Sheffield councillor Ben Miskell, who called it "a total betrayal of the people of South Yorkshire"

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Members of the public quiz mayor amid lease plan

A general view across Sheffield City Centre. (Pic credit: Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)

What Yorkshire residents would do to improve road safety in Sheffield

The Coastliner between Leeds, York and Whitby was under threat earlier this year, but the £2 fare scheme has been a huge success on the route

£2 fares scheme has been such a success that 80 under-threat bus routes saved

Empty tracks and parked up trains at the Heaton Depot on Tyneside, as members of the drivers' union Aslef go on strike. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Civil servants lack an understanding of the region’s rail needs - YP Letters

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. (Photo credit: HS2/PA Wire)

Residents fear city is falling behind after HS2 ‘kick in the teeth’

A car driving around a pothole on the road. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

No good reason to be objecting to new asphalt plant in East Riding - YP Letters

The A66 in the snow

Proposed road could lose taxpayers 16p on every £1 spent, analysis suggests

The green man at pedestrian crossings is set to light up for longer - as Brits walk slower than they did before.

Green man at UK pedestrian crossings to undergo major change

Over £100,000 was spent on Doncaster’s Great British Railways HQ bid

Over £100,000 was spent on Doncaster’s Great British Railways HQ bid

TransPennine Express passengers have been told to expect more cancellations over the weekend

TransPennine Express tells passengers to expect more cancellations this weekend

TransPennine Express passengers have been told to expect more cancellations over the weekend, after they were forced to endure widespread disruption this week.

Nathan Hyde

A quiet Paddington station in London as members of the drivers' union Aslef go on strike. Rail passengers will suffer fresh travel disruption in the next few days because of more strikes in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Picture date: Wednesday May 31, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY Strikes. Photo credit should read: Peter Clifton/PA Wire

Train passengers in Yorkshire hit by fresh strike disruption

Rail services previously run by TransPennine Express have been taken into Government control. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

TransPennine rail services yet to reach their nadir: The Yorkshire Post says

England’s slowest motorways revealed - which roads make the list?

Train passengers in England risk losing access to wifi onboard amid cost cuts.

Passengers could lose wifi service on train amid cost cuts

Most dangerous driving hotspots in the UK unveiled - is your area on the list?

Most dangerous driving hotspots in the UK unveiled

Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain’s roads under new laws

Under 25’s could be banned from giving lifts under new plans

Drivers under age of 25 could be banned from giving lifts to friends

Rishi Sunak has scrapped smart motorways. Credit: Getty/Adobe Stock/Kim Mogg

All new smart motorway projects scrapped over safety and cost concerns

Smart motorways have been the cause of controversy for years

Rishi Sunak bans the creation of new 'smart motorways' after concerns

The Department for Transport (DfT) announced last April the funding was going to be provided to support bus service improvement plans in 31 areas of the country, including two in Yorkshire.

£1.1bn investment in transforming bus services ‘simply not enough’

Drivers are being warned by the DVLA to pay their car tax

DVLA £1,000 fine warning - how to renew car tax & when to do it

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Two in three drivers fear relaxing MOT rules will put lives at risk

'We must do better for the travelling public in Yorkshire and across the network'.

The service won’t improve just because another operator takes over

Four Conservative MPs have joined calls for TransPennine Express to lose its contract to run train services in the North.

No choice but to sideline TransPennine Express - The YP says

20mph speed limit should be target for new urban roads, says DfT

Government ‘will miss EV charger target by 20 years’, Labour says

MOTs could be required every two years under proposed change

New MOT rules could change test timings to save drivers money

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Self-driving cars could cause congestion to nearly double

A report has shown that a third of local roads in England are in need of repairs

Third of local roads in England need urgent repair, report says

The scene in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, where a 12-year-old schoolboy riding an e-scooter has died after being involved in a horror crash with a bus.

Schoolboy, 12, dies in horror crash involving bus and e-scooter

A report concluded that most vehicles were travelling within the new 50mph limit

'Racetrack' between Yorkshire villages does 'not meet threshold' for cameras

The Road from Hawes to Ingleton with Ingleborough looming. NFU Mutual, the Department for Transport and vulnerable road user groups have renewed calls to respect rural roads to reduce the annual toll of fatalities.

Rural roads are more deadly than urban routes, NFU Mutual warns

Drivers face penalty points for not wearing a seat belt

Doncaster is one of six locations that are in the running to host GBR.

Doncaster can play a key role in reinvigorating the rail system - Ros Jones

Grant Shapps is the new home secretary. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?

Noise detecting cameras launched to tackle anti-social ‘boy racers’

‘Noise Camera’ that can detect rowdy drivers trial across UK