More than half (56 per cent) of us fear urban roads are unsafe to cycle on and 70 per cent want residential speed limits to be dropped to 20 miles per hour to make them safer, according to a new survey released today by the charity Sustrans

Rail passengers and other interested groups in Essex are being asked for their views on how train services could be improved, Rail Minister Theresa Villiers announced today

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has demanded that Airbus carry out further checks on its Airbus A380 aircraft

Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, has written to Transport Minister Norman Baker MP on the eve of the European Commission’s planned 23 February vote on whether to label fuel produced from tar sands as more polluting than that from other forms of oil

The Warehouse and Distribution sector may find itself busier as consumer spending could be set to rise, with a new survey showing confidence increasing

The five largest cities in the north of England have joined forces to urge the government to fund the Northern Hub programme, a major rail improvement scheme that would generate £4bn in economic benefits

Ministers have announced that car insurance customers will see cheaper prices from a reduction in legal fees around small personal injury claims. The pledge came after the Prime Minister vowed to bring down the £1,200 fee for lawyers working on such cases.

Reacting to the news that the City of Edinburgh Council has decided to allocate 5% of its transport budget to cycling, with a 1% annual rise thereafter, National Director of Sustrans Scotland, John Lauder, said the council was now setting the standard for Scotland

Up to six million extra holidays each year will be fully protected against the failure of a travel company after Aviation Minister Theresa Villiers confirmed measures to strengthen and modernise the ATOL holiday protection scheme today

The Freight Transport Association has called on the Chancellor to cut fuel duty by at least five pence per litre and scrap the increase planned for August