Call for local transport funding settlement

摘要

City regions need steady and sustained investment to ensure that urban transport provision is fit for purpose and can be planned for the long term, attendees to a Conservative party conference fringe event heard earlier this month. "At the heart of every good city is transport," said Urban Transport Group chair Tobyn Hughes, who took part in a panel discussion involving sector leaders. "Where cities have been given the ability and the powers to deliver good transport, time and time again they get it right."