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How Dame Sarah Storey plans to get Sheffield active

With 14 Paralympic gold medals and 35 world titles under her belt there’s no doubting Dame Sarah Storey’s cycling prowess. Now, as an Active Travel Commissioner, she’s turning her attention ...
Thursday 28th November 2019
Insight, Roads

Transport: Improving future opportunities for all

Last week our Major Roads Director Peter Molyneux attended the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) Young Professionals Conference to join the conversation on the future of highways and transportation ...
Friday 22nd November 2019
Insight, Rail

Rail users talk trains, timetables and transformation

Rail users from all over the north of England gathered in Manchester on Tuesday November 12th to swap stories, share concerns, and hear from industry and Transport for the North on the latest ...
Wednesday 20th November 2019
Insight, Roads

Highways UK: The road to a brighter future

This week we attended Highways UK, an event that brings together the people and organisations that are planning, designing, building, operating and future-proofing our road network. We spent two days talking with ...
Friday 8th November 2019
Insight

The great move north

A couple of weeks ago Siemens announced that their existing office in Manchester is to become their new UK headquarters. The global technology company is following in the footsteps of a number of ...
Tuesday 29th October 2019
Insight, Roads

Transforming journeys in the North

This summer we submitted our proposals to the upcoming round of the £3.5 billion National Roads Fund, setting out 16 road schemes across the North that need investment within the next few ...
Wednesday 21st August 2019
Insight

Beyond borders: Why everybody needs good neighbours when it comes to transport investment

A thriving North not only needs reliable transport connections within the region; people and goods also have to cross borders easily and get to neighbouring parts of the UK. Senior Strategy Officer Robin ...
Tuesday 25th June 2019
Insight

Northern Powerhouse: Five years on

It’s been five years since George Osborne’s speech in Manchester coined the now often-used phrase ‘the Northern Powerhouse’. Loved and loathed in equal measures, it’s become the go ...
Friday 21st June 2019
Insight

Is freight the bass player of the transport industry?

Lucy Hudson, Lead Officer for Freight and Logistics, reflects on the importance of freight and considers if it's the bass player of the transport industry ...
Wednesday 19th June 2019
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