EEH joins calls not to scrap London travelcard
England's Economic Heartland has leant its support to a campaign urging Sadiq Khan to reinstate London's Travelcard.
More than 20 organisations including sub-national transport bodies, business groups, passenger groups and local authorities have written to the Mayor of London urging him not to scrap the Day Travelcard next year.
Currently, people travelling into London can add a Travelcard onto their national rail ticket for use on the capital’s transport network, …
EEH Conference line-up revealed
With just over a month to go before our annual conference in Cambridge, we're revealing what promises to be our most engaging line-up of speakers and panellists to date.
Delegates will hear from (and be able to put their questions to) political leaders and senior figures and experts from local authorities, DfT, transport bodies, businesses, consultancies and universities - across a programme which we hope strikes an exciting balance between …
Swindon-Didcot-Oxford connectivity study published
Potential interventions to improve the transport system between Swindon, Didcot and Oxford have been identified in England’s Economic Heartland’s third connectivity study, published today.
Produced after extensive stakeholder engagement and compliant with DfT transport appraisal guidance, the study provides clarity on investment opportunities which EEH and its local authority partners can now seek to progress.
The Swindon-Didcot-Oxford area is globally renowned for its strengths in science and technology, containing some …
EEH holds Bus Symposium
England's Economic Heartland held its Bus Symposium 2023 at Stockwood Discovery Centre in Luton on 15 September.
The event, attended by EEH Board members, heard from a number of expert speakers from national and local government and bus operators about what can be done to increase patronage and ensure bus journeys make a vital contribution towards giving people an alternative to the car, connecting them to jobs and services and …
EEH urges further engagement on ticket office plans
Proposed changes to railway ticket offices should not go ahead without further engagement with affected communities, England’s Economic Heartland has told train operators in its consultation response to the plans.
Our response includes four key principles which should inform any changes that are made. These are:
- Any proposed changes need to consider the issues of passenger safety, security and assistance carefully- all passengers should easily be able to access help …
Work supports roll out of electric vehicle public charging points to meet huge, predicted growth in demand
Work to ensure electric vehicle drivers have convenient access to charging points across eastern and central England is being supported by new data which identifies the best locations for EV infrastructure.
The mapping tool and report from Transport East and England’s Economic Heartland, two of England’s sub-national transport bodies (STBs), suggests that more than 22,000 public charging points are required for their areas in the coming years to support the …
EEH welcomes Transport Committee's Strategic Road Investment Report
In March EEH managing director Naomi Green gave evidence to the Transport Committee's inquiry into strategic road investment. Yesterday we welcomed publication of the committee's report.
Its recommendations include a formalised engagement role for sub-national transport bodies such as EEH with National Highways.
As Naomi told the committee, a formal role for STBs would mean that proposed schemes could be designed and finessed to better meet regional needs and account …
EEH adding value to partners
Adding value to our partners
England’s Economic Heartland has published its annual report for 2022/23.
The report details the work carried out by EEH over the last financial year, looks ahead to 2023/24 and includes a breakdown of the organisation’s financial performance.
Subtitled ‘Adding Value’, this year’s report has a particular focus on the support EEH provides to its local authority partners. This includes a section on the geographically-specific work …
Opportunities for active travel across boundaries highlighted in new strategy
Opportunities to improve cross-boundary active travel links are detailed in the second part of England’s Economic Heartland’s active travel strategy.
Fifteen links which have the highest potential impact on modal shift were identified from a combination of stakeholder input and analysis of data, including demographics, network coherence, public transport hubs, planned housing and employment sites, educational establishments and propensity to cycle.
Part two of the strategy also contains suggested targets …
Benefits of Ely Junction enhancements recognised at Parliament meeting
Cross party, cross industry and cross country support for upgrading Ely rail junction was demonstrated as the East of England All-Party Parliamentary Group hosted the launch of EEH and Transport East’s brochure Keeping Trade on Track in Parliament on Monday 19 June.
Co-chairs Peter Aldous MP and Daniel Zeichner MP were joined by Iain Stewart MP, Chair of the Transport Select Committee and Tan Dhesi MP, Labour Minister for Rail, …
