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Nottingham City Council’s electric bus fleet, operated in partnership with Nottingham Community Transport and trentbarton, has won the Environment award at the UK Bus Awards on November 24, 2015. The Council’s fleet of clean and green electric buses was in competition with industry leaders, including Stagecoach, for the award that recognises the importance of the […]
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Eleven lucky people who work at the Ng2 business park won great prizes in a special competition that took place on June 25th, 2015. Rail tickets, travel passes, a year’s free membership of the City Car Club and tickets for the Nottingham Playhouse panto were among the goodies presented to the prize-draw winners. The star […]
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A wide range of travel options and offers are available to people visiting Nottingham over the festive season. As Nottingham is poised to switch on its Christmas lights and open the Winter Wonderland on Friday (November 20), the City Council is promoting its public transport and car park offers to festive shoppers, while also scaling […]
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Nottingham City Council is driving the way towards a low carbon, sustainable transport future. The City Council is awaiting the verdict of the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to its bid for a £8.5m to help develop electric car charging infrastructure and other measures to promote a low carbon transport area in the […]
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Nottingham City Council is developing its integrated transport network by increasing its existing City Car Club fleet from eight to 12 vehicles. Following a £37,500 grant by the Department for Transport, the four new cars will be based at neighbourhood hubs to offer access to a pool of shared cars, local public transport and Citycard […]
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Nottingham is on a journey to become the UK’s greenest transport city. Massive recent investment in environmentally-friendly transport services, including trams, greener buses and cycling, is set to be built on in the coming years. The city’s green journey so far includes: • Expanding the benefits of the tram system – emission-free where it runs […]
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For the last year thousands of city residents and visitors have enjoyed the offer to ‘hire’ a Citycard Cycle for free. The free hire scheme was put in place to encourage more people to use a bike for travelling around the city. This proved very popular – so popular in fact that at times there […]
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Work to build the city’s new cycle superhighway start on Monday, October 19th and will be completed by April 29th, 2016. The Nottingham Cycle City Ambition Programme (NCCAP) is funded by the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, which approved the £6.1m funding on October 15th, 2015. The Western Corridor is one of the new routes to be […]
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Nottingham City Council is bidding for a share of £35 million worth of Government funding after making the shortlist to become one of the UK’s first Go Ultra Low Cities. The City Council, already leading the way with its green agenda, is submitting its £8.5m plans to boost the area’s eco-credentials in a bid to […]
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It’s September again, children are going back to school and the school run is in full swing. Using the car to drop the kids off might be convenient but be aware that inconsiderate parking can put your children at risk. Roads are very busy around the city’s schools, which is why the City Council is […]
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