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Council welcomes decision to scrap closure of rail ticket offices
- Council welcomes announcement that ticket office closure plan is halted
- Reading Borough Council had formally objected to the proposals earlier this year
Launch of New Boroughwide Digital Parking Scheme
- New digital residents’ parking scheme launches on 1 November 2023
- Easier and quicker to apply for, and renew, parking permits
- Existing physical residents’ parking permits will continue to be used until their expiry date.
'Tap on Tap off' buses around greater Reading for convenient and cheaper journeys
- Tap payment card or device to register getting on and off any bus in greater Reading from 1 November
- Cheapest on the day adult ticket will be charged
- Introductory multi-trip adult ticket price of £3 a day
Reading Bridge Celebrates Centenary
- Reading Bridge first opened exactly 100 years ago on 3 October 1923
- Occasion marked with plaque unveiling and classic cars crossing bridge
Views sought on Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy
- A new draft Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, or EVCI, Strategy aims to provide more charging opportunities for residents
- The right infrastructure could lead to more residents swopping to cleaner electric vehicles
- New strategy will be a vital strand in creating a healthier Reading for everyone
Successful fraud prosecution for man misusing organisational Blue Badge
- Man illegally using an organisational blue badge issued to care home he worked for has been fined £7,000
- Reading Council working in partnership with Wokingham Borough Council and officers from NSL Parking Services
£2k fine for Private Hire driver found operating without a licence in Henley
- Driver fined over £2,000 and given 6 points on his licence following joint investigation between Reading Borough Council and South Oxfordshire District Council
Have your say on proposals to make travelling by bus in Reading quicker and more reliable
- Next phase of the Council’s two-year, £26 million-pound investment to improve Reading’s bus service and bus infrastructure
- Ambition to make travelling by bus in Reading faster with fewer delays
- Six new bus lanes earmarked at key locations
Reading Green Park station opening date confirmed
- The first new station in Reading since Reading West opened on 1 July 1906
- Now due to open on 27 May
First sections of cycling and walking improvements on Shinfield Road nearing completion
- First sections of the cycle lane from Chancellor’s Way junction to Pepper Lane nearing completion
- Scheme on track to be completed by the end of the summer
New value for money ‘Reading All-Bus’ day fares coming to buses in Reading
- New discounted ‘Reading All-Bus’ day travel ticket will allow passengers to use several bus companies including Reading Buses, Thames Valley Buses, Arriva and Thames Travel with the same ticket.
- Infrastructure investment in two-year plan to provide faster services with fewer delays.
- Reading received the third highest funding award in the country (per head of population) out of the 31 local authorities across the country to successfully achieve funding.
