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Children step up to Walk to School Week 2024
- Twenty-three Reading schools have signed up for Walk to School Week
- Families are being encouraged to walk, cycle, scoot or ‘park and stride’ to school
Improvements to Reading Station underpass begin next month
- Work will begin on Tuesday 7 May and be finished before the Reading Festival in August
- Underpass will close for the duration with a signed diversion in place
Unlicensed Taxi driver fined after operating illegally in Reading
- Unlicensed driver found illegally plying for hire in Reading town centre on May 2023
- Driver given a fine of 2,900 and eight penalty points on his licence
- Licensing officers stress the importance of checking a valid licence is in place for your journey
Funding secured to progress cycling and walking projects
- Active Travel funding of £538,000 to develop designs for Sidmouth Street cycle lane scheme and Christchurch Green junction improvements
Council secures £4.7m funding for town’s first battery electric bus fleet
- Zero-emission electric double deck buses will run on routes 17 & 21
- Funding will allow installation of charging infrastructure at Reading Buses depot
- Investment will help reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality
New Buzz service to Tilehurst Triangle via Rivermead
- New Buzz 18 will serve central Reading, Rivermead, River Academy, Portman Road and Kentwood Hill
- Another new route from the Council’s £26m Bus Service Improvement Plan
Opening of new Reading West Station building
- New station building contains an information counter, customer toilet and a space for future retail opportunity
- Station upgrade includes new, staffed ticket gates, improved lighting and CCTV
Reading secures funding for network of electric vehicle charging points
- £866,000 funding for installation of up to 2,700 on-street public charging points
- Programme will also fund up to 150 pavement gullies to enable on-street charging
Work to start on next phase of South Reading Bus Rapid Transit scheme
- Next phase will include new bus lanes and additional bus stops
- A new pedestrian/cycle bridge to be built over the River Kennet
- Work due to start on A33 Relief Road on 18 March
Free cycle riding and bike maintenance sessions for Reading residents
- A new programme of adult cycle training and bike workshops launched
- Dr Bike session and information stand in Broad Street on 14 March
Launch of digital visitor parking scheme trial
- Permit holders in Lower Caversham will trial a new scratch card-free scheme
- Upgraded system will allow visitor parking bookings in one-hour slots
New plans for electric vehicle charging and improving air quality in Reading
- Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy aims to support transition from fossil fuel
- Air Quality Action Plan will tackle areas of pollution in the borough