Home » Posts tagged "Transport"

Tag Archives: Transport

Government launches urgent review into cycle safety

  • By 
  •   Sep-26-2017
  •   Politics
  •   Comments Off on Government launches urgent review into cycle safety
Post Image

Despite the many hills in and around Wycombe, I know that cycling is an ever increasing pastime for many people around our town as well as in the nearby Chilterns. However, many of us will have been concerned to read about some recent cases involving reckless cycling and driving, and I am pleased that the Government has recently announced an urgent review into cycle safety. The review will consider whether a new offence equivalent to causing death by careless or dangerous driving […]

Tags: , ,

Driving Lessons on Motorways

  • By 
  •   Aug-25-2017
  •   Politics
  •   Comments Off on Driving Lessons on Motorways

The Government has recently announced that learner drivers will be able to have lessons on motorways in a bid to improve road safety. The change in law will be active from 2018 and learners will be allowed on motorways but with an approved driving instructor in a dual control car. I know this issue will be of particular interest to learner drivers here in Wycombe considering the M40 is on our doorstep and is the important arterial route through our […]

Tags: , ,

Riding Arriva Buses in High Wycombe

In my recent Letter from Westminster for the Bucks Free Press, I wrote about my forthcoming meeting with representatives from Arriva to discuss their bus services in our area. On Friday 28th July, I had a very useful meeting with Maq Alibhai, Area Managing Director South at Arriva, along with High Wycombe Operations Manager Renata Hale and Aylesbury and Wycombe Engineering Manager Russell Cato. I also took the opportunity to climb aboard one of the company’s new hi-tech buses which is now operating […]

Tags: , , ,

Chiltern Railways and our local train service

  • By 
  •   Feb-23-2017
  •   Politics
  •   Comments Off on Chiltern Railways and our local train service
Post Image

The quality of our local train service is an issue for many of us. I sometimes use the trains to commute to Parliament during the working week and I know that many constituents do the same on a much more regular basis. I have been recently contacted by the Department of Transport with the opportunity to raise any comments or concerns about the franchise, so I have written to the Minister about the following issues: Whether Chiltern Railways could introduce a season ticket that is […]

Tags: , , , ,

A Parliamentary Question on HS2

  • By 
  •   Mar-18-2016
  •   Politics
  •   Comments Off on A Parliamentary Question on HS2
Post Image

Last week, I had the opportunity to ask the Minister of State at the Department for Transport, Robert Goodwill, a parliamentary question: Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): When construction of High Speed 2 is planned to begin. [904027]   The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Mr Robert Goodwill): A great deal of work has already been completed, and actual construction will start next year.   Mr Baker: Tempted as I am to propose that the Government build HS2 sometime […]

Tags: , , ,

Problems with Transport to Hospital – Healthwatch Bucks Transport Report

  • By 
  •   Jul-3-2015
  •   Politics
  •   Comments Off on Problems with Transport to Hospital – Healthwatch Bucks Transport Report
Post Image

Healthwatch Bucks recently published a report which identifies that local people are still finding it difficult to access hospital services. The report attributes these difficulties to both gaps in transport services and a lack of awareness of transport options. For many residents in Bucks, the stress, anxiety and cost associated with getting to their appointments has become a major issue. This is a problem I have highlighted previously, when I caught the Arriva bus to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 2012 […]

Tags: , , , , ,

County Council release £3 million to further fund rural road resurfacing

  • By 
  •   Jun-16-2015
  •   Politics
  •   Comments Off on County Council release £3 million to further fund rural road resurfacing
Post Image

Bucks County Council will release £3 million from reserves to further fund resurfacing work on Buckinghamshire’s minor roads. This will be in addition to the £25 million already allocated for restoration work on the roads this year. The £3 million will fund a 12 month programme focussing on badly worn sections of road in around 300 locations. These locations mainly consist of unclassified rural routes. Leader of the County Council Martin Tett said: These unclassified roads wouldn’t normally be covered […]

Tags: , ,

Work set to start on alternative route through town centre

  • By 
  •   May-15-2015
  •   Politics
  •   Comments Off on Work set to start on alternative route through town centre
Post Image

Buckinghamshire County Council contractors are due to start work next week on Wycombe’s new Westbourne Street Link. The work, expected to be completed in October, is the first phase in giving traffic an alternative route through the town centre, from Oxford Road to Marlow Hill. Phase two, from the Southern end of the new Westbourne Steet Link along Desborough Road through the old gas works to Marlow Hill roundabout, is anticipated to start by March 2016. The ‘Alternative Route’ is […]

Tags: , ,

Experiencing an electric motorcycle: the Agility Saietta R

  • By 
  •   Oct-12-2014
  •   Fun, Politics
  •   Comments Off on Experiencing an electric motorcycle: the Agility Saietta R

As Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Motorcycling, Motorcycle Action Group recently asked me to experience an electric motorcycle. I was skeptical. Find out how I got on: A review will appear in their magazine shortly. As part of the future of motorcycling, especially in town, electric motorcycles are good news. Related: my article after taking evidence on electric vehicles while I was on the Transport Committee.  

Tags: , , ,

Buckinghamshire Draft Countywide Parking Guidance: Public Consultation

  • By 
  •   Sep-9-2014
  •   Politics
  •   Comments Off on Buckinghamshire Draft Countywide Parking Guidance: Public Consultation

Buckinghamshire County Council is currently consulting on new Countywide Parking Guidance which sets out the Council’s approach to parking throughout the county and explains how space much new parking developments should provide for bicycles, motorcycles, cars and Blue Badge holders. The new standards have been developed taking into account the 2012 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which gives Local Authorities more flexibility when developing parking standards. The Council are looking to gather people’s opinions on their proposals to help make […]

Tags: , ,

← Older posts

Liberty – for peace and prosperity

Steve Baker is the Conservative MP for Wycombe.

Steve was first elected to Parliament in 2010. He was previously an RAF engineer officer then a consulting software engineer. Find out more...

Steve holds regular surgeries in High Wycombe. If you would like an appointment, please contact me.

Recommended reading

Tags

1984 Austrian School Authoritarianism Banking Bikes Books Bureaucracy Business Cobden Centre Conservatives Crime David Cameron debt Democracy Driving economics Education Environment EU Europe Finance Government Health Hospital Ideas Incompetence Justice Liberty Market Intervention Money New Labour NHS Optimism Parliament Reform Responsibility Rule of Law Skydiving Social Justice Society Sophistry Tax Transport Video Wycombe

See also

Latest

About this site

This website is paid for by Steven Baker and administered privately. Views expressed are those of the indicated author, except where attributed to the authors of comments.

Steven Baker is not responsible for content on linked sites.

Promoted by Susan Hynard on behalf of Steve Baker, both at 150A West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 3AE

Login/Register