Transport and streets

• £800,000 improvement programme for city’s estates

  13 May 2022

  2 minute read

  NEW car parking spaces, cutting back shrubs and tidying up overgrown green spaces are among the improvements that have been made to a city estate after residents told the council what they’d like to see done.

• Changes to Evington streets aim to improve safety, congestion and local environment

  6 May 2022

  2 minute read

  NEW measures are set to be tried out on neighbourhood streets in Evington to help reduce traffic speeds, congestion, inappropriate parking and rat-running.

• Work starts on major neighbourhood cycling route improvements

  6 May 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK has started on a major new neighbourhood cycling route in Leicester as part of a government-backed citywide programme of investment in sustainable transport.

• Work to begin on £1.5m Braunstone Gate ‘mini-Holland’ improvement scheme

  29 April 2022

  4 minute read

  WORK to make permanent a pop-up ‘mini-Holland’ scheme in part of Leicester’s West End is due to get underway early next month.

• Taxi strategy agreed to improve standards

  29 April 2022

  2 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS to the quality of taxi services and vehicles will be made in order to make taxi travel easier and safer for passengers.

• Try out Leicester’s e-bike scheme and ride like the Riders!

  28 April 2022

  3 minute read

  BASKETBALL stars from the Leicester Riders are swapping hoops for wheels as they lend their backing to Santander Cycles Leicester, the city’s e-bike share scheme.

• New bike-friendly footbridge on Abbey Park Road now open to pedestrians and cyclists

  26 April 2022

  2 minute read

  A NEW bike-friendly footbridge spanning the River Soar has been officially opened to pedestrians and cyclists.

• Expect delays ahead of European semi-final at the King Power stadium on Thursday

  25 April 2022

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS and bus users are advised to expect delays to their journeys on Thursday evening (28 April), ahead of Leicester City’s Europa Conference League semi-final with AS Roma.

• New Leicester Buses Partnership launched

  21 April 2022

  5 minute read

  A UNIQUE partnership has been launched bringing together Leicester City Council and all local bus operators in the city to focus on meeting the city’s current and future travel needs.

• New toilet facilities now open for passengers at Haymarket bus station

  12 April 2022

  1 minute read

  FACILITIES at a busy Leicester bus station have been improved, following a major scheme to extend and fully refurbish its toilets.

• New footbridge to be lifted into place on Abbey Park Road

  8 April 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW bike-friendly footbridge that will span the River Soar is due to be lifted into place next to Leicester’s historic Abbey Corner Bridge this weekend.

• Discounted bus fare scheme reopens to jobseekers

  7 April 2022

  2 minute read

  A SCHEME offering cut-price travel to unemployed jobseekers in Leicester has been relaunched.