Agenda

Transport for the North Board - Monday, 16th September, 2024 11.00 am

Venue: Hilton Leeds City - Neville Street Leeds, LS1 4BX

Contact: Gary Rich 

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair and Vice-Chairs

To make the appointments for 2024/25: deferred as the June meeting was cancelled.

Lead: Chief Executive/Chair

2.

Welcome & Apologies

The Chair to welcome Members and the public to the meeting.

Lead: Chair

3.

Declarations of Interest

Members are required to declare any personal, prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interest they may have relating to items on the agenda and state the nature of such interest.

Lead: Chair

4.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 124 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 20 March 2024: to include the Chief Executive update on matters arising.

Lead: Chair

Additional documents:

5.

Accessibility Task Force pdf icon PDF 112 KB

To receive an update on the work of the Rail Accessibility Task Force established by the Rail North Committee.

Lead: David Worsley

6.

Priorities to Inform Business Planning pdf icon PDF 124 KB

To seek a steer from the Board on priorities for inclusion within Business Planning for 2025/26.

 

Lead: Martin Tugwell/Katie Day

 

Additional documents:

7.

Options Paper on Regional Fleet Procurement Support pdf icon PDF 100 KB

In response to the request from Members, to seek a steer from the Board on which approach to support constituent authorities it wishes the executive to develop.

Lead: Matt Smallwood

8.

Freight and Logistics: Roundtable with Major Ports pdf icon PDF 117 KB

To report on the output of roundtable held with the major ports and to consider and endorse proposed actions arising from it.

Lead: Katie Day

9.

Electric Vehicle: State of Play pdf icon PDF 150 KB

To consider and endorse the Electric Vehicle State of Play report which reviews and evaluates progress of EV charging infrastructure deployment across the North and highlights key policy recommendations to National Government in order to enhance the speed and effectiveness of the EV transition.

Lead: Simon McGlone

Additional documents:

10.

Rail North Committee pdf icon PDF 110 KB

To receive the update on the work of the Committee.

Lead: David Hoggarth

11.

Governance Report pdf icon PDF 83 KB

To confirm appointments to TfN’s Board and Committees and to seek support for the General Purposes to look at proposals for substitutes for the Audit and Governance Committee.

Lead: Julie Openshaw

Additional documents:

12.

Date and Time of Next Meeting

The next meeting will be held on Monday 9 December 2024 in Manchester.