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Mayor's riverboat plans 'patchy'
The mayor's pledge improve London's riverboat services is being thwarted by a
MP advocates cycle lane rate discounts
BUSINESSES should be given incentives to sponsor cycle lanes so more are installed in Yorkshire, according to one of the region’s MPs.
MSP calls for fare deal on buses in city
BUS services should be regulated to ensure more people receive services and to curb price hikes, a Glasgow MSP says.
Saturday, 25 February 2012
BBC News
- Road lighting 'could be dimmed'The government says lighting on major roads could be dimmed in future to save money and cut emissions.
- In pictures: London's new busEvan Davis takes a look at London's brand-new bus, modelled on the classic Routemaster
- Mayor's riverboat plans 'patchy'The mayor's pledge improve London's riverboat services is being thwarted by a
- Rest and Be Thankful road opensEngineers reopen the A83 Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll which had been closed after a landslip on Wednesday.
- 'Days to fix' Dreamliner glitchBoeing says a repair to its flagship new plane, the 787 Dreamliner, will take days, not months to carry out.
- Airline's dialysis machine chargeEasyjet refunds a man £50 after charging him to take his dialysis machine aboard a flight to France.
The Herald
- Year of disruption in store on key route to HighlandsMOTORISTS are facing a year of delays and disruption on the A82 at Loch Lomond as work begins to remove
- Bus firms warn of fares hike after cut in subsidyBUS passengers in Scotland's cities will bear the brunt of service cuts and fare hikes due to changes to the way government subsidies are handed out, two of the country's biggest operators have claimed.
The Independent
- Osborne insists there will be no cuts to fuel dutyGeorge Osborne has reportedly ruled out any cuts to fuel duty in next month's budget, as drivers are forced to contend with record prices at the pump
The Telegraph
- Prince Charles turns train driver during Bombardier visitThe Prince of Wales tried his hand at driving a tube train during a tour of train maker Bombardier's factory in Derbyshire.
- More motorists face workplace parking chargesA second major city draws up plans for a workplace parking levy.
Daily Express
- Easyjet investors snub Stelios over bosses' payBUDGET airline easyJet shrugged off a rebellion by founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou as other shareholders backed plans to award bosses a multi-million-pound pay package.
Network Rail
Belfast Telegraph
- Sir Stelios loses easyJet battleEasyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has lost his fight against the airline's board after shareholders overwhelmingly backed its multi-million pound pay plans.Related StoriesPlastics firm sells 51% in partial takeover dealChairman quits as UTV director in TVC-link rowMeat demands surge for GenusHewlett-Packard earnings declineBank boosted by cutting of costs
Birmingham Post
- Car airbrushed from Birmingham city centre transport plan, it is claimedThe motorist is being “airbrushed” out of Birmingham city centre under the new much-heralded transport strategy document, it has been claimed.
Bristol Live
- Bristol Evening Post commented Day for cyclists on city's roads?CARS could be banned from some of Bristol's roads to make way for cyclists on one day each week, an MP has suggested.
London Evening Standard
- New Routemaster is 'an exercise in nostalgia'Don't be misled by the streamlined corners and lop-sided windows, as the second coming of the Routemaster is a throwback bus
Manchester Evening News
- All aboard for new £6.7m Metrolink and bus interchange in Wythenshawe These are the first images of a new £6.7m transport interchange to be built in Wythenshawe. Transport bosses want to move the existing bus station from beside the shopping centre to a new site outside Wythenshawe Forum where it will link up with a new Metrolink stop.
Wales Online
- Cardiff news: Concern that Cardiff Bus fares are set to rise againCARDIFF Bus is considering hiking its fares for the second time in just four months, it has emerged.
Yorkshire Post
- Gridlock over transport cash stalls region’s recovery hopesYORKSHIRE’S creaking transport network is damaging the region’s economy and the Government must reverse years of chronic under-investment if business is to drive the recovery from recession.
- MP advocates cycle lane rate discountsBUSINESSES should be given incentives to sponsor cycle lanes so more are installed in Yorkshire, according to one of the region’s MPs.
- Business welcomes councils™ transport proposalsBUSINESS leaders have praised a £1bn transport fund proposed by local authorities in Yorkshire as having the potential to “safeguard the region’s economic future”, as a damning survey revealed major concerns about existing infrastructure.
Other Regional Press
- South Kirklees Bus Review underwayHave your say on proposed changes to services from October 2012.
- MSP calls for fare deal on buses in cityBUS services should be regulated to ensure more people receive services and to curb price hikes, a Glasgow MSP says.
- Heated Holyrood clash but no pledge on stations™ future MSP bid fails to change Transport Minister™s positionMSPS have clashed at Holyrood over the threat to nine Glasgow railway stations.
- Electric car charge points are unveiledTHE latest electric vehicle charge points were officially unveiled by MEP Vicky Ford at Millbrook Proving Ground this week.
- Keep adding voices to our fuel price protestWE all know that fuel prices in Bedford are too high.
Bus and Coach.com
- DfT expenditure attackedThe cross-party transport select committee has warned the government it must do more to show that transport expenditure plans involve a fair allocation of resources across the nation.
Global Rail News
- Southern switch for GatwickThe day-to-day management of Gatwick Airport station has transferred from Network Rail to Southern. Says Southern Director, David Scorey, ˜We already manage 156 stations and it™s that station management experience, which includes provision of excellent levels of customer service and train dispatch, which is at the core of our business. It was the obvious thing [...]
- Grand Central clean sweepRichard McClean has been appointed managing director of Grand Central. The open access operator, which runs direct services between Sunderland, Hartlepool and London, was taken over by Arriva UK last year. Mr McLean will continue as head of the group™s Tyne and Wear Metro operation. Sean English, currently Grand Central™s operations director, will take on [...]
- Crossrail confirms Custom House station biddersCrossrail has confirmed the shortlist for the £35 million Custom House station. The four shortlisted bidders for the contract are Laing O’Rourke, Hochtief UK in a joint venture with its German arm, Costain and Geoffrey Osborne Limited. The new Crossrail Custom House station, located in east London, is the only above ground station within Crossrail™s [...]
- Go-Ahead sees ˜strong growth™ in rail divisionTransport operator Go-Ahead has seen ‘strong growth’ in its rail division but announced a 12.9% fall it its profit for the first half of the year. Go-Ahead operates the London Midland, Southeastern and Southern rail franchises, and said pre-tax profit fell to £39.2m from £45m. However, London Midland saw record passenger growth of 11% during [...]
- GB Railfreight awarded Crossrail excavation transport contractBFK (BAM/Ferrovial/Kier JV) has appointed GB Railfreight to transport excavated material from Crossrail’s Royal Oak Portal to Northfleet. Crossrail tunnelling will commence at Royal Oak next month. Excavated material generated from the tunnelling operations for the western tunnels (Royal Oak to Farringdon) will exit at the Royal Oak Portal and be transported by freight train [...]
- HRH The Prince of Wales visits Bombardier DerbyBombardier’s site in Derby today welcomed His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, as part of a tour of the region to show his support for British manufacturing. Bombardier™s Derby site is the UK™s only rolling stock manufacturing facility. The Prince spent more than an hour at the site, where he met key members of [...]
- Crystal Palace station improvement work to beginWork to upgrade London Overground’s Crystal Palace station will begin ‘in the next few weeks’, Transport for London has said. The upgrade includes three new lifts from ticket hall to platform level, improved CCTV, customer information screens, a PA system, and new signage following a complete station refurbishment. The Grade II listed ticket hall of [...]
Aviation Industry
- Flight attendants at American re-elect presidentAmerican Airlines flight attendants facing layoffs and pay cuts divided their votes by narrowly re-electing the president but picking a vice president from an opposing slate.
- Amadeus profits from boom in no-frills bookingsTech firm expects further growth from low-cost carriers using GDS
Other News Sources
- TfL urged to improve ˜half-hearted™ approach to expanding river services 24 February, 2012 - 09:19 The Mayor™s ambition to see passenger journeys on the Thames hit 12 million a year may be thwarted by the lack of a clear strategy, poor integration with other transport services and TfL™s half-hearted commitment to river services, a new report says today. Despite some improvements[1] since the Transport Committee™s previous review of river services[2], today™s update report shows travel by river remains a poor relation to other transport modes. 360-house-thumb.jpg ...
- Housing and hotels for Guildford station revamp PLANS for the £140 million regeneration of Guildford railway station have been unveiled, after almost a decade of delays.
- Virgin boss says 'screw business as usual' Business superstar Richard Branson is calling on entrepreneurs to put environmental and social issues at the core of their business models and take part in a global competition to become a "force for good".
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