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Saturday, 27 June 2015

BBC News

• Bus lane fines cost motorists £1mMore than £1m is raised during the first six months of a scheme to fine motorists using Cardiff bus lanes.
• Cardiff bus station plans revealedCardiff city centre transport interchange plans are revealed as council chooses its preferred architects.
• Can the Vulcan bring back the vroom?Can Aston Martin's £1.5m car rev up its fortunes?
• VIDEO: The hovorbike that aims to take flightBBC Click's LJ Rich looks at some of the best of the week's technology news.
• Nine signs to warn road closedEight no entry signs and an illuminated road closure sign are installed on a road in Inverness to warn motorists of a one-way system.
• Air fare deal to extend to funeralsA Scottish airline plans to offer islanders discounted fares for journeys to attend family funerals.
• Ministers deny rail upgrade 'betrayal'Ministers say they only learnt recently major rail upgrades would have to be delayed, amid Labour claims voters were
• Easyjet to fly two new Belfast routesEasyjet is to fly two new routes from Belfast International Airport to Lyon and Lanzarote.
• Bus speed-limit technology tests dueNew technology that can limit the top speed of buses on different roads will be tested on two routes in the capital in a bid to increase road safety.
• Q&A: Rail upgrade rowWhy have rail upgrade plans been held up?
• Rival robot cars meet on US roadA rare meeting between two self-driving cars resulted in one taking evasive action, Reuters reports.
• Network Rail 'too big', says BransonNetwork Rail is too big and should be broken up into regional units, Sir Richard Branson tells the BBC.

Financial Times

• Delays bedevil God's Wonderful RailwayNewts and dormice conspire with roadworks, councils and the weather to frustrate upgrade
• More delays on UK's creaking rail networkThe government must mind the gap between promises and delivery
• Labour accuses Tories of rail 'betrayal'Delays to electrification come weeks after Tory promises of a Northern Powerhouse
• Network Rail loses out to HS2 brain drainSenior managers quit for more glamorous high-speed project

The Herald

• Thousands jet off as start of summer holidays signals busiest weekend for airportsTHOUSANDS of holidaymakers will descend on Scotland's busiest airports this weekend as the summer getaway begins.
• Plain sailing for boat trip wedding despite CalMac strikeA BRIDE and groom who are planning to tie the knot on the romantic isle of Arran have been among travellers to six weddings and a birthday celebration caught up in the nationwide CalMac ferry strike.

The Independent

• Most Londoners think the capital has enough airport capacity already The vast majority of Londoners think the capital already has an adequate level of airport capacity for a major global city, new opinion research has found.

The Telegraph

• Ministers could force train companies to pay compensation for 15 minute delaysPatrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, suggests that he will now look at plans to pay customers facing delays on commuter services across the country.
• Boris Johnson and Theresa May 'form unholy alliance' to fight airport plansMr Johnson will be at the “forefront” of opposition if the report recommends a third runway at Heathrow

Times Online

• £2bn fiasco of Britain’s broken rail network [Subscription]Passengers on some of the country’s most congested rail lines face waiting years longer for crucial upgrades after ministers shelved improvements worth £2 billion.

Mail Online

• Pictures show Gatwick's plans for expansion in bid to be chosen for new runway The Airport Commission is currently deciding whether to recommend expansion at Gatwick (plans pictured) or Heathrow as the Government looks to increase Britain's air capacity.

This is Money

• Ministers accused of burying bad news on HS2 as fears of spiralling costs are laid bare in previously hidden official reports Campaign group StopHS2 said ministers had chosen the same day as a row over rail funding to publish a highly critical report casting doubt over HS2’s feasibility and classifying it an ‘amber-red’ risk.

Network Rail

• Network Rail confirms review of five year CP5 planMore train passengers arrived at their destination on time last year than ever before, Network Rail’s Annual Report has revealed today.

Birmingham Mail

• Garretts Green haulier quits European deliveries over Calais migrant chaos RGF Logistics said it could not justify risk to staff and threat of heavy fines

London Evening Standard

• London's buses to be fitted with high tech kit that stops them from breaking speed limits London buses are to be fitted with new cutting edge technology to prevent them from exceeding speed limits across the capital.
• Transport bosses in top secret talks to bring Tour de France back to London Transport chiefs are in secret talks to bring the Tour de France back to London, the Standard can reveal today.

Manchester Evening News

• Drivers should average a 'mile a minute' on journeys across Greater Manchester, say transport bossesThe M60 and M62 need to be 'free-flowing and safe', says transport report

The York Press

• Electric buses expected to make a comeback early next week A FLEET of buses subjected to safety checks following a devastating fire will remain in their depot until early next week, the company has announced.

Wales Online

• 'It will act as a spectacular gateway' - Cardiff's new bus station plans meet with approvalThe design for the new Cardiff bus station has been revealed today and has had mostly positive comments from politicians
• First images of Cardiff's new bus station... it's designed by Norman Foster's firm and opens in summer 2018The city's council has selected world renowned Foster + Partners as the preferred architect for the city's new bus station

Yorkshire Post

• Government comes out fighting over Yorkshire rail u-turnTHE Department for Transport today rejected claims that it had betrayed Yorkshire rail travellers - and that it was still committed to the electrification of the Midland Mainline and TransPennine Express routes.
• Yorkshire rail decision prompts inquiryTRANSPORT Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Network Rail executives look set to be grilled by MPs over the decision to shelve two major railway improvement projects in Yorkshire.
• ‘Game-changing’ transport scheme beginsWORK has begun on the first “game-changing” transport project funded by a £1bn transport pot for West Yorkshire and York.

Bucks Free Press

• Reports raised concerns HS2 was unaffordable Previously supressed reports on HS2 raised major concerns the project would not be affordable.

East Anglian Daily Times

• 20,000 motorists fined for driving in North Hill bus lanes in Colchester in a yearA total of 20,170 tickets were issued to drivers travelling along the bus lanes between June last year and June this year.

Other Regional Press

• Fewer people on their bikes in West Yorkshire New survey from Sport England shows disappointing results

Bus and Coach.com

• Grasshopper multi-operator pass extended
• C&G training programme shifts First focus to customer service
• Profits up at McGill’s
• Volvo's quiet revolution in city buses

Aviation Industry

• Qantas cuts fees on tickets paid for with frequent-flyer pointsQantas has been under pressure to cut fees in the wake of a significant fall in fuel prices over the last year. Qantas is cutting fees on tickets for international flights paid for with frequent-flyer points by between 3 per cent and 25 per cent in the wake of lower fuel prices.
• Burnt out workers travelling overseas for long weekendsThe prospect of a flying 10 hours each way to spend a long weekend watching rugby in Hong Kong or lying on the beach in Hawaii rather than staying at a destination far closer to home might sound far-fetched to some Australians, but experts say is a growing trend within the travel industry. Hawaiian Airlines has come up with new itineraries offering a traveller the chance to depart Sydney or Brisbane on a Friday evening and return on the Tuesday evening after three nights on the ground at Waikiki.
• JetBlue: DOT should limit term of Qantas-American JVJetBlue Airways is urging the US Department of Transportation to only approve expansion of the Qantas-American Airlines joint venture (JV) with conditions. read more
• Reports: Chinese owner of Lübeck Airport eyes German airline projectA recent joint delegation visit from aircraft manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) and Chengdu Airlines at Lübeck Airport has raised questions about the plans of a German-based airline project named PuRen Airlines. read more
• Jetstar banned from starting Hong Kong hubAuthorities reject Qantas regional brand’s application for licence

Green Miscellany

• Cyclee bicycle light projects to protectThe Cyclee bicycle light that transforms your back into an illuminated street sign, projecting a variety of warning symbols to other road users. The work of Azerbaijani designer Elnur Babayev, the Cyclee is a finalist in the Red Dot design competition and awaits commercial development. The post Cyclee bicycle light projects to protect appeared first on ETA.

Other News Sources

• FTA works with CTP to attract service leavers into logisticsPersonnel leaving the Armed Forces are ideally suited to a career in the logistics industry, the Freight Transport Association has said at an ...
• FTA says Network Rail needs to deliver on rail enhancementsThe Freight Transport Association has expressed concern that measures announced today by the Secretary of State for Transport to ensure Network ...
• Airport to be world class ‘if new runway is built’ THESE are the first designs showing what Gatwick would look like if bosses are given the go-ahead to build a second runway.
• GTMC hits out over rail ‘mismanagement’Business travel group calls government’s review of rail projects “frustratingâ€�
• Data and safety are buyers’ main concerns over ‘sharing’ economyCarlson Wagonlit looks at how business travel is becoming more “customisedâ€�