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Friday, 23 September 2016

BBC News

• Southern Railway travellers face more strikesSouthern Railway workers are to stage 14 days of strike action in five blocks from October in an ongoing dispute over the role of conductors on trains.

London Evening Standard

• Sadiq Khan hints car-free days could come to LondonSadiq Khan has hinted car-free days could be on their way to London in a bid to get people walking and cut air pollution.

East Anglian Daily Times

• First look at plans to end ‘driver confusion’ and improve traffic on A133 in Colchester – Ipswich Road and Harwich Road double mini-roundabouts to be replacedA major scheme aimed at alleviating congestion and removing “driver confusion” in central Colchester was unveiled to the public for the first time yesterday.

Other Regional Press

• Turning circle row could scrap plans to pedestrianise Queen Street PLANS to pedestrianise Queen Street could be have to be abandoned if an Oxford college continues to block a new bus turning circle.

Other News Sources

• Dunblane conference aims to prepare transport managers for 2017Minister for Transport and Islands, Hamza Yousaf and Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, Joan Aitken head the line-up of speakers at FTA Transport ...