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Transport secretary Chris Grayling ready to break up railways [Subscription]
Transport secretary Chris Grayling is this week set to unveil a blueprint for overhauling the railways — including splitting two of the biggest routes.
Councils along HS2 route to get share of £30m for road safety projects
Thirteen councils are to be given a share of £30 million for road and cycle improvements ahead of HS2’s arrival.
'Enormous opportunity' for forgotten and neglected rail stations around Cumbria
FORGOTTEN rail stations in Cumbria could be given a new lease of life if a government scheme is expanded. The Community Rail Strategy has helped revive and reshape more than 80 routes and stations around the country since 1993.
Sunday, 26 November 2017
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- Uber stalls on pledge to cut drivers’ long hours [Subscription]Uber has admitted that 3,000 of its British drivers work more than 60 hours a week.
- SNP mulls workplace parking charge [Subscription]Scottish ministers could impose workplace parking charges of nearly £400 per year to discourage commuting by car.
- ‘For better air quality, we need to stop relying on cars’ [Subscription]Scotland’s air quality crisis cannot be solved by waiting for new technology to improve public health.
- Driverless cars will kill good road manners [Subscription]It is good that Jeremy Clarkson has pointed out the idiocy of autonomous cars (“Clarkson’s driverless close shave”, News, last week). It is surely the case that, in Britain at least, learning to drive teaches manners and consideration for other road users.
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- Uber seeks permission to appeal directly to Supreme Court over drivers' rights rowUber said today it has requested permission to appeal directly to the Supreme Court in its workers' rights row, after losing an appeal earlier this month against a tribunal ruling that it must give its drivers rights such as holiday pay and paid rest breaks.
- Uber seeks permission to appeal directly to Supreme Court over drivers' rights rowUber said today it has requested permission to appeal directly to the Supreme Court in its workers' rights row, after losing an appeal earlier this month against a tribunal ruling that it must give its drivers rights such as holiday pay and paid rest breaks.
Birmingham Post
- £16m to improve road safety along West Midlands HS2 route Region is granted new capital to building cycle lanes and new junctions along route of planned high-speed rail line
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- Councils along HS2 route to get share of £30m for road safety projectsThirteen councils are to be given a share of £30 million for road and cycle improvements ahead of HS2’s arrival.
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