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Thursday, 13 November 2014

BBC News

• 'Too much' profit from bus subsidiesBus companies are making too much profit from Welsh government subsidies, a think-tank sponsored by Welsh ministers concludes.
• Wheelchairs or pushchairs: Who should take priority?Who should take priority on the bus?
• Bus 'cash for crash' fraudster jailedA former bus official is jailed for arranging a collision between a double-decker and a car in a £500,000

Birmingham Mail

• £4bn Birmingham transport improvements revealedPackage of measures includes new Metro and Sprint bus routes and the transformation of Snow Hill Station

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Opponents take Leeds trolleybus fight to council chamberCampaigners seized the political spotlight at Leeds Civic Hall to try to draw attention to what they say are fundamental flaws in the city’s trolleybus plans.

Carlisle News & Star

• Bus cuts have made Maryport a ghost town, say traders Traders claim their town centre has turned into a ghost town following recent cuts to bus services.

Other Regional Press

• Bus service extended to help get Northamptonshire sandwich factory staff to workTwo new early morning bus services have begun in Northampton after a request by factory bosses to help get shift workers to Moulton.

Other News Sources

• Evening bus cuts could lock young workers out of jobs, meeting hears YOUNG workers could be locked out of jobs in Winchester city centre if evening buses stop running, civic chiefs were warned.