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Cycling revolution goes electric
£700,000 competition supports hire schemes across the country with hundreds of new electric bicycles to get more people cycling.
Gatwick claims Heathrow’s expansion could break air quality rules
The south London airport lost out to Heathrow in its bid to expand, but now says it would be the best option to keep air pollution down
North 'losing out' to London on rail spending despite hefty subsidies for train operators
RAIL spending in the North is being overshadowed by that in London despite hefty subsidies for some of the region’s train operators.
Funding to improve public transport is being 'diverted' to schemes which critics claim will actually encourage drivers to use their cars more
The Welsh Government earmarked £13m for “bus priority” schemes but the money will mostly fund upgrading of junctions to benefit all traffic
Recycling energy from Tube trains to power stations
Successful trial of new technology on the Victoria line collected and recycled waste energy from Tube train brakes
Monday, 28 September 2015
The Scotsman
- FirstGroup to outline plans to boast bus divisionTransport operator FirstGroup will this week provide an update on how its plans to boost its bus division are helping to offset shortfalls at its rail business, which has lost a series of franchises.
Mail Online
- Moment a London pedestrian avoids being crushed by a runaway 376 bus This is the shocking moment a bus in Beckton, east London loses control and crashes into a parked car which then catapults a pedestrian through a gate and into a small bush.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- REVEALED: The five bus lanes most misused by motorists DRIVERS forked out almost £2 million for straying into bus lanes last year and Bradford Council took almost 6,000 cases to court to recover payment, the Telegraph & Argus can reveal today.
Sheffield Star
- Timetables for cut bus services go out onlineNew timetables for Sheffield buses affected by major cuts are becoming available a month before changes are implemented.
Wales Online
- Funding to improve public transport is being 'diverted' to schemes which critics claim will actually encourage drivers to use their cars more The Welsh Government earmarked £13m for “bus priority” schemes but the money will mostly fund upgrading of junctions to benefit all traffic
Other Regional Press
- Calls for spending overhaul to save busesCouncils have called for a “total overhaul” of the way bus services are funded.
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