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Leeds Bradford Airport expansion plan to be reviewed by government
The government has called in plans to expand Leeds Bradford Airport following a ruling by the housing secretary Michael Gove.
Tory grandee Patrick McLoughlin to become new Transport for the North chairman
Lord McLoughlin is a former transport secretary and Conservative party chairman who was made a peer after stepping down as MP for the Derbyshire Dales in 2019. He is also currently chair of lobbying body Airlines UK.
Could controlled motorways create a safer smart motorway solution?
Reconsidering the case for controlled motorways featured among recommendations in the government's response to the transport select committee smart motorways report.
Thursday, 20 January 2022
BBC News
- First Manchester drivers to strike for 11 days amid pay disputeManchester bus drivers unhappy with their current wages are to stage more walkouts next month.
- Harrow: 39ft bus lane pockets council £442k in finesNearly 8,000 drivers in Harrow were caught using the bus lane between April 2019 and December 2021.
- Sadiq Khan: Masks to remain on London transport despite end of Plan BMask-wearing will remain a condition of carriage although not doing so will no longer be an offence.
ITV News
- Leeds Bradford Airport expansion plan to be reviewed by government The government has called in plans to expand Leeds Bradford Airport following a ruling by the housing secretary Michael Gove.
The Guardian
- A car-free London is within our reach | Hirra Khan AdeogunSadiq Khan’s pledge to cut traffic by 27% is welcome, but more must be done – not least to protect residents’ healthLast Friday, everyone living in London was told to avoid strenuous physical activity. An intense area of high pressure meant pollutants were caught in the air, rather than being blown away as usual. The government forecast the highest level of pollution – band 10 – would be reached, with air pollution at its highest recorded level since March 2018. The advice to avoid intense exercise put the onus on the most vulnerable in society – children, elderly people, those living with lun...
The Independent
- Rail companies welcome return to the office after commuting slump‘Taking the train is crucial to a green economic recovery for our towns and cities’ – Rail Delivery Group
- All the flights that have been cancelled due to 5G rolloutThe Boeing 777 aircraft – the leading long-haul, wide-bodied plane worldwide – is particularly affected
Times Online
- Go-Ahead director Adrian Ewer leaves after voting chaos [subscription]Shareholders unhappy with the performance of Adrian Ewer, the company’s senior independent director, had already expressed their dissatisfaction at the company’s recent annual meeting, when investors speaking for 5.5 million shares, or 46.4 per cent of the votes cast, were registered against Ewer’s re-election.
Daily Record
- Labour MSP reckons Ayrshire's A77 will be overlooked in Scottish Government transport reviewSouth Scotland's Colin Smyth says he will continue to fight for fair funding for the key route.
Mail Online
- Fury as cycle-friendly road scheme designed to make Edinburgh safer... leads to RISE in accidentsData shows there had been no collisions involving pedestrians, cyclists or drivers on Lanark Road and Longstone Road in the city in 2019 or 2020.
Birmingham Post
- Northumberland firm Universal Wolf appoints former rail chief as new MDTim Rutter joins the Blyth firm after having been plant manager at Hitachi Rail's plant in Newton Aycliffe
- Director at crisis-hit Go-Ahead steps down after vote to re-elect him was counted wronglyThe vote against Adrian Ewer came as the company tries to deal with the crisis surrounding its LSER rail franchise
- Stena Line has 30 jobs up for grabs on ferries serving Welsh portsThe company is gearing up to welcome more passengers this year as the pandemic eases
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Extra funding to tackle West Yorkshire's HGV and bus driver 'crisis'TRAINING providers in West Yorkshire will be given extra cash to offer HGV and bus driver courses to deal with the current driver crisis.Recent months have seen a shortage in both HGV drivers and bus drivers, which has led to services across West Yorkshire being reduced or cancelled.On Wednesday West Yorkshire Combined Authority, made up of five West Yorkshire Councils, announced its attempts to tackle the crisis by getting more local providers to begin training the next generation of drivers.With a shortage of HGV drivers due to a mix of Covid 19 and Brexit, haulage companies have offered hig...
Daily Post (North Wales)
- The new Highway Code rule which will change the way drivers use roundaboutsThe rule aims to protect some of the most vulnerable road users from injury
Manchester Evening News
- Huge concrete viaducts 'to blight east Manchester' in cut-price Piccadilly rail plans Government wants to build a high-speed station at Piccadilly above ground to save money. But local leaders say that would mean ‘severing’ communities, cost thousands of potential new jobs and would be incapable of expanding in the future
Nation. Cymru
- Lib Dems call for free public transport for under 25s in WalesAhead of a debate in the Senedd later today the party’s leader Jane Dodds has argued that Wales needs radical solutions to shift large sections of the public towards sustainable transport and in order to cut poverty levels.
The York Press
- Measures to boost cycling, walking and bus use on Tadcaster Road approvedFURTHER details of a £1.4 million package of measures designed to support cycling, walking and bus use on one of York’s busiest roads have been approved by City of York Council.
- LNER sets sights on international visitors after 'extraordinary' recoveryDAY trippers and holiday-makers were the driving force behind a York-based rail company's revenue recovery in 2021.
Yorkshire Post
- Government intervenes in Leeds Bradford Airport plans and orders planning inquiryHousing secretary Michael Gove has called in Leeds City Council’s decision, 11 months after it was made.
- Grant Shapps rebuke of mayors over Northern Powerhouse Rail betrayal is misguided – The Yorkshire Post saysGRANT Shapps appears to misunderstand the status and role of metro mayors after crassly condemning criticism of the Integrated Rail Plan as ‘irrational’.
- Why Integrated Rail Plan criticism by mayors is ‘irrational’ - Grant ShappsPeople hold passionate views about how train services can be managed and improved, and I welcome all opinions, as long as they are informed and constructive.
- Exclusive: Grant Shapps brands mayors ‘irrational’ over criticism of £96bn Integrated Rail Plan and Northern Powerhouse Rail downgradeMETRO mayors and other critics of the £96bn Integrated Rail Plan have today been branded ‘irrational’ by the Transport Secretary.
- Tory grandee Patrick McLoughlin to become new Transport for the North chairmanLord McLoughlin is a former transport secretary and Conservative party chairman who was made a peer after stepping down as MP for the Derbyshire Dales in 2019. He is also currently chair of lobbying body Airlines UK.
Leeds Live
- Government orders public inquiry into Leeds Bradford Airport's £150m new terminalIt's being seen as a victory for campaigners against the airport's expansion
New Civil Engineer
- TfL faces “big financial challenges” with reliance on Council Tax fundingTransport for London (TfL) is becoming "increasingly reliant on Council Tax funding" and faces "big financial challenges" as a result of the pandemic, a key report has warned.
- Mayor accuses Shapps of tantrum over northern rail plan criticismSouth Yorkshire mayor Dan Jarvis has escalated a war of words with Grant Shapps after the transport secretary branded him “irrational” over his criticism of the controversial Integrated Rail Plan (IRP). Jarvis compared Shapps to a toddler having a tantrum following the minister’s column in the Yorkshire Post on Wednesday, which castigated northern leaders for “irrational” and “spectacularly wrong” opinions.
- Could controlled motorways create a safer smart motorway solution?Reconsidering the case for controlled motorways featured among recommendations in the government's response to the transport select committee smart motorways report.
Railway Gazette
- West Midlands transport investment priorities agreedUK: The West Midlands Combined Authority board agreed a ‘wide-ranging’ list of more than 50 preferred schemes to improve rail, tram, bus, road, cycling and walking routes on January 14.
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