Transportinfo.org.uk - today's transport news in the uk, hand picked for you each morning

Thursday, 16 September 2010

BBC News

• Transport: New train of thought helps improve energy efficiencyIt might seem odd to associate the huge trains that carry iron ore across Western Australia’s outback with concern for the environment. But Richard Cohen, general manager of the 1,300km of railways operated by Rio Tinto, one of the biggest miners, in the Pilbara region, would love to take improvements in the environmental performance of its diesel-electric locomotives a stage further
• Transport key concern for businesses ahead of OlympicsThe London 2012 Games could be a spur to business growth in the region but transport issues will be a key concern, businesses have said. Companies along east London's Thames Gateway belt have already noticed renewed commercial interest in the run-up to 2012 based on unrivalled levels of global media exposure, sponsorship and investment, plus support for redevelopment and infrastructure improvements
• Bob Crow on boycotting Mervyn King's speech [video]RMT transport union leader Bob Crow has spoken to the BBC about why he won't be listening to Bank of England governor Mervyn King when is addresses the TUC.
• Bus change may mean school switchSome pupils might have to switch schools as Powys council leaders back changes to a transport policy.
• 'UK must act' on climate impactsThe UK needs to prepare quickly to deal with the impacts of climate change, government advisers say in a report viewed by ministers as a
• Bus hit by level crossing barrierA bus has been hit by a level crossing barrier in West Lothian, British Transport Police have confirmed.
• More job losses on Tube networkUp to 250 jobs are to be cut on the underground following Transport for London's takeover of work from maintenance firm Tube Lines.

Financial Times

• BA chief warns Europe of threat from Mideast airlinesHead of British Airways warns that Europe has failed to recognise the 'significant threat' of ambitious Middle Eastern airlines

The Independent

• Union warns of jobs 'massacre' across transport in capital A leading union warned of a jobs

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• What a blooming good show Bradford Interchange Railway Station has won a blooming marvellous gold award in this year™s Yorkshire In Bloom awards.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Shandwick Place car ban 'would be disaster for city centre trade'BUSINESS leaders have called on tram bosses to postpone a huge traffic shake-up which they claim would be a "disaster" for traders in the city centre.

London Evening Standard

• More Tube walkouts likely as another 250 jobs goMillions of Tube commuters face a double whammy — more strikes on the way and the potential loss of London’s sole independent transport watchdog

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Cheap Gold Card Metro pass may be axed LAST ditch efforts to save funding for the pensioners cut-price Gold Card Metro pass have been snubbed by Ministers.

Burnley Express

• Call for Rosegrove station to join Leeds line RAIL passengers in Burnley and Padiham should be given help to reach extra job opportunities outside Lancashire, says an MP.

Carlisle News & Star

• Call for fight to save Cumbria floods rail station A Seaton man is furious over plans to close Workington™s temporary railway station next month.

Sunderland Echo

• Bid to cut rails deathsA poster campaign aims to cut the number of deaths on the tracks.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Road congestion 'costing UK billions'More needs to be done to combat levels of congestion on UK roads, one specialist has declared.A logistics expert from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT UK) suggested that long-term investment in the country's network "would offer a worthwhile return", as the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) estimates jams cost the economy over £23 billion annually.Geoff Dossetter claimed that government cuts to road infrastructure projects are likely as the funding is not available to invest substantially in the country's network.In...

Aviation Industry

• Aviation industry clutches at straws in London Plan hearingAEF was represented at the ˜Examination in Public™ of the London Plan at City Hall on Friday 10th September. The London Plan is the spatial strategy for London and one of the matters in the Plan is aviation policy. See London plan web site for more information. Since the draft of the London Pan was [...]
• Extra fees add to travelers' disdain for bigger airlinesFrequent flier Margaret Bowles says she likes Southwest Airlines because it doesn't charge extra to book flights over the phone, change flights or check bags.

Other News Sources

• Coventry among most car-dependent cities in England TRANSPORT campaigners have ranked Coventry as one of the most car dependent cities in the country.
• Stagecoach upgrades Winchester inter-town buses BUS operator Stagecoach has upgraded and rebranded many of the buses used on their inter-town routes in Hampshire.
• National Express to run Norwich-London train line for longerThe Norwich to London rail service will be run by National Express for another seven months, the government has announced. National Express was due to stop operating trains on March 31 after its franchise was terminated three years early by the Department of Transport in November.