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Saturday, 03 December 2011

BBC News

• Blind man left stranded on TubeA blind man complains to Transport for London after being left stranded on a Victoria platform.
• London fares rise by 5.6% in 2012The mayor of London announces fares on London's transport network will increase by an average of 5.6% in 2012.

Financial Times

• Foster reveals genesis of a visionThe leading architect™s proposal for a Thames airport development is winning support in government. He tells the FT of the background to the idea
• American Airlines in search of new horizonsExecutives expect the global industry to benefit broadly as the airline retrenches with other carriers able to cut better deals with their employees
• Fast rail opponents point to half-full trainsCapacity problems on the west coast main line do not exist, say campaigners, who carried out their own study when refused access to official data

The Herald

• Daylight opening for landslide road A MAJOR road that was closed by a landslide brought on by the week™s torrential rain is to be opened for a limited period each day.
• Anger as SNP raises fares on Northern Isles ferriesPASSENGERS on lifeline ferry services will face a 6.5% hike in fares next year to help pay for rising fuel costs, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

The Independent

• Concrete block dropped on carA woman suffered life-threatening injuries after a

The Telegraph

• Extra £500m for high-speed tunnel to protect ChilternsOfficials in the Department for Transport have found the extra cash from other spending along the 100mile £32billion proposed route. The change to the plans will mean that a final decision on whether to give the green light to the HS2 project will now be delayed from this month to mid-January.

Daily Express

• Competition fears sink AdmiralCAR insurer Admiral Group was in reverse yesterday amid fears that profits could be squeezed by increased competition.

London Evening Standard

• Councils bolster winter salt stocksCouncils have stockpiled more road salt than was used through all of last winter.
• Clarkson hits out at rail suicidesTop Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has become embroiled in further controversy after describing people who throw themselves under trains as

Metro

• Student pays bus fare for life-sized cardboard companionA student was left stunned after being charged a full adult bus fare for a life-sized cardboard cut-out that took up an extra seat.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• £50m turbine plan to create jobs on shipyardHUNDREDS of jobs could be created after the owner of a former Tyneside shipyard announced plans to invest £50m in converting part of the site into a facility to make wind turbine foundations.

Sheffield Telegraph

• £400,000 for park and rideGOVERNMENT funds have finally been secured for a park and ride at Dore and Totley railway station.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Christmas shoppers advised to leave their cars at homeTHE man in charge of ensuring traffic flows freely in Aberdeen has urged shoppers to leave their cars at home to cut gridlock this Christmas.

Yorkshire Post

• The train now arriving... is on time but the station™s a year lateTRANSPORT bosses behind a £8.5m railway station regeneration project in Yorkshire have been slammed as “inflexible and unimaginative” after it emerged the project would be finished more than a year late.
• Transport schemes ready to go as cash is foundFIVE Yorkshire transport schemes which have been in limbo for 18 months could finally get the go-ahead this month after the Government revealed it has enough money to pay for all of them.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Travel: Line problem at Manningtree causes long delaysTrain timetables are returning to normal after a broken down train caused havoc on the region’s rail network with cancellations and delays of more than two hours.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Road campaign lights up youngstersA ROAD safety campaign launched in Peterborough secondary schools is proving to be a hit with students who want to stand out in the crowd.
• Police move to combat cycle theftsACTION is being taken by police in a bid to help cyclists protect their bicycles from thieves.

Other Regional Press

• Mayor welcomes East-West rail link plansMayor Dave Hodgson has described the Chancellors announcement in his Autumn Statement of funding to build the East-West railway line between Bedford and Oxford as fantastic news for the borough.
• Have your say on Leeds Station Southern Entrance plansNew exhibition events for iconic station entrance.
• 'Back to the floor' for Metro ChairmanMetro Chair James Lewis at Huddersfield bus station

Campaign for Better Transport

• Airport road is nonsensical2 December: As another old road proposal gets funding support from the government, campaigner Lillian Burns says that the Manchester Airport link roads are not needed. read more

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• EU unveils future plans for airports sectorThe European Commission has unveiled its "Better Airports" package, which is intended to boost capacity and reduce delays in the region.According to the European Union (EU) executive, the measures are also aimed at increasing services for airlines and passenger through a series of measures affecting systems such as check-in, refuelling and baggage handling.The Brussels-based body is also making changes to the transparency of decisions relating to airport noise and the network of take-off and landing slots."If business and the travelling public are to take best advant...

Global Rail News

• Give us a brake: Cyclists in Oldham baffled by 80m bike lane Cyclists have been left confused after town hall bosses unveiled a bike lane just 80 metres long. The green strip, on Broad Lane in Burnedge, between Shaw and Rochdale, was introduced as part of a series of improvements in the area.
• Double win for Southern at the Golden SpannersSouthern™s fleet of Class 171 DMU trains was a double winner at the recent Golden Spanners Awards. The fleet, which operates on the Uckfield to London ...
• Alstom unveils latest Pendolino trainsOn 30 November, Alstom unveiled the latest high speed Pendolino trains at its Savigliano plant in Italy, due to be delivered to UK rail operator Virgin ...
• Network Rail launches safety initiative for rail workersNetwork Rail has launched its latest initiative to improve safety amongst its workforce as it aims to reduce the number of slips, trips and falls. More ...
• Bombardier names new TRAXX locomotive top innovation of 2011Bombardier, the world™s leading rail technology innovator, has announced the next generation BOMBARDIER TRAXX diesel electric multi-engine locomotive as its top technology solution of the year. ...

Aviation Industry

• Public misled over economic benefits of aviationThe economic benefits of aviation are routinely overstated by the aviation industry, and occasionally by Government and official bodies. The latest example has come in the draft of the Gatwick Airport master plan, which claims that œThe aviation sector directly accounts for £53 billion (3.8%) of UK GDP.” How has such a figure been derived, [...]
• EC airport proposals don™t go far enoughTighter management of slots won't reverse a chronic lack of capacity in Europe, say aviation bosses
• Heathwick rail link a good idea “ ACTE chiefA better solution than building an airport in the Thames Estuary, says Chris Crowley

Other News Sources

• We are looking to appoint 2 additional members to the Public Transport Users™ Committee for WalesWe are looking to appoint 2 additional members to the Public Transport Users™ Committee for Wales
• Light rail metro system would solve Hereford's traffic problems according to transport expert AN overground metro could be the answer to Hereford™s congestion problems, according to one campaigner.
• RMT secures 'ground breaking' Olympics pay and rewards deal on London OvergroundRail Union RMT confirmed today that after constructive talks with London Overground Rail Operations Ltd (LOROL) over the last few months, they have secured a ground breaking rewards package for LOROL staff in exchange for some flexibility of work patterns during the Olympics.
• Freight train derailment causing several traffic reroutesEmergency crews are on the scene Friday morning of a train derailment on the Southwest Side. Emergency crews responded about 6:40 a.m. to a freight train derailment on the tracks on an overpass near ...