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Monday, 04 January 2016

BBC News

• Residents criticise bus lane planResidents raise concerns over plans to create a bus lane on a major road in Cardiff.
• Retailers to create 160 jobs at airportUp to 160 new retail jobs are to be created at Edinburgh Airport in the first half of this year, following the redevelopment of retail space.
• Arriva trains in Wales hit by strikeTrains across Wales will not run on Monday because of a strike by Aslef union drivers in a row over their terms and conditions.
• Pollution hotspots get 'clean bus' cashEighteen "pollution hotspots" in England have been awarded funds to cut bus emissions, as part of efforts to meet EU targets on nitrogen oxide.
• Oyster glitch leads to free travelPassengers on London's transport network travelled for free after a technical glitch left people unable to use their Oyster cards.
• VIDEO: Delhi begins anti-pollution trialThe BBC's Shilpa Kannan reports from Delhi, where authorities are beginning a trial to allow cars on the roads on alternate days.
• Airport shops to face VAT inquiryAirport shops could be forced to give VAT discounts to passengers travelling outside the European Union, following the launch of a government inquiry.
• Cost of rail fares increases by 1.1%The price of rail tickets in England, Scotland and Wales goes up by 1.1%, the lowest rise for six years.
• Supermarkets cut diesel price below £1Supermarket chain Morrisons cut the price of diesel to below £1 a litre on Sunday and Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's followed suit from Monday, taking the fuel to its lowest price since 2009.

Department for Transport

• £20 million Leeds station entrance opens up access to city’s development20,000 people a day will use new entrance, improving journeys at one of UK’s busiest train stations.
• Britain marks 50 years of seatbelt safetyThousands of lives have been saved since the first seatbelt law was passed 50 years ago.
• Hundreds of cleaner buses for England’s towns and city centresUpgraded buses will complete more than a million greener journeys a year helping improve air quality

Financial Times

• Tesla sales pace falls short at end of 2015Electric carmaker delivers only 208 of new Model X in Q4
• Airbus set to widen lead over BoeingANA of Japan agrees to buy 3 of the world’s largest passenger jets
• Transport chief faces �2.8bn budget holeMike Brown has to grapple with an investment programme, more passengers and less money
• Train fares edge up 1% for 2016Campaigners attack use of RPI inflation to set levels as increases reach 25% over six years
• Shipowners rocked by sinking charter rateForced sales hit dry bulk sector as possible bankruptcies loom
• Shipowners batten down the hatchesDry bulk companies batten down the hatches as they try to ride out industry crisis

The Guardian

• Wales train strike: Aslef members at Arriva begin 24-hour walkoutAll services at Arriva Trains Wales expected to be cancelled on first day back for many workers after holidaysTrain services across Wales will come to a halt on Monday as train drivers strike in a row over terms and conditions.Members of Aslef at Arriva Trains Wales will walk out for 24 hours, causing travel chaos on the first day back to work after the festive break. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Edinburgh Airport to deliver 200 more retails jobs in first half of 2016MORE than 200 new jobs are to be created in the first six months of the year as part of a major redevelopment of retail space in Edinburgh Airport.

The Independent

• Jeremy Corbyn urges DfT to stop rail fare rises and highlights absurdity of foreign state-owned firms owning UK railwaysLabour leader joined demonstrations at King's Cross station as protests were staged across the country against the latest 1.1 per cent fare increase

The Scotsman

• Edinburgh airport creates 200 retail jobsEDINBURGH Airport reveals today that strong trading momentum means more than 160 new retail jobs will be created at the transport hub in the first half of 2016.

The Telegraph

• Rail franchises are monopolies that need scrappingIf you've paid too much for your ticket this year you should blame failed privatisation
• Rail fares 'up three times faster than wages'Rail passengers hit by annual price hike for tickets, which has seen fares
• London's Oyster card system crashes, giving thousands free travelBarriers at rail and tube stations opened by staff after Oyster card swipe machines fail to work throughout the network
• Rail electrification 'ruining English countryside'Work on electrifying the Great Western mainline is damaging some of Britain's best loved landscapes, including Goring Gap and the southern Cotswolds
• Hundreds of buses to be fitted with green technology to cut air pollutionThe government has announced new funding for councils to cut emissions in 439 buses around the country as part of a �7million scheme
• More cyclists found guilty of ignoring road signs as authorities crack down on 'bully boys on bikes'New figures reveal that the number of cyclists found guilty of ignoring road signs has more than doubled in four years
• Privatise Britain's border controls, says new reportThink-tank says UK Border Force - set up only four years ago - is failing and should have passport control functions put out to contract
• UK commuters spend up to six times as much on rail fares as European passengersCampaign group says some UK workers are spending 13 per cent of monthly wages on rail travel compared to just two per cent in Italy

Mail Online

• Commuters spend SIX times more of their wages on rail fares than the Italians Hard-pressed employees in Britain are spending 13 per cent of their wages on rail season tickets compared with just two per cent of workers in Italy, new research has found.

The Mirror

• Petrol price war revs up as supermarkets slash diesel prices to below £1 a litre Several of the country's biggest chains are to follow suit after Morrisons made the move at its filling stations earlier today
• British rail passengers pay SIX times more on fares than rest of Europe Workers in UK fork out 13 per cent of their wages on a season ticket compared to two per cent in Italy and three per cent in Spain

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Restoration of Britain's last trolleybus hits costly setback PLANS to renovate an historic 1950s Bradford trolleybus have been delayed by 18 months, with organisers needing to raise �25,000 to complete the project.
• Call for free rail travel for under 11s prompts fears of increased overcrowding on district's trains THE chairman of a rail users' group has warned a proposal to make rail travel free for under 11s would cause more overcrowding problems if introduced in the Bradford district.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Train strike set to cause chaos for North Wales rail passengers ALL of tomorrow's Arriva Trains Wales services have been cancelled due to industrial actions which will hit commuters returning to work after the Christmas break 

London Evening Standard

• UK rail commuters 'pay up to six times more than passengers in Europe'Workers who commute by train spend up to six times as much of their salaries on fares as European passengers on publicly owned railways, a study has revealed.

Manchester Evening News

• Cash for FIFTY new congestion cameras to help beat hold-ups at Greater Manchester's traffic hot-spots The new network will let transport bosses respond instantly to problems and give motorists live journey time estimates
• £160,000 boost to help make school buses less poisonous to children in Greater Manchester 'pollution hotspot' Town halls have to monitor emissions to prove money is being put to good use

Northern Echo

• Youngsters given chance to become railway children in Weardale YOUNG people can join a new group to gain experience with a network of railway organisations.

Sheffield Star

• Fresh delay on controversial plan to build M1 service station in woodlandA long-delayed decision on the potential building of a controversial new motorway service station on ancient woodland has been postponed again.
• Changes to bus services across Sheffield to come in Sunday, January 3A host of changes to bus services will be introduced across Sheffield tomorrow, Sunday, January 3, in an attempt to fix the chaos caused by alterations made in November,
• Green buses to drive down pollution in SheffieldSheffield commuters will soon have the chance to catch greener busses, which give off up to 90 per cent less harmful emissions than usual.

The York Press

• New shuttle bus service for flood-hit Tadcaster A shuttle bus will operate from Tadcaster to take passengers from one side of the River Wharfe to the other via the A64.

Wales Online

• Commuters set to face post-Christmas chaos as Arriva Trains Wales 'cancel all services' Short of any last-gasp negotiations, all Arriva Trains Wales services are expected to be cancelled tomorrow due to industrial action

Blackpool Gazette

• Passengers win battle to keep dry at bus stopBus passengers can now keep out of the rain after a campaign by residents prompted the installation of a new shelter.
• Green buses will bring cleaner airGREENER buses, designed to improve air quality in town and city centres, are coming to Lancashire.

Carlisle News & Star

• No end in sight for rail chaos Major disruption to rail services between Cumbria and Glasgow and Edinburgh is expected to continue until Friday at least.

Get West London

• Heathrow to celebrate its 70th birthday in 2016The first commercial flight to depart was on New Year's Day 1946, with the then London Airport opening to passengers the following May

Other Regional Press

• East Midlands business leaders say Heathrow delay will impact regionHeathrow bosses estimate a third runway would bring an extra £7.8 billion to the East Midlands and create almost 10,000 local jobs
• Torfaen bus operator under fire for withdrawing transport for student with epilepsy THE mother of a Torfaen student has claimed a transport operator can no longer take her daughter to college as she is 'too disabled'.
• Community bus has funding for more routesWanderbus, the community bus transport operator serving rural villages in the Shefford area, is to run a second bus next year.

Aviation Industry

• Politics ‘got in the way’ of runway decisionAirports Commission member says government delay is “disappointing”

Other News Sources

• Why commuting is bad for your health NO one really likes the daily grind, but for some the daily commute is beginning to take a toll on their health.