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  • Eleanor Lane: Long-term transport solutions must be addressed nowOne of Scotland’s largest transport projects, the £3 billion dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness, is under way and set for completion by 2025. While this and other road and rail upgrades are unquestionably needed and will be widely welcomed, it is worth considering how far they will go towards addressing Scotland’s longer term transport needs. Given the rapidly changing transport landscape, are we spending public money in the right areas?
  • Chaos as passengers unable to board trains at Edinburgh stations Late-night revellers trying to get home from the Edinburgh Fringe over the bank holiday weekend were met with chaos at Waverley and Haymarket stations as packed trains failed to meet demand.

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  • Fabian Hamilton: Leeds is near social crisis over transportPUBLIC transport in Leeds, and across West Yorkshire, is in dire straits.The Government’s unprecedented focus on London has forced working people in Leeds to suffer immensely after severe cuts to all local government budgets in the north of England

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