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Rise in car dependency as motorists swerve public transport
More than a third of drivers are more dependent on their car than a year ago, a new survey suggests.
Flotation of Arriva by Deutsche Bahn runs into delays [subscription]
Deutsche Bahn, the German rail operator, is delaying plans for an initial public offering of Arriva, its passenger transport business. The flotation had been planned for the first half of this year.
Heathrow pledges to become zero carbon airport but emissions from planes not included
Emissions from planes are not included in the west London travel hub's carbon neutral status.
Friday, 21 February 2020
BBC News
- Bakerloo Line: Tube warning as drivers go on strikeEngineering works will add to the disruption expected as Bakerloo Line drivers walk out.
- Coronavirus outbreak to cost airlines almost $30bnAirline industry body IATA predicts global air travel demand will fall for the first time since 2009.
ITV News
- Heathrow goes carbon neutral and pledges to become ‘zero carbon’ airportHeathrow has announced it is carbon neutral and is aiming to emit no carbon from airport infrastructure by the mid-2030s.
- Rise in car dependency as motorists swerve public transportMore than a third of drivers are more dependent on their car than a year ago, a new survey suggests.
The Guardian
- Mind the lovely gap betwixt HS1 and HS2The walk between the end of HS2 at London Euston and the start of HS1 at St Pancras needn’t be irksome, writes Jim Grozier, but Christopher Nankivell thinks the plan to ‘level up’ the north hasn’t been thought through
The Scotsman
Times Online
- £1.3 billion boost for Edinburgh seafront [subscription]Plans for a £1.3 billion waterfront development in Edinburgh have been unveiled.
- Flotation of Arriva by Deutsche Bahn runs into delays [subscription]Deutsche Bahn, the German rail operator, is delaying plans for an initial public offering of Arriva, its passenger transport business. The flotation had been planned for the first half of this year.
- Rishi Sunak budget: MPs threaten to rebel if fuel duty freeze ends [subscription]Boris Johnson has been warned that he faces a backbench rebellion if he uses the budget to raise fuel duty.
City AM
- We’ve got the power: Decarbonising our transport on the road to a greener nation OpinionThe government will soon publish its strategy on cutting emissions from cars, trains, boats and planes — and already the transport secretary has suggested that sales of combustion and hybrid vehicles could be banned from 2035.
Sky News
- Heathrow pledges to become zero carbon airport but emissions from planes not includedEmissions from planes are not included in the west London travel hub's carbon neutral status.
Belfast Telegraph
- Shapps: Train companies have ‘more to do’ despite rise in punctualityLatest industry figures show 65.1% of trains arrived at stations within one minute of the timetable in 2019.
Birmingham Post
- Jaguar Land Rover boss warns coronavirus could hit UK car productionThe problem is likely to affect the entire UK car industry
- World leading transport firm Keolis opens new UK headquarters in CardiffKeolis has relocated its HQ from London
Bolton News
- Bolton train station will have some floor lights fixed onlyLIGHTS along the pedestrian walkway outside Bolton train station will shine bright again, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has said.
Manchester Evening News
- Manchester Community Transport set to close in April - putting future of over 50 bus routes in doubtOne of Manchester's leading bus operators has announced it is planning to close in April, raising questions about the future of many popular bus routes across the city.
Wales Online
- The big projects Cardiff council wants to spend money on in the city this yearThese are the projects Cardiff council wants to spend money on this year. With the new decade upon us, the authority have looked ahead and have revealed what projects are coming up.
Cambridge News
- 'Greenways' connecting Cambridge with Waterbeach and Fulbourn given the go-aheadThe two off-road routes will cost £14m and are due for completion in 2024
Other Regional Press
- Heathrow goes carbon neutral and pledges to become ‘zero carbon’ airportHeathrow has announced it is carbon neutral and is aiming to emit no carbon from airport infrastructure by the mid-2030s.
- WSR chairman says plans for Taunton to Minehead rail link "don't stack up"PLANS to create a community rail service between Minehead and Taunton ‘do not stack up’ according the chairman of West Somerset Railway.
- Wendover Tunnel 'too expensive', says Department for TransportAylesbury's MP Rob Butler is leading calls for a mined tunnel in Wendover to help to mitigate the negative effects of HS2.
Coach and Bus Week
- Stagecoach East launches BYD ADL electric double-deckersAlexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD Europe’s joint electric vehicle partnership has supplied two electric Enviro400EV double-deck buses that Stagecoach will operate in Cambridge, the first time these buses have been used in the UK outside London. ADL has supplied the vehicles to Stagecoach for a project between the operator and the Greater Cambridge Partnership, supporting an improvement in air quality in the city centre of Cambridge and giving the opportunity to inform potential future investment in a zero-emission bus fleet.
- Government commits £5bn to bus and cycling investmentThe funding, which will be delivered over five years, promises higher frequency services, lower and simpler fares, new priority schemes and at least 4,000 zero-emission buses
Construction News
- Heathrow told to release environmental informationVisibility of the environmental aspects of Heathrow’s expansion plans could increase following a ruling by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
New Civil Engineer
- Costain’s Welsh A-road upgrade £100M over budgetCostain’s upgrade of the A465 Heads of the Valley’s road in Wales may cost up to £100M more than budget and take two years longer to complete a report from the Welsh Government's auditor general has said.
- Anti-HS2 MP welcomes ‘promising’ review of northern sectionA prominent member of the dissenting group of Conservative MPs against High Speed 2 (HS2) has embraced the decision to review the northern section of the scheme.
- Rupert Clubb of Transport for the South EastTransport for the South East (TfSE) wants to bring about a change in the way people and goods move around the region. This goes way beyond building new roads or railway lines.
Rail Advent
- Grand Central announces £21m investment as new look locomotive appears in publicGrand Central has announced that it is investing more than £21m into the Blackpool to London route, with the first locomotive appearing in public with its new livery.
Rail Magazine
- Spring debut targeted for Welsh FLEX bi-modesClass 769 FLEX bi-mode trains could finally make their Transport for Wales passenger debut this spring, prior to the May timetable change.
- Doubts cast over future of three franchises including SoutheasternThe Southeastern franchise could yet follow LNER and Northern in being run by the Department for Transport’s Operator of Last Resort, the Government has suggested.
Railway Gazette
- Brittany Ferries to launch Cherbourg – Spain rail motorway serviceFRANCE: Brittany Ferries has announced plans to launch its first rail motorway service in 2021, a 980 km landbridge carrying unaccompanied lorry trailers between the Channel port of Cherbourg and Mouguerre close to the Spanish border near Bayonne.
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- FlixBus UK domestic coach network announcedFlixBus has announced plans to establish a domestic scheduled coach network in the UK during 2020. The news has been expected since the German brand registered a subsidiary here, FlixBus UK, in 2019.
- Birmingham CAZ set for summer launchBirmingham City Council has reaffirmed its commitment to introduce the city’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) this summer.
- ‘The Cabinet reshuffle has been full of surprises’A key resignation captured the attention of the country during the reshuffle, and the DfT has new faces at the helm
- Airlink double-deckers introduced after rise in patronageThe X30 Airlink route connecting Stansted Airport and Southend Airport has seen a rise in patronage
- Net zero by 2050? Boris Johnson wants buses there firstThe new year is off to a good start – now the industry must grab the opportunity What a good start to 2020 it has been for the bus sector.
- Go North East announces new Finance DirectorGo North East (GNE) has appointed Erik De Greef as its new Finance Director. Erik brings a wealth of experience to the role. His previous employment includes Commercial Finance Director at Sage, as well as Head of Group Financial Planning and Analysis at Arriva. He started his career as a trainee Auditor at KPMG.
- Rotala places £29m Wrightbus order for 163 busesRotala has placed an order with Wrightbus for 163 vehicles worth over £29m. They will be delivered throughout 2020.
Other News Sources
- Train Operator Keolis Opens New Headquarters In CardiffThe move sees Keolis become one of the largest companies based in Wales.
- Northern Ireland’s public transport network “in jeopardy,” says DfI officialAn official from the Department for Infrastructure has warned that, without further funding provided to Translink, the future of Northern Ireland’s public transport is uncertain.
- ‘We’ve nationalised the wrong train operator’A representative of major business interests in the North of England has criticised FirstGroup over its “absolutely shocking” stewardship of the TransPennine Express franchise.
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