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Monday, 09 March 2020

BBC News

• Bus fare rises outside London a 'scandal', says council chiefThe head of one of England's biggest councils has described continued increases in bus fares outside of London as a "scandal". Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes said operators in receipt of public money should be lowering fares
• London Euston: Rail passengers face disruption after cable damageServices from London Euston will be delayed or cancelled after 1,000m of cables were damaged.

Financial Times

• Coronavirus risks emergency landing for airlinesTargeted intervention could help carriers weather the turbulence

The Guardian

• MH17 families fear they still face a long road to justice as trial beginsFamily of Richard Mayne say it could be years before they know why 298 people diedOn Sunday Liz Mayne will make a familiar “pilgrimageâ€� to the Netherlands. In 2015, she flew in to inspect the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine the previous summer. “You could still smell the burning,â€� she says. “It was an overwhelming experience.â€�Her son Richard, a second-year student at Leeds University, was one of 298 people on board. Ten were Britons. All perished. Richard was 20. His body was recovered intact from sunflower fields near the village of Hrabove. He was re...

The Independent

• Coronavirus: Confusion for travellers as BA cancels dozens of Italy flights - but other airlines continue servicesBritish Airways cancels flights to northern Italy, but easyJet has been insisting to passengers that 'normal terms and conditions apply'

Times Online

• Port of Dover warns against 'levelling up' to northern ports [subsrrption]Dover has sounded the alarm over Boris Johnson’s levelling-up agenda, warning ministers that a fixation on northern ports would risk increasing prices and limiting choice on the shelves.
• Climate fears halt smart motorway plans [subscription]A multi-billion road building plan – including proposals to roll out controversial smart motorways – has been put on hold over climate change concerns, The Times has learnt.

City AM

• Mind the gap: How to level up transport networks across south London Opinion - Andrew Boff AMIt is widely acknowledged that south London’s transport links are inferior to those north of the river.

Mail Online

• Cycling faster than driving in 8 of 10 worst cities for traffic 10 to 16mph averageCycling is faster than driving in eight of the country's most congested cities, where constant jams see traffic crawling at average speeds of 10-16mph, survey by transport data firm Inrix found.

The Mirror

• Most cancelled train service in all of Britain was cancelled 28 timesOne Yorkshire train service from Harrogate to Leeds has been named the most cancelled service in the UK after it failed to run on more than half its scheduled days

Birmingham Mail

• Birmingham clean air zone puts lorry firm at 'breaking point' over £5m upgradeTipper and grab lorry business Paul McGowan said the cost to comply with air quality rules could put 120 jobs at risk at its base in Montague Street, Birmingham.

Bristol Live

• Call for tax-free electric cars to boost sales as vehicle demand fallsThe trade association blamed weak consumer confidence and confusion over what fuel technology to buy
• Bristol ranked in UK's bottom three for traffic jamsCommuters lost 103 hours of last year stuck in a queue

London Evening Standard

• Plans revealed for fast ferry that would take people across ThamesPlans for a

Wales Online

• Newport firm to get share of £30m to help tackle climate changeThe government is investing cash into industrial centres, specialising in research and development of electric transport

Leeds Live

• There's an obvious answer to Leeds' public transport woesOver 2,100 people took part in a recent LeedsLive poll which asked them what should be done to improve the city's public transport network. Building a tram network is the obvious answer to Leeds' long-standing public transport problems.

Other Regional Press

• Fareham MP meets with Transport Minister to discuss M27 junctionFAREHAM'S MP met with local councillors and the Transport Minister to discuss the progress made at Junction 10 of the M27.
• Rockfall railway line to re-openEngineering teams are on course to finish repairs to track damaged by a landslip.
• New rules for roadworks in Kirklees should mean fewer delays for motoristsCompanies digging up roads will now need permits for all roads not just the busiest 20%

Business Live

• £100m redesign of Leicester’s “challenging” railway station planned with new car park and "quality" officesOfficials want congested entrance moved to the back of the site

Other News Sources

• The new trains now arriving at Platform Two… are 30-years-old: Same old, same old for fed-up Inverclyde rail commutersRail users on one of Scotland’s busiest commuter routes have finally seen 40-year-old trains phased out – only for them to be replaced with 30-year-old ones.
• MPs back Trafford rail revival plansBOROUGH MPs have joined forces in a bid to get an old railway line into Trafford reopened. Campaigners are currently calling for a feasibility study by central Government into the possibility of reopening the line between Skelton Junction in Timperley and Glazebrook.