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Monday, 02 November 2020

BBC News

• Coronavirus: Transport for London secures emergency £1.8bn bailoutTransport for London has secured a six-month deal to keep services running until March 2021.

Department for Transport

• Government bailout to keep London transport runningAn additional £1.7 billion government funding and financing package for Transport for London.

The Guardian

• Car-free neighbourhoods: the unlikely new frontline in the culture warsCovid measures to encourage cycling and walking in UK cities should have been a victory for the environment and wellbeing. So why are communities so divided?
• Transport for London secures £1.8bn government bailoutTransport for London (TfL) has secured a bailout from the government worth about £1.8bn a fortnight after Sadiq Khan accused Boris Johnson of a “blatant lie” after the prime minister claimed the London mayor had effectively bankrupted the tube and bus service in the capital.

The Telegraph

• Transport for London strikes £1.8bn bailout deal with Government [subscription]The agreement gives TfL enough funding to continue to operate until the end of March 2021
• High Streets will die if green roads revolutions bans cars, Transport Secretary warned [subscription]Discouraging motorists from visiting high streets will irreversibly change shopping habits and shutdown businesses

Times Online

• High cost of signs pricing cities out of 20mph limitsDespite growing support for lower speeds, councils claim they cannot afford to inform drivers about scrapping the 30mph rule

City AM

• New £1.8bn TfL bailout agreed at the eleventh hourTransport for London (TfL) will receive £1.8bn in government support to see it through until March after a second bailout deal was finally agreed last night. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the capital’s transport network has seen revenue dry up amid the collapse in passenger numbers.
• Airlines plead for emergency support as international travel bannedThe UK aviation industry has made fresh pleas for emergency financial support from ministers after international travel was banned for the duration of the new lockdown.
• It’s easy being green, but our entrepreneurs need the government to step upGoing into 2020, this was supposed to be a year of environmental action.  The pandemic might have disrupted the set The post It’s easy being green, but our entrepreneurs need the government to step up appeared first on CityAM.

i News

• Transport for London secures £1.8bn bailout, with controversial changes ’killed off’ but savings still neededThe Government climbed down over proposals to increase the Congestion Charge Zone, scrap free travel for children and older people, and increase fares.

Sky News

• Coronavirus: Sadiq Khan warns Londoners council tax could have to rise as TfL secures £1.8bn bailoutThe last-minute deal has saved the capital's travel network from potentially declaring insolvency.

Bolton News

• Miles of Bolton's public paths could be lost foreverAROUND 43 miles of public footpath could be lost forever in Bolton unless they are added onto official maps in the next five years.

Kent Online

• Transport for London secures £1.8bn bailoutTransport for London (TfL) has secured a bailout from the Government worth around £1.8 billion. The capital’s transport body said the agreement will enable it to continue operating services until the end of March 2021.

Northants Evening Telegraph

• How public transport will operate in Nottingham under national lockdownNottingham City Transport has provided an update on how its services will run under a national lockdown. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a lockdown for the UK which will come into effect at midnight on Thursday, October 5.

Other Regional Press

• Plans for Manston inland border facility laid out by Department for TransportThe Department for Transport has laid out plans for use of the Manston airport site as a ’EU exit’ inland border facility until June 2021 and is inviting public comment.

Train Operators

• Ministers ’dodge questions’ on lack of customs brokers after Brexit [subscription]Ministers have been accused of “sidestepping questions” over a “very serious shortage” of customs brokers to process Britain’s trade with the European Union after Brexit. A “bizarre and unsafe” lack of regulation has allowed inexperienced and uninsured operators to offer border services to thousands of companies preparing for Brexit, according to a logistics industry veteran.

Business Live

• Bristol Airport plans to build multi-million pound public transport hubAccording to the airport, the new facility will deliver "substantial improvements" for passengers and staff

Construction Enquirer

• Crossrail 2 falls victim to £1.8bn TfL bailoutTransport for London has secured an eleventh-hour bailout from the government worth about £1.8bn.

New Civil Engineer

• Leeds station reopens after major work for the new Platform ZeroRail passengers at their first glimpse of the transformation underway at Leeds station this morning as it opened after a weekend closure to allow major work on the new Platform Zero.
• Hammersmith Bridge engineering challenges and early solutionsReturning Hammersmith Bridge to its former glory will be a “huge feat of engineering”, according to the Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce’s project manager Dana Skelly.
• Crossrail 2 talks continue despite TfL strugglesCrossrail 2 is still a topic of regular discussion between the Department for Transport (DfT) and Transport for London (TfL) despite a recent TfL report conceding that the project will not be realistically affordable before 2030.
• Aecom wins Network Rail Scotland contractNetwork Rail has appointed Aecom to undertake civil engineering consultancy services on rail lines in Scotland.

Rail Business Daily

• Boost for Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle area as a further £1.5m invested by Combined Authority in new railway station schemeLiverpool’s Baltic Triangle area has been given a big boost as plans to build a new station have moved to the next stage thanks to a £1.5m investment by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
• Government bailout to keep London transport runningThe Government has agreed a second extraordinary funding and financing package for Transport for London worth up to £1.7bn.

Other News Sources

• Motherwell to become major Avanti West Coast calling pointCross-border operator to serve town with 96 more services a week and make it a 'key transport hub'.
• Britain’s cities in danger of being overrun by traffic congestion, leading transport experts warnTransport experts have warned Britain could be heading for traffic gridlock in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic as workers continue to shun public transport in favour of commuting by car, and a number of cycling and walking schemes scrapped in the face of opposition.
• Motherwell to become a transport hub as Anglo-Scottish rail services are stepped upThe Lanarkshire town of Motherwell is to become a transport hub with rail operator Avanti West Coast boosting services on its Anglo-Scottish route.