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Sunday, 28 July 2024

Cogitamus

• All Change? Rail Under the New UK GovernmentIt was our great honour and pleasure to welcome so many colleagues from across the rail industry in partnership with Rail Forum to our invitation-only seminar ’All Change? Rail Under the New UK Government’ on 19 July 2024, just two days after the newly elected UK Labour Government had announced its legislative programme in the […] The post All Change? Rail Under the New UK Government appeared first on Cogitamus.

BBC News

• Town's bus station opens after £20m investmentA £20m bus station has officially opened in Halifax after the completion of a six-year project.
• Local bus service 'lifeline' is saved and expandedA bus route described as a "lifeline" has been saved and expanded by local councils. The W8 service, which connects the village of Bozeat, Northamptonshire, to Wellingborough, had been threatened with closure.
• Axing of free school bus prompts safety concernsParents have criticised council officials for cutting a free bus service for secondary school pupils serving their village, claiming children will be forced to use roads without pavements.
• Shoppers 'put off city by crime and transport'Plans worth £20m to revive the fortunes of Wrexham city centre have been outlined after claims that crime and poor transport links lead residents to spend huge sums elsewhere.
• City shares timeline for transport hub buildWork on a new multi-million pound transport hub in Hereford is expected to start in December, it has been announced.
• Road campaigners call for state of emergency in cityThe mayor of the West Midlands has promised to meet with city leaders to discuss the issue.

The Guardian

• Further Eurostar cancellations hold up Paris 2024 passengersThe rail operator has pulled four of 15 trains from its Saturday schedule, affecting more than 3,000 people

Times Online

• ’Robowardens’ to scan whole streets for parking violations in minutes [subscription]Digital maps recording parking rules for every kerbside in Britain will allow spotter vehicles to patrol the streets and alert wardens to offenders
• Rachel Reeves ready to deliver the bad news: Britain is broke [subscription]... Schemes to be scrapped include the Tories’ £500m ’Restoring Your Railway Fund’ The A27 Arundel bypass in West Sussex is also facing axe

Daily Express

• The incredible £15bn airport with 23m passengers - but it's actually sinkingThe remote airport is a miracle of engineering and has been used by tens of millions of passengers since it opened in 1994.

London Evening Standard

• Flights and trains cancelled in London as millions face holiday travel chaosRAC warns of ’weekend of woe’ while trains also cancelled into Europe

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• A flying success: The humble beginnings of Aberdeen Airport 90 years agoThe north-east "entered upon a new era" when Aberdeen Airport opened on July 28 1934. We look back at its humble beginnings as an aerodrome built by eccentric flying ace Eric Gandar Dower.

Oxford Mail

• Oxford's Chatty Bus initiative set to return this summerAn initiative aimed at tackling loneliness through bus journeys is set to return to Oxford this summer.

Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast

• Calling All Stations is LIVE!In our first ever episode recorded in front of a live audience at the Cogitamus and Rail Forum #allchangerail seminar, Christian Wolmar and Mark Walker examine the outcome of the UK General Election and the appointments of Labour's Transport Ministers [1:08] along with publication of the new Government's extensive transport legislative programme in the King's Speech [06:00]. We then have a featured and extensive interview with Martin Tugwell - Chief Executive of Transport for the North - who discusses with Christian the agenda for investment across all modes in northern England [16:42].

Other News Sources

• ’Glider’ bus could be coming to Wirral in weeksA new rapid transit glider bus is set to arrive in Wirral within “the next couple of weeks”.
• New local DfT Transport Minister ’seems a positive appointment’ says taxi repsSimon Lightwood MP has taken on the role of Local Transport Minister, a key position with oversight of licensed taxis and private hire vehicles.

News from Europe

• Travel advisors call for the Amsterdam-Noord bridge to have public transport on itThere should be space for public transport on the cycling and walking bridge over the IJ in Amsterdam. If that does not happen, there will be a "significant and truly unacceptable decline" for public transport travelers. Reizigers Advies Raad (RAR), the Travelers Advisory Council, and the Amsterdam regional transport authority said this in a letter addressed to the alderwoman of Traffic and Transport, Melanie van der Horst.