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Friday, 27 November 2020

BBC News

• M4 congestion: Spend £800m on public transport, report says£800m should be invested in public transport to help ease traffic jams on the M4, a report has recommended. A commission was set up after Welsh ministers scrapped plans to build a £1.6bn relief road around Newport.
• London Tube whiteboard messages 'make people less alone'The two station assistants who began posting poems anonymously have now written a book.

The Guardian

• Green bus, rail and cycle network 'should replace axed M4 extension in Wales'Government commission calls for sustainable alternative to ease congestion between Cardiff and Severn Bridge. A sustainable network of additional rail stations, rapid bus routes and cycle corridors should be built in south-east Wales to replace the scrapped M4 motorway extension, a government commission has said.

London Evening Standard

• Book train tickets early to avoid Christmas chaos, rail passengers warnedRail passengers hoping to visit loved-ones over Christmas are being urged to book “as early as possibleâ€� to avoid travel chaos.
• Sort out Crossrail to put London back on trackFunding plea: the Elizabeth line will cut journey times and increase capacity

Wales Online

• Six new train stations proposed to solve M4 congestion after relief road scrappedA report has highlighted the urgent need to alternatives to the M4 in south Wales

Other Regional Press

• Lord Burns on Transport Commission plan for NewportNEW proposals to invest in the region's public transport network could lead to a regeneration of Newport, bringing job opportunities and residents back to the heart of the city.

New Civil Engineer

• Alternatives tabled to replace canned £1.4bn M4 relief roadThe South East Wales Transport Commission has recommended a ‘Network of Alternatives’ solution to reduce congestion on the M4 motorway.

Railway Gazette

• Rail enhancement proposed as the ‘backbone of an alternative’ to road spending in southeast WalesUK: Investment in a ‘comprehensive and co-ordinated’ programme of railway enhancements, rapid bus routes and active travel instead of road construction has been recommended by the South East Wales Transport Commission.