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Estuary airport is 'preposterous'
Proposals to build an airport in the Thames Estuary airport were called both "preposterous" and essential in a debate between two South East MPs.
Anger over £350m cut to rail investment plans
ANGER erupted last night as plans to run an extra two trains an hour on Scotland's busiest commuter route were axed after the Scottish Government cut £350 million from its rail investment programme.
Transport for London: freedom pass replacement for 60 year olds announced
Following restrictions on who can claim the freedom pass for free travel, a new type of Oyster card will provide those 60 year olds with free travel in London.
London Underground consider retractable platforms
The installation of retractable platforms, which would allow wheelchair users and those with buggies much easier access to the tube, is being considered by London Underground. As part of the Deep Tube Programme, suppliers have been asked to put forward proposals for movable gap fillers on the Bakerloo, Piccadilly Central and Waterloo and City lines. [...]
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- VW to buy rest of Porsche for €4.46bnGroups finalise plans to speed up merger, with the integration set to take effect from August 1 when the maker of the 911 sports car becomes a VW brand
Edinburgh Evening News
- Student flats plan under fire with call to ban carsSTUDENTS moving into a planned new residence could be banned from owning cars after the development came under fire from community councillors.
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- Citroen C-Zero electric car leased for £2 a day A new and imaginative way of encouraging people to move to electric cars was demonstrated by Citroen last month when it leased 200 of its fully-electric C-Zero cars for only £60 a month. The scheme is run in collaboration with a peer-to-peer car sharing provider Multicity so participants have the option of hiring out their C-Zero when they are not using it themselves, thereby reducing further still their monthly costs.read more
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- VOSA accelerates Testing Transformation ProgrammeThe Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) is accelerating its Testing Transformation Programme? as it revealed that nearly half of all heavy goods and passenger service vehicle tests are now carried at privately-owned sites. VOSA Chief Executive Alastair Peoples said: œI am pleased to see the market provision of Authorised Testing Facilities (ATFs) continuing to mature with 220 non-VOSA sites nationwide, of which 154 are open access and 30 are third party sites. Currently 49% of tests are now being carried out at non-VOSA sites, and VOSA is committed to transfer the majority of its core ...
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