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Network Rail must be beefed up, says review chief Keith Williams [subscription]
A review of the railways by the former boss of British Airways has recommended a huge increase in Network Rail’s powers, putting it at the heart of a powerful new organisation.
Transport: The dead battery in the Northern Powerhouse – David Behrens
One of the attractions of living in the North was always supposed to be the ease and affordability of getting to work. I, for instance, used to be able to glide comfortably from Ilkley to Leeds, by train or car, while those at Goodge Street Station were still queueing for the lift.
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- Fightback begins over the parking ‘highwaymen’ [subscription]Almost 7m motorists were fined last year using details bought from the DVLA — that may be breaking the law
- An inconvenient truth about electric cars [subscription]How can we switch to electric cars when there still aren’t enough places to charge them? Nick Rufford reports
- London’s looming ban on dirty cars [subscription] Save For drivers in the capital, a hazard looms: the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez). Inside the zone, which currently covers central London, drivers whose vehicles don’t comply with EU limits on emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulates must pay a £12.50 daily charge (£100 for lorries).
- Britons to be ‘nudged’ towards electric cars [subscription]The transport secretary has bought his own Tesla and is splashing out on charging points to fuel a revolution on the roads
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