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LONDON (Reuters) - Many more trains on London's underground rail system will soon be run by computer, the mayor has warned strike-prone drivers' unions.
Saturday, 15 January 2011
Bristol Live
- 180 objections to council's favoured bendy-bus routeMORE than 180 people have objected to the £48 million bendy-bus scheme from Ashton Vale to Temple Meads. Funding for the bus rapid transit proposal hangs in the balance, but the number of objections means that if it is approved by the government a public inquiry is likely. The 189 objections submitted to the Department for Transport have not been made public and according to the DfT are not expected to be until any inquiry is held. But the Evening Post is aware of a number of organisations that have submitted statements of opposition to the proposals, including Friends of the Avon New Cut a...
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- Bredon bus battle beginsPeople in the Bredon could lose their only bus services, under cost-cutting plans.
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- Bus drivers take the wheel as light rail reaches the Holy CityUzi Ovadia, a bus driver until nine months ago, will be among the most important people of the new year in Jerusalem. Starting this summer, Ovadia and 50 of his colleagues will be sitting in the drive
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