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Former transport boss: Give workers £400 to ditch their cars

Drivers who switch their commute from car to public transport should be paid a £400 a year bonus from the proposed workplace parking levy, a transport expert urged today.

Boris Johnson drops opposition to Heathrow third runway [Subscription]

Boris Johnson has suggested that he will drop his longstanding opposition to a third runway at Heathrow if he becomes prime minister.

The next prime minister has to get serious about transport in the north [Subscription]

Andy Burnham and Sir John Armitt. On Monday, 33 northern news titles came together to demand politicians of all colours commit to tackling the North-South divide. This unprecedented intervention turns up the temperature on the candidates vying to be our next prime minister, many of whom have made overtures about bringing the country back together.

Scania writes open letter on apprenticeship funding cuts

Sarah Taylor, Human Resources Director at Scania, has written an open letter to Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds MP, Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills Anne Milton MP and Chair of the Education Select Committee Robert Halfon MP regarding proposed cuts to apprenticeship funding.

DfT to publish Heathrow southern rail guidelines after months of silence

The Department for Transport (DfT) is to publish guidelines for a southern rail connection into Heathrow next month, over a year after it first invited bids for the route.