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CONCERNS have been raised about the long-term viability of Edinburgh’s controversial tram extension – dependent on future ticket sales in a post-Covid world that is likely to see a large proportion continue to work from home.
Twenty-year delay to Leeds leg ‘could derail HS2 in the north’ [Subscription]
A proposal to build the rail link in phases has led to fears the project will be scaled back and may never reach Yorkshire
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The beleaguered Crossrail project reportedly risks being 'mothballed' if further financial support is not provided soon by the Government, transport bosses have warned.
Sunday, 22 November 2020
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- Rishi Sunak to reform anti-Northern spending biasThe government has confirmed it will make a major reform to the way it assesses the value for money of big spending projects.
The Herald
- Edinburgh's tram extension could be derailed by working from homeCONCERNS have been raised about the long-term viability of Edinburgh’s controversial tram extension – dependent on future ticket sales in a post-Covid world that is likely to see a large proportion continue to work from home.
Times Online
- Electric cars aren’t as green as we think. Thinking small could be the kei [Subscription]Before we ban all petrol and diesel cars, Boris Johnson should look to Japan for some great little ideas
- Hedgies take controls to pilot Flybe back into stormy skies [Subscription]It was easy to identify the biggest losers when Flybe plunged into administration.
- Ministers urged to bail out Crossrail or work will stop [Subscription]Crossrail will have to be “mothballed” unless ministers bail out London’s long-delayed new line, the boss of the capital’s transport body has warned.
- Spike in mayday calls as electric cars run out of juice [Subscription]It is enough to make us miss the days when running out of fuel meant trudging to the nearest petrol station with a jerry can.
- Twenty-year delay to Leeds leg ‘could derail HS2 in the north’ [Subscription]A proposal to build the rail link in phases has led to fears the project will be scaled back and may never reach Yorkshire
City AM
- Crossrail will be ‘mothballed’ without extra funding, TfL chief warnsThe troubled £19bn Crossrail project is at risk of being “mothballed’ unless it receives urgent additional funding, London’s transport chief The post Crossrail will be ‘mothballed’ without extra funding, TfL chief warns appeared first on CityAM.
Daily Record
- Tory plans to scrap airport duty-free shops could cost hundreds of Scots jobsChancellor Rishi Sunak has said he will stop the travel perk at the end of the year.
Mail Online
- £19 billion Crossrail project 'risks being mothballed' without extra cashThe beleaguered Crossrail project reportedly risks being 'mothballed' if further financial support is not provided soon by the Government, transport bosses have warned.
- Just ONE new biker is attracted for every £5,000 spent on empty bikewaysEvery £5,000 spent on new cycle schemes causing chaos in towns and cities across the country is projected to bring just one extra cyclist on to the roads, an academic study has found.
Bolton News
- More than 700 vehicles seized and over 400 arrests made by police transport unitGREATER Manchester Police's (GMP) Transport Unit has seized more than 700 vehicles and made over 400 arrests in its first year.
- Transport for Greater Manchester and Unite slam yobs after bricks thrown at buses in Johnson FoldTRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and workers union Unite have condemned yobs who have thrown bricks and other objects at buses in Johnson Fold.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Shipley digital sign plan refused as it 'could prejudice' £48m road schemePLANS for a digital advertising board at a busy Shipley junction could prejudice a multi million pound road scheme, planning officers have claimed.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- 'Boaty McBoatface' docks in Holyhead as it undergoes two months of sea trialsThe scientific research ship - actually called RRS Sir David Attenborough - arrived at the Anglesey port this week
London Evening Standard
- Nearly 300 crimes in London committed by electric scooter riders in past four months, police reveal Nearly 300 robberies, assaults, thefts and other crimes have been carried out by people on electric scooters in London in the past four months, police have revealed.
- Crossrail ‘needs extra £80m to avoid being mothballed’, TfL chief reportedly warns GovernmentCrossrail urgently needs an extra £80m in funding to stay on track, according to reports.
The York Press
- "We need to keep cars out of York city centre" CITY centre spaces are for people, and that includes people with disabilities. But many of the problems which wheelchair users face, in accessing our streets, are caused by pavement parking, something which car campaigners ignore, and this is a significant problem in York.
Peterborough Telegraph
- Plans for new Peterborough ‘parkway station’ in Whittlesey revised due to cost concernsPlans for a new Peterborough ‘parkway station’ based in Whittlesey are being revised due to cost concerns.
Reading Evening Post
- The area of Berkshire with the safest roads in EnglandIt is also the safest place in the UK for pedestrians
Other Regional Press
- Hampshire Constabulary issue e-scooter warning ahead of Xmas Police in Hampshire have warned people to read up on road laws before buying loved ones an e-scooter this Christmas.
- Calls to make M27 quieter after resurfacing not carried outCALLS have been made to make the M27 quieter, as promised work to resurface a stretch of the motorway has still not been carried out.
- On yer Bike: Boosting cycling makes economic senseAlison Hill, Chair of Cyclox and Robin Tucker Chair of Oxfordshire Cycling Network on cycling advances
- Speed limit at the Oxford end of the A40 will be reducedPLANS to reduce the speed limit on a main road into Oxford from the west have been described as 'nonsensical'.
- The rules you need to know about if you're not using your car in lockdownDrivers risk big fines if they make simple mistakes like forgetting to cancel their SORN
- JLR round-up: Baby Defender, testing self-driving cars and moreAll the latest news on Britain's biggest car maker
- Coventry MP leads calls for permanent free parking for staff at NHS hospitalsOne UHCW staff member said the return of car parking charges in June was a "kick in the teeth" after their hard work in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic
C.N.N.
- Despite Covid travel warnings, more than 1 million people passed through US airports FridayDespite a record number of new Covid cases and the Centers for Disease Control recommending against traveling for Thanksgiving, Friday was the second busiest day at US airports since the pandemic brought air travel to a near halt in March.
Other News Sources
- These are the six options for future transport in Hereford HEREFORDSHIRE Council leaders will consider six options for the future of transport in Hereford at a meeting next month.
- D-day looms on a bypass for Hereford COUNTY council leaders are expected to make a decision next month which could shape the future of transport in Hereford for decades to come.
- New range of Hereford bypass options is welcome, says MPIn his regular column for the Hereford Times, Hereford and South Herefordshire MP Jesse Norman welcomes a new range of options being considered for Hereford's transport problems
- How Gatwick Airport went from being in Surrey to part of SussexThe huge airport finally severed ties with our county in 1974
- Chancellor set to unveil delayed infrastructure plans with focus on North-South divideThe Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to unveil the much-delayed National Infrastructure Strategy next week. Setting out plans for some 100 billion pounds of public spending, Wednesday’s announcement will focus on tackling the climate crisis and investment in transport. Our North of England Correspondent Clare Fallon is in Birkenhead now. Clare, there’s expected to be a…
- Sussex drivers admit speeding over 100mph in new surveyMORE than a quarter of people admit they have been in a car travelling over 100mph on a public road, new statistics have revealed.
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