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• Uber fights back with petition after TfL launches consultation

  30-09-2015 20:52
  
  Taxi hailing company gathers 90,000 signatures as Institute of Directors accuses mayor of heavy-handednessBoris Johnson, the mayor of London, has been put on the spot over the launch of a consultation process being viewed as a crude attempt to curb the explosive growth in London of Uber, the taxi hailing app.Simon Walker, the director general of the Institute of Directors, said that Johnson, together with chancellor George Osborne and business secretary Sajid Javid, should be reducing regulation
  
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• Leave class out of the London cycling debate

  30-09-2015 16:53
  
  Whatever you think about the capital’s cycle provision, jibes about ‘City boys’ or the middle class are a silly diversion from the real problemsI’d like to propose an amendment to Godwin’s law, the notion that decrees whoever compares an opponent to the Nazis in an online discussion has lost the argument.My variant would be this: if you’re debating cycle infrastructure and you use “middle class” in a pejorative sense, the internet automatically del
  
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• Barrister who dodged rail fares into London for two years avoids prison

  30-09-2015 16:36
  
  Peter Barnett given suspended sentence for failing to pay full fare for 655 days of Chiltern Railways journeys into capitalA barrister who avoided paying thousands of pounds in rail fares for more than two and a half years has been spared prison.Peter Barnett, 44, made hundreds of journeys from his home near Oxford to London’s Marylebone station without buying a ticket for the route. Continue reading...
  
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• Rugby World Cup organisers introduce changes to transport for Cardiff

  30-09-2015 15:18
  
  • Fans complain of long queues and overcrowded trains• Rail companies to improve services after criticismWorld Cup organisers and travel providers have introduced a raft of changes to the transport operation in Cardiff for the remainder of the tournament in the wake of mounting criticism.Fans attending the three matches at the Millennium Stadium have complained of long queues and overcrowded trains as they have struggled to get to and from Cardiff, while there have been other complaint
  
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• We'll build high speed rail and run it as a public service, says Labour

  30-09-2015 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Labour vows to build a high speed rail line linking the Midlands and the North, but there are no details of the planned route
  
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• US woos private investment in transport

  30-09-2015 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Anthony Foxx calls for partnership approach to ease huge pressure on capacity
  
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• Two men arrested after stealing vodka and running on railway tracks

  30-09-2015 02:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - TWO males have been arrested after stealing two bottles of spirits and running over the railway tracks at Leyland station.
  
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• Transport Secretary statement on vehicle testing, Wednesday 30 September

  30-09-2015 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin statement on Volkswagen and vehicle emission testing.
  
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• Transport for London could crack down on Uber in taxi consultation

  30-09-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - TfL considers measures such as forcing operators to provide booking details at least five minutes before journey Uber, the taxi-hailing app that is taking on traditional cab drivers around the world, faces the prospect of a severe crackdown in London under proposals from the capitals transport authority. Transport for London is launching a consultation that includes measures such as forcing operators to provide booking confirmation details to the passenger at least five minutes be
  
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• TransPennine and Midland Mainline electrification works to resume

  30-09-2015 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Work on electrification of TransPennine and Midland Mainline to restart under plans announced today.
  
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• Strict new rules imposed on Cambridge punt operators

  30-09-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Chauffeurs must undergo safety training and amplified music will not be allowed, in regulations drawn up by Conservators of the River CamPunting on the river that runs through Cambridge University may seem one of the most gentle summer activities. However, the punt operators who ferry tours up and down the river Cam are to be subject to strict new health and safety rules or risk a ban from the waters.The new rules drawn up by the Conservators of the River Cam state that airline-st
  
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• Southern Link Road planning application will be considered in November

  30-09-2015 02:00 via herefordtimes.com
  
  Other News Sources -THE planning application for the Southern Link Road will be considered on November 23.
  
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• South West Trains services face disruption during Network Rail maintenance work

  30-09-2015 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The rail upgrade will affect trains running between London Waterloo and Portsmouth
  
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• Road casualties are avoidable tragedy, says sustrans

  30-09-2015 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The number of people killed on Great Britains roads in 2014 reached a tragic 1,775, climbing 4 from the previous year. The number seriously injured in the same period rose by 5 to 22,807.The sobering data was revealed today in the latest Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain Annual Report. The figures show that in 2014 there were 113 cyclists killed on Great Britains roads and 446 pedestrians.Claire Francis, Sustrans campaigns manager, said:
  
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• Report: Government is tying the hands of councils over 20mph limits

  30-09-2015 02:00 via localgov.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A lack of funding and guidance from Government is preventing councils from implementing 20mph limits, according to a new report.
  
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• Police 'likely to turn a blind eye' to new law banning smoking in car with children

  30-09-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - From Thursday,officers will have the power to pull over anyone they suspect of smoking in a vehicle with anyone under 18, but police chiefs have suggested they are likely to turn a blind eye.
  
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• Northern rail electrification to be 'unpaused'

  30-09-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Two promised rail upgrades in northern England and the Midlands that were shelved by the government in June, breaking election pledges, are to be restarted, the government has announced.
  
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• New transport boss Mike Brown: I'd work in the street if it saved cash for services

  30-09-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Mike Brown is clear where his priorities lie.
  
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• New rules will make Uber passengers wait subscription

  30-09-2015 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Airportwatch - Minicabs would be made to wait outside passengers homes for up to five minutes before starting a journey to make sure that they had researched the best route under proposals designed to impose controls on Uber.
  
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• New plans to create and improve road links to Leeds Bradford Airport

  30-09-2015 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - THREE new options for road links to Leeds Bradford Airport have been published today by Leeds City Council.
  
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• Millions of commuters benefitting from Governments free Wi-Fi on public transport

  30-09-2015 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Government - More than 100,000 users in Cardiff and Newport benefiting from scheme
  
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• MetroWest Rail Improvement Project, Bristol

  30-09-2015 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -MetroWest is a proposed rail project to improve rail transport services in Bristol and its surrounding areas, known as the West of England.
  
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• London Underground's most senior female Asian manager is given £41,000 compensation

  30-09-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Noordan Jaumdally, 46, became one of only 16 female 'Centurion' managers when she was promoted in 2010 and put in charge of 135 staff across east London.
  
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• Lollipop ladies 'to be trained in conflict resolution' in bid to tackle road rage

  30-09-2015 02:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Bristol City Council is spending £10,000 on research that is looking at ways of easing tensions between cyclists and motorists
  
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• Labour unveils plans to lower commuter fares by giving Mayor more rail control

  30-09-2015 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Hundredsof thousands of commuters would get cheaper fares under plans to give the Mayor of Londoncontrol over more rail lines, Labour pledged today.
  
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• Labour conference confirms plans for rail re-nationalisation

  30-09-2015 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -LABOUR is to look for opportunities to bring rail passenger franchises back into public ownership before franchise contracts expire, it has emerged at the partys annual conference in Brighton.
  
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• Labour backs railway nationalisation

  30-09-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Nationalising the railways is now official Labour Party policy as activists vote to adopt it at their conference.
  
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• Hundreds of passengers on crowded Bristol train pull emergency cord and walk the track

  30-09-2015 02:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - The two-carriage service was crammed with students heading to a music festival
  
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• Green energy specialists Proton Power Systems are fuelled for future as losses narrow

  30-09-2015 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The Newcastle-founded firm specialises in fuel cells and systems that can be used in electric buses, light and heavy duty vehicles, boats and buildings, producing anything from 3kW to peak power of 30kW.
  
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• Gatwick runway plea faces new attack subscription

  30-09-2015 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Ministers should ignore entirely misguided pleas to expand Gatwick at the expense of Heathrow, according to the head of the airports commission.
  
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• Fiat Chrysler under-reported deaths

  30-09-2015 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - US car safety watchdog says carmaker found deficiencies in its reporting faults system
  
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• Electric bike hire is aimed at reluctant cyclists

  30-09-2015 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Cut-price electric bikes will be introduced across England under government plans to get thousands of commuters out of their cars.
  
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• Dublin plans for new Metro North line

  30-09-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Irish government announces plans to build a new underground metro rail link from the centre of Dublin to the city's airport.
  
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• Devolve power and resources to save Englands bus services, say campaigners

  30-09-2015 02:00 via localgov.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Campaigners have called on the Government to take action over Englands shrinking bus services after official figures showed usage had dropped by 27 million journeys in the space of a year.
  
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• Details of £2 billion roads plan for the East of England

  30-09-2015 02:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Highways England is meeting with suppliers and stakeholders today (Tuesday) and on Thursday (1 October) to set out how more than £2 billion of government investment to improve the capacity and condition of roads across the East of England will be delivered.
  
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• Details of £1.8 billion Midlands roads plan

  30-09-2015 02:00 via https
  Department for Transport - Highways England met with suppliers to set out how £1.8 billion of government investment to improve the capacity and condition of roads in the Midlands will be delivered.
  
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• Davies: Ministers urged to reject misguided Gatwick claims

  30-09-2015 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Head of Airports Commission calls Boris Johnsons Heathrow analysis flawed
  
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• Corethree M-Ticket Sales Smash Through £1m per Week Milestone As Public Transport Users and Operators Get Wise to the Benefits

  30-09-2015 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The UKs public transport users are proving to be the smart commuters, saving money and time judging by the huge number of Corethree developed mobile tickets (m-tickets) that are now being sold. Last week saw the numbers hit an incredible £1m per week milestone.The company, which most recently built the TfL Santander Cycles App, has seen over 2.5 million downloads across its suite of applications for bus, rail, tram and cycle including brands
  
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• Corbyn declares his values: bullying out, rail nationalisation in

  30-09-2015 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Labour leader pledges a kinder politics as he hits out over cyberbullies who launched sexist attacks on Cooper and Kendall
  
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• Chef Bryn Williams launches 'fast food' on Virgin Trains

  30-09-2015 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - The North Wales chef who recently opened a restaurant at Porth Eirias on the promenade in Colwyn Bay has teamed up with the train company
  
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• Cambridge tourists forced to sit through airline-style briefing before boating

  30-09-2015 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Stringent new health and safety rules mean punters on the River Cam in Cambridge must now sit through an airline-style safety briefingeven though the boats travel at two miles an hour.
  
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• Call to make it easier for councils to introduce 20mph speed limits - in same way Cardiff has

  30-09-2015 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Implementing the measures would save lives, says Brake, which has warned there is currently a postcode lottery in Britain
  
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• Buses diverted due to stone throwing

  30-09-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Youths who threw stones at vehicles on the outskirts of west Belfast could have caused serious injury, a councillor says.
  
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• Bus companies fight their case for student market

  30-09-2015 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -BUS wars between companies fighting for the lucrative student market in York have ramped up as one firm has complained about not being allowed on campus.
  
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• Boris admits calling off 2017 Tour plan

  30-09-2015 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Boris Johnson admits he decided London should not host the start of the 2017 Tour de France because it was
  
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• ATOC extends commission agreements for agents and TMCs

  30-09-2015 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Train operating association outlines new commercial arrangements
  
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• All aboard for railway poster talk to accompany exhibition at Scarborough Art Gallery

  30-09-2015 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -RAILWAY poster expert Beverley Cole will take a trip through the posters of the Scarborough Collections at Scarborough Art Gallery on Friday evening next week.
  
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• Airports Commission chief urges Government to choose Heathrow over Gatwick

  30-09-2015 02:00 via littlehamptongazette.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The chairman of the Airports Commission has urged the Government to ignore Gatwick's pleas to be expanded instead of Heathrow.
  
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