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• The removal of road markings is to be celebrated. We are safer without them | Simon Jenkins

  04-02-2016 18:08
  
  It’s clear there are fewer accidents when drivers are trusted not to kill themselves, and each other. Assuming we need constant protection is the mark of a controlling state.Sensational news. The government is starting to remove white lines from the middle of roads in parts of the UK. It is doing so to reduce accidents and save lives. The idea is apparently revolutionary.Research has shown that removing white lines induces uncertainty and thus cuts vehicle speeds by 13%. This has been the
  
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• Boris Johnson unveils road tunnel plans to ease London congestion

  04-02-2016 15:30
  
  Proposals to get more traffic underground also aimed at regenerating areas near major roads and improving air qualityTwo major road tunnels across London could significantly ease congestion, the capital’s mayor, Boris Johnson, has said as he unveiled proposals to send more traffic underground..Transport for London (TfL) could also seek to ease traffic flow more locally with smaller “flyunders” and mini-tunnels. Related: Car fumes are killing us. So why isn’t anyone tellin
  
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• Car fumes are killing us. So why isn’t anyone telling us to not drive? | Susanna Rustin

  04-02-2016 14:04
  
  The health risks from vehicle air pollution are well-known: heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer. It’s time to follow the mayor of Paris – and ban motorists when necessaryOne in three cars in Britain runs on diesel, and 95% of diesel cars emit more nitrogen oxides than is legally allowed, according to tests done by consumer group Which? (Fifteen 15 times more in the case of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, 47 of which I found for sale secondhand within 15 miles of my home when I searched.)Two
  
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• Car fumes are killing us. So why isn’t anyone telling us not to drive? | Susanna Rustin

  04-02-2016 14:04
  
  The health risks from vehicle air pollution are well known: heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer. It’s time to follow the mayor of Paris – and ban motorists when necessaryOne in three cars in Britain runs on diesel, and 95% of diesel cars emit more nitrogen oxides than is legally allowed, according to tests done by consumer group Which? (Fifteen 15 times more in the case of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, 47 of which I found for sale secondhand within 15 miles of my home when I searched.)Two
  
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• Transport for London names partner companies for land development drive

  04-02-2016 13:29
  
  The capital’s transport body hopes to raise £1.1bn from exploiting its land assets in tandem with some of the biggest names in the property business
  The advance of Transport for London (TfL) into the real estate trade has continued with its announcement of 13 “property partners” it will work with in order to make money from its land assets in the capital. They include established giants such as Taylor Wimpey, Land Securities and the Berkley Group along with consortia form
  
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• Out now: Issue 127 of Passenger Transport

  04-02-2016 12:53 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 127 of Passenger Transport is published on February 5
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  LEAD STORYMinister tells industry: ‘We believe in buses’
  Buses minister Andrew Jones has sought to reassure the industry about the forthcoming Buses Bill, claiming that objective is ‘a healthier industry’
   
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  Buses Bill is about ‘a healthier industry’
  Appear on Question Time or tell the CPT dinner why the government wants to ‘confiscate bus oper
  
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• Minister tells industry: ‘We believe in buses’

  04-02-2016 12:35 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Buses minister Andrew Jones has sought to reassure the industry about the forthcoming Buses Bill, claiming that objective is ‘a healthier industry’
   
  Andrew Jones (right) at last month’s launch of Transdev Blazefield’s  revamped Route 36
   
  Addressing an audience of bus operators in London last week, buses minister Andrew Jones sought to reassure them that the objective of the forthcoming Buses Bill is “a healthier industry” with a secure long te
  
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• End the witch-hunt and get some perspective

  04-02-2016 12:33 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The boss of South Eastern Trains faced a barrage of criticism in recent weeks, but the complex range of issues he faces are not being discussed, writes Alex Warner
   
  David Statham has been managing director since September 2014
   
  All this hullaballoo in the media last week about South Eastern Trains being the worst train operating company since horse-drawn carriages were invented, and responsible for all the ills of the world, from global warming to international terrorism, is beginnin
  
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• RSG launches strategy on skills shortages

  04-02-2016 12:32 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Patrick McLoughin: ‘We estimate we need 10,000 new engineers’
   
  Left to right: Rail Supply Group chair Terence Watson, skills secretary Sajid Javid, and transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin
   
  The UK’s rail industry supply sector has launched a strategy to address existing skills shortages and create the expertise required to deliver major railway engineering projects planned over the next decade including HS2 and the digital railway. It includes targets for 20,000 a
  
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• Lacklustre high street hits First’s bus business

  04-02-2016 12:29 via passengertransport.co.uk
  UK bus revenue was flat in the final quarter of 2015
    
  FirstGroup has warned that its full year 2015/16 profits will be hit by lower than expected patronage at its UK bus division and further cost increases at its US school bus business.
  In a trading update covering the last three months of 2015, First said bus passenger numbers in the UK had been affected by fewer people than expected using high street shops in the run up to Christmas, and flooding in the north of England. UK bus rev
  
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• Cubic’s multi-modal ‘Check in Be Out’ trial

  04-02-2016 12:27 via passengertransport.co.uk
  System offers account-based ticketing with reduced infrastructure
    
  Cubic is preparing to begin an extended, multi-modal trial of its mobile ‘Check in Be Out’ ticketing system in Germany following a smaller pilot last year in Soest, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. The new trial will take place initially on six buses and three trains in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, with plans for a roll out covering 173 buses, 18 underground trains and 45 trams.Customers download an
  
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• Bus services being wiped out in England and Wales, research says

  04-02-2016 09:17
  
  Government cuts are forcing councils to slash spending on services by more than £27m, transport campaign’s report saysRural bus services are being wiped out in many areas of England and Wales due to cuts in subsidies, research indicates.The cuts are on a par with the controversial Beeching plans of the 60s to scale down the rail network, says a study by the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT).Related: Bus crisis looms as councils cut services ‘at an alarming rate’, campai
  
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• YEP Says (Feb 3): Is an m-ticket just the ...ticket?

  04-02-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Could it be farewell to the machines and to those familiar orange tickets that tend to bury themselves away in the hidden parts of your jacket - just when the rail conductor steps into the carriage?
  
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• Wrightbus set to get £60m order

  04-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - County Antrim firm Wrightbus is set for an order worth £60m, after London Mayor Boris Johnson got the green light on financing the deal.
  
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• Wrightbus due to get order for 200 new Routemaster buses: London Boris Johnson gets finance green light

  04-02-2016 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - Transport for London has approved finance of tens of millions of pounds for a further order of Routemaster buses from Ballymena firm Wrightbus.
  
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• Why my cycling clothing company uses models without helmets

  04-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The debate about helmet use is too often toxic, puts off new riders and obscures more important issues, argues the founder of VulpineLet me begin with a story.Last night I walked into a pub and spotted a guy with two empty pint glasses in front of him. He had a lovely fresh third pint poised at his trembling lips. Fantastic, just what I was looking for. Continue reading...
  
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• Welsh rail services and train stations could soon be run from England under UK Government plans

  04-02-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Warning comes after UK Government pledged not to split cross-border services
  
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• Watch RAF Typhoon pilot fly through the Mach Loop in fantastic cockpit footage

  04-02-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -The footage was filmed by James Reid through the valleys famous as a training area for low-level fast jets
  
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• VIDEO: Using water to improve lorry designs

  04-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Experts at Cambridge University have developed a new trailer design that makes lorries more aerodynamic - cutting fuel consumption and pollution by around 7.
  
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• VIDEO: Reflecting on the privatised railway

  04-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - As South West Trains marks the 20th anniversary of the first mainline privatised passenger train since the takeover from British Rail, BBC South Today takes a look back at what has changed.
  
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• Vandals smash tram window at Edge Lane station

  04-02-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Technicians were called to fix the tram, causing delays to Ashton-under-Lyne services
  
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• US airlines back Shusters ATC plan, but opposition mounts

  04-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- US airlinesminus Delta Air Linesquickly lined up behind a proposal to separate US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA, but others, including the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), expressed misgivings.read more
  
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• Union deal clears way for Night Tube

  04-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Service to be launched in months if members back pay proposal
  
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• UK and Thai universities form railway partnership

  04-02-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - INTERNATIONAL: The UKs University of Birmingham and Thailands Suranaree University of Technology...
  
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• Transport hub lands first tenant

  04-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A £5.2m transport interchange in Galashiels lands its first office space tenant around six months after it opened.
  
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• Tram fares frozen for another year

  04-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Tram fares across Greater Manchester will be frozen at 2014 prices for another year.
  
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• Sulzer Shortlisted for Two UK Rail Industry Awards

  04-02-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Sulzer has been shortlisted for two UK rail industry awards for its apprenticeship development scheme and recruitment excellence.
  
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• South Yorkshire transport budget cut by 8.5million

  04-02-2016 01:00 via sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Telegraph - A further £8.5million is to be slashed from South Yorkshires transport budgetbut fares for the elderly and disabled will remain unchanged.
  
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• Shropshire bus service facing the axe... again

  04-02-2016 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other Regional Press - A south Shropshire bus service which was reinstated after a campaign is back on the chopping block as funding is set to dry up next month.
  
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• Say hello to this blue tit as it photobombs a railway station's new webcam

  04-02-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Staff at the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society were pleasantly surprised when they took a look at the pictures on the new camera
  
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• Save our buses petition gathers 1,500 names

  04-02-2016 01:00 via burnleyexpress.net
  
  Burnley Express - Residents living in the Clifton Farm area of Burnley have stepped up the fight to keep their number 65 bus service by handing a petition to county councillor Jeff Sumner.
  
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• Rush hour cyclists set to outnumber motorists in central London

  04-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Rush hour cyclists in central London are set to outnumber drivers within the next few years.
  
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• Rural bus services at risk from council cuts

  04-02-2016 01:00 via politicshome.com
  Other News Sources - Many rural bus services are being wiped out and more are under threat from local budget cuts, according to campaigners.
  
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• RMT to recommend Night Tube deal

  04-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Rail, Maritime and Transport union will recommend its members accept a pay and conditions deal for the Night Tube service, its executive decides.
  
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• Pedestrians risk their lives by running across busy south-west London level crossing

  04-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Pedestrians are "putting their lives at risk" by running across a level crossing on a major rail line in south west London.
  
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• Paper train tickets on the way out - now theyll have to punch your smartphone

  04-02-2016 01:00 via burnleyexpress.net
  
  Burnley Express - The end of the orange paper train ticket could be as step closer as plans are unveiled to allow passengers to travel anywhere in Britain using their smartphones.
  
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• OLeary: Ryanair will overtake Wizz Air in Central Europe by 2018

  04-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Ryanair CEO Michael OLeary expects to overtake Wizz Air in Central Europe to become the largest carrier in these markets by 2018. read more
  
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• Night Tube: RMT union tells staff to agree to deal over pay and conditions

  04-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The biggest union representing London Underground workers has told members to accept a deal that would pave the way for the start of the Night Tube.
  
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• Night tube: Breakthrough as RMT urges members to accept deal

  04-02-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Rail, Maritime and Transport union clears big hurdle for an all-night Tube before vote on February 11
  
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• Minsterley Motors opt for Optare Metrocity

  04-02-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Minsterley Motors have added five Optare Metrocity buses to their fleet. The 11.5m, Euro 5, Metrocity buses seat up to 44 and join two Optare Solos already in service with Minsterley Motors, operating the Ludlow Park mp; Ride and town services.The new Metrocity buses will operate on routes between Shrewsbury mp; Bishops Castle.John Jones, Managing Director, Minsterley Motors said, We already operate a number of Optare Solos and our experience of t
  
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• Mayor launches world-leading bus safety programme

  04-02-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) have today launched a world-leading programme to drive major improvements in safety across London's bus network.Although the Capital's bus fleet is one of the safest in the world, with 2.5 injuries for every million passenger journeys, the Mayor and TfL are committed to reducing collisions further and have created this brand new six-point programme to improve safety.The programme will bring togeth
  
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• Lydd Airport £55m investment set to create 200 jobs

  04-02-2016 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Hundreds of new jobs could be created in an airport expansion - but a raft of planning conditions have delayed it for a year, say bosses.
  
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• Londoners 'spending thousands on cars they rarely use'

  04-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Londoners are "hostages" to their cars, spending thousands of pounds every year taxing, maintaining, insuring and parking vehicles they rarely use, according to new research.
  
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• Leader questions cycle lane works

  04-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A multi-million pound scheme to overhaul Manchester's cycle lanes may not be the best way to improve safety, the city's council leader says.
  
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• Late-February debut for Gatwick Express Class 387/2s

  04-02-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Class 387/2s will begin running between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport on February 29, replacing the Class 442s that currently operate these trains.
  
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• Last stop for Ballymena-built bus?

  04-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Iconic London bus is famous NI export but could new order be the last?
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover trial brings driverless cars a step closer

  04-02-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Luxury car maker and government collaborate on tests for connected and autonomous vehicles
  
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• HS2 high speed rail's national headquarters opens in Birmingham

  04-02-2016 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Birmingham council leader John Clancy says HS2 high speed line will "super-charge" Birmingham as the national HQ, which will employ 1,000, is officially opened in the city.
  
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• How to slow down traffic: ditch kerbs, keep potholes, plant trees

  04-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Removing white lines may make us more cautious drivers. And its not the only counter-intuitive traffic-calming method White lines are being removed from the middle of roads in London and other parts of the country, including Norfolk, to slow traffic. What other surprising methods can make our roads safer? Continue reading...
  
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• Have your say on City Deal transport proposals at special meeting

  04-02-2016 01:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A special meeting of Cambridge City Councils North Area Committee is being held to discuss proposals for significant changes to transport on two important roads in the city.
  
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