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• New runway will be built at Heathrow or Gatwick by 2030, MPs told

  08-02-2016 19:44
  
  Transport secretary insists government has made progress on expansion issue as Heathrow chief reveals concern over ‘worrying’ timeline
  A new runway will be built at Heathrow or Gatwick by 2030 and the work being done now is vital to make sure the decision is legally watertight, the transport secretary has told sceptical MPs.Questioned by the Commons transport select committee on Monday, Patrick McLoughlin insisted that the government had made progress on the issue of airport capacity
  
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• WMG to scan Coventrys roads for driverless pod trial

  08-02-2016 01:00 via theengineer.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Driverless pods are to be put through their paces on a simulated version of Coventry, as part of efforts to introduce autonomous vehicles to the UK. Researchers at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at Warwick University will use a lIDAR scana high resolution laser scanof 30 miles of Coventrys roads to test
  
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• Uber drivers plan Super Bowl protest

  08-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Fare cuts challenge could embarrass transport company
  
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• Tributes paid to "hugely respected" bus enthusiast who dedicated his life to making travel better for passengers

  08-02-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -TRIBUTES have been paid to a
  
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• The art of living car-lessly in the city

  08-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Non car-owning is almost becoming a status symbol, different from greener-than-thou one-downmanship
  
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• Swanage Railway has record number of passengers in 2015

  08-02-2016 01:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A HERITAGE rail line is steaming ahead as it is revealed it carried a record-breaking 217,080 passengers during 2015.
  
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• Storm Imogen: London commuters warned to expect rail delays as Met Office issues yellow weather alert

  08-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London's commuters have been warned to expect delays on the way into work as Storm Imogen hammers the UK with gale-force winds and heavy showers.
  
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• Solihull roads will be a real-life test track for smart cars

  08-02-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - More than 40 miles of road around Solihull and Coventry will be used to test a new generation of smart cars
  
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• Road flooding as weather warnings issued

  08-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Flooding hits the M9 and a major road in Greenock, as another period of wet and windy weather affects Scotland.
  
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• Rambus buys Smart Card Software Ltd

  08-02-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - TICKETING: California-based semiconductor and IP products company Rambus Inc has paid 647m in...
  
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• Railway station revamp plan welcomed by city leaders

  08-02-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - COUNCIL and business chiefs have welcomed plans to make Preston railway station HS2 ready as part of the citys bid to join the Northern Powerhouse.
  
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• Portugal to unwind TAP Air privatisation

  08-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Deal leaves carrier under private management but gives state veto over strategy
  
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• Permanent home needed for vital Penilee bus terminus

  08-02-2016 01:00 via eveningtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A VITAL city bus service could cause travel chaos after housing developments forced its terminus to close.
  
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• Northern Powerhouse critics describe transport revolution a 'sham' over smartcard divide

  08-02-2016 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Communters in the North East are being left behind when it comes to rail travel services and modern technology, Labour has warned
  
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• Northern England transport planners reject 'Noyster cards'

  08-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Transport for the North rules out use of outdated smartcard ticketing, but aims to improve east-west links with trans-Pennine rail and road tunnelTravellers in the north of England will not be offered a Noyster card, a contactless plastic smartcard based on Londons electronic ticketing system, after officials decided the technology was outdated.Nor will a new east-west rail link be called Crossrail for the North after northern leaders took umbrage at the idea of a new line being n
  
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• Network Rail urges against privatisation

  08-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Ministers puzzling over how to deal with operators £38bn of debt
  
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• MPs to quiz Transport Secretary over airport decision delay

  08-02-2016 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin will be grilled by MPs over the Government's delay in making a final decision over airport expansion in the south east.
  
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• Monorail-style transport system is the answer to city's congestion, says businessman

  08-02-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A RECORD producer and businessman has called for a monorail system to be installed as an answer to growing congestion problems.
  
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• Mayor plans three new cycle superhighways for London

  08-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The plans would see a route for cyclists built on the Westway
  
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• London bus explosion for movie alarms onlookers fearing terror attack

  08-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Doubledecker bus blown up for scene in Jackie Chan film alarms Londoners with its scale and realismA London doubledecker that exploded while crossing Lambeth Bridge in a Hollywood film stunt alarmed onlookers who feared it was a terror attack.Children in a nearby park freaked, according to author Sophie Kinsella, who saw the top deck of the bus blow up as it travelled towards Westminster on Sunday morning. Continue reading...
  
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• Hundreds of drivers could escape Coventry bus lane fines because of 'inadequate' signs

  08-02-2016 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - The council has collected more than £500,000 in fines from the Quinton road bus gate with nearly £600,000 outstanding
  
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• Hundreds brave cold and rain to see historic Flying Scotsman stop at Blackburn Railway Station

  08-02-2016 01:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Hundreds brave the bad weather to see the Flying Scotsman stop at Blackburn Railway Station. Running over 30 minutes late the famous locomotive was greeted with cheers and applause.
  
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• High-calibre opening for InnoTrans 2016

  08-02-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - INNOTRANS: More than 1 000 senior representatives of the railway, scientific and political...
  
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• GATWICK BOSS: If we choose growth at Gatwick over inertia at Heathrow, 2016 can be year Britain finally solves its airport challenge

  08-02-2016 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- For the first time, and after decades of delays and dead ends, there is now a deliverable alternative to the UKs air capacity question.
  
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• From leaves on the line to security alerts: why 61,500 trains were delayed or cancelled in Scotland last year

  08-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - BROKEN rails, leaves on the line and overgrown trees were responsible for hundreds of train delays and cancellations in Scotland last year.
  
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• Exasperated business bosses want second runway at Gatwick if Heathrow expansion faces further delay

  08-02-2016 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - SENIOR business figures are demanding that the government grants Gatwick the right to build another runway, if expansion at Heathrow continues to be thwarted by political and legal obstacles.
  
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• Construction giants urge Osborne to extend Heathrow

  08-02-2016 01:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction Enquirer - Bosses at some of the biggest names in construction have written to Chancellor George Osborne urging him to press ahead with expansion plans at Heathrow Airport.
  
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• Construction firms urge George Osborne to support expansion at Heathrow Airport

  08-02-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Firms such as Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Laing O' Rourke have written to the Chancellor calling for runway expansion at Heathrow Airport
  
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• Calls for a radical overhaul of Leeds bus services

  08-02-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Transport bosses have issued a rallying call for an overhaul of bus services in Leeds and West Yorkshire - amid shouts of whats good enough for London is good enough for us.
  
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• Bus travel made safer in Bulkington

  08-02-2016 01:00 via nuneaton-news.co.uk
  Other News Sources - MAKING public travel safer has been the driving force behind a number of new additions in a village on the outskirts of Nuneaton.
  
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• Bus group to meet over funding cuts

  08-02-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - A new group to consider the impact of the proposal to withdraw funding for subsidised bus services will meet for the first time today.
  
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• Batteries provide fresh jolt to desalination technology

  08-02-2016 01:00 via theengineer.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Engineers at the University of Illinois are developing a desalination device that uses materials in batteries to remove salt from water. Illinois mechanical science and engineering professor Kyle Smith and graduate student Rylan Dmello published their work in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Smith said: By publishing this paper, were introducing a new type
  
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• Aston Bridge repair work to start 18 months after closure

  08-02-2016 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Infrastructure group Amey will finally begin working on the repair of vital bridge which was forced to close in 2014 after being struck twice
  
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• Appeal for countys bus links to receive overhaul

  08-02-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - TRANSPORT BOSSES have issued a rallying call for an overhaul of bus services in West Yorkshire amid shouts of whats good enough for London is good enough for us.
  
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• Ancient tree under threat from HS2 in European Tree of the Year contest

  08-02-2016 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press -The tree from South Cubbington was named this year's English Tree of the Year
  
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