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• Streetfighting woman: inside the story of how cycling changed New York

  11-03-2016 12:00
  
  As transport commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan faced down critics to transform New York with 400 miles of cycling routes, a bike share scheme and the remodelling of Times Square. Any city can do it, she tells Peter WalkerJanette Sadik-Khan, who in alliance with her then-boss, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, arguably did as much to transform the city’s streetscape as anyone in its recent history, recalls an early moment when she wondered whether people were ready for such rapid change.It w
  
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• Call for pollution tax on sales of new diesel cars in Britain

  11-03-2016 08:00
  
  An £800 tax would fund old diesel scrappage, encourage move to low-emission vehicles and reduce air pollution, according to Policy Exchange thinktankAn £800 pollution tax should be put on sales of new diesel cars, with the proceeds used for a scrappage scheme for older diesels, according to the thinktank Policy Exchange.The move, proposed ahead of George Osborne’s budget on 16 March, would encourage motorists to move towards lower emission vehicles and significantly reduce air
  
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• We Londoners will explode with rage if we have to stand on the escalator

  11-03-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Abandoning a convention that has served the Underground well for more than 50 years is too a step too far
  
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• VIDEO: Stand on the left? Pardon?

  11-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A standing-only trial on escalators at a London Underground station is to be extended after an initial test resulted in a 30 improved passenger flow.
  
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• VIDEO: Crowds flock as Flying Scotsman steams through region on way to North York Moors Railway

  11-03-2016 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -CROWDS clambered and strained for a vantage point, its progress was slowed when onlookers got a little too close, but onThursday nightrail enthusiasts and the just plain curious got to see the Flying Scotsman steam through the region.
  
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• Traffic lights could be switched off to reduce congestion

  11-03-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Andrew Jones, the road safety minister, says he will consider plans to switch off traffic lights to ensure that traffic 'flows more freely'
  
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• Shoreham airshow organisers 'did not know intended routine of jet crash pilot'

  11-03-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - The organisers of the Shoreham Airshow, where 11 people were killed, did not know the intended routine of the pilot whose Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to a road, accident investigators have said.
  
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• Shoreham Airshow disaster report: Organisers not aware of pilot's display plans

  11-03-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -A risk assessment for the 2015ShorehamAir Show, where 11 people were killed, did not
  
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• Sex offences 'will rise' on Night Tube

  11-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Night Tube will lead to a rise in sex offences and rowdy behaviour, according to an internal risk assessment by Transport for London.
  
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• Ryanair enters corporate charter market

  11-03-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has launched a corporate charter service in response to strong demand from customers seeking to privately hire its aircraft. read more
  
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• Pothole pains: More than 250,000 potholes repaired by Kirklees Council last year but there's still a backlog

  11-03-2016 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - £12billion backlog to repair the nation's crumbling roads
  
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• Now it is time to use your bus or lose it says Lancashire County Council

  11-03-2016 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A use it or lose it warning has been issued to county bus users following an eleventh hour rescue plan for more than half of 113 under threat routes.
  
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• North Wales rail electrification could fail if passenger numbers don't increase

  11-03-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -The Welsh Government are about to submit a business case to upgrade 105 miles of track from Holyhead to Crewe
  
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• MPs urge crackdown on laser pens after attacks on aircraft in Leeds

  11-03-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - MPs have urged the Government to do more to crack down on dangerous laser pen attacks against aircraft, following a spate of attacks around Leeds-Bradford Airport.
  
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• Manchester Airport passengers slam 'horrendous' passport control queues

  11-03-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Frustrated travellers lined up in their hundreds as UK Border Force staff struggled to process arrivals at terminal 2
  
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• M4 relief road 'could cost £1.1bn'

  11-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The planned M4 relief road could cost £1.1bn, new figures show, despite the first minister saying it would be much lower than that.
  
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• M4 relief road 'could cost 1.1bn'

  11-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The planned M4 relief road could cost 1.1bn, new figures show, despite the first minister saying it would be much lower than that.
  
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• London Underground discards 'stand on the right' rule

  11-03-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -London Underground is discarding decades of tradition in a new trial at a busy station where passengers will no longer be asked to 'stand on the right' when using two escalators. Instead, they will be invited to stand on both sides on the Central line escalators at Holborn. Previous tests last November and December have suggested that capacity is increased by up to 30 per cent if everyone is stationary and allows the machinery to do the work.
  
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• London to the letter: meet Edward Johnston, the font of all tube style

  11-03-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The creator of the hugely influential London Underground typefacewhich celebrates its centenary this yearwas a modest typographic puristAs ubiquitous as the black cab and the double-decker bus, so omnipresent in the city it is practically invisible, the London Underground typeface celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2016. To mark the centenary, a Sussex village, where this most metropolitan of lettering was dreamed up, is putting on a show.Edward Johnston, who created the typeface
  
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• Labour would borrow billions of pounds to fund public investment projects

  11-03-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Shadow chancellor John McDonnell promises iron discipline in spending, but would push billions towards housing, railways or high-speed broadband Labour would borrow billions of pounds to fund public investment projects, while exerting an iron discipline over day-to-day spending, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said, as he seeks to win back the partys reputation for economic competence.In an interview with the Guardian, he described shoring up Labours fiscal credibility as the
  
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• Hospitals could follow airlines on safety

  11-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Can aviation teach hospitals a thing or two about safety?
  
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• Heathrow boosted by long-haul traffic growth

  11-03-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Double-digit increases for flights to Mexico and China
  
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• Go-ahead for Crossrail 2 in London

  11-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Crossrail 2 is given the go-ahead by George Osborne's National Infrastructure Commission.
  
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• George Osborne's warning of a 2p hike in fuel price

  11-03-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The Chancellor told a private meeting of Conservative MPs that he could not be expected to extend the five-year freeze on fuel duty if oil prices remain below $50 a barrel.
  
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• Free wi-fi now available on more than half of South West Trains

  11-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Free wi-fi on South West Trains has received a major extension, meaning it is provided on more than half of their services. Wi-fi has been installed through a collaboration with Nomad Digital on South Westmp;rsquo;s class 450 trains, which run on services to destinations including Reading...
  
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• Forth Road Bridge: Inquiry into closure doesnt go far enough

  11-03-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - An inquiry into the closure of the Forth Road Bridge over Christmas has been accused of not going far enough as it fails to highlight a loss of hundreds of thousands of pounds to businesses, opposition MSPs have claimed.
  
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• Forth Road Bridge fault 'unforeseeable'

  11-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A report into the closure of the Forth Road Bridge concludes the fault which caused it could not have been foreseen.
  
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• Flybe agrees new franchise deal

  11-03-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Regional carrier will use Blue Islands to operate Channel Islands flights
  
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• Even Virgin Trains are taking a sly dig at Louis van Gaal after Manchester United's Anfield defeat

  11-03-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -They took to their ticket booking system to make sure he could get back to Manchester
  
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• Delays for rail passengers after overrunning engineering works

  11-03-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - Overrunning engineering works are causing delays for rail passengers attempting to reach London from Suffolk and Essex this morning.
  
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• Commuters could be banned from walking up escalators

  11-03-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Holborn first tube station to introduce pilot on walking up escalators
  
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• City Council sets aspiration for zero carbon Cambridge by 2050

  11-03-2016 01:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Cambridge city councillors are to consider agreeing an aspiration to reduce carbon emissions in Cambridge to zero by 2050, which would contribute to achieving the ambitious international targets agreed by governments at the COP 21 summit in Paris in December 2015.
  
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• Child road deaths reduction target met six years early

  11-03-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A target to cut child deaths on Scotland's roads by 50 by 2020 has been achieved six years early, a new report has revealed.
  
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• Carwyn Jones thought the M4 relief road would cost less than 1bn but a new report says otherwise

  11-03-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -A Welsh Government report puts the cost at £1.1bn - and that's not even taking account of VAT and inflation
  
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• Cardiff wants to bring back Boris bikes to Wales' capital

  11-03-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The city wants to see 500 bikes stationed around the city as it tries to boost public transport
  
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• Bus, train and tram crimes fall as live CCTV feed scares off yobs and thieves

  11-03-2016 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Crime Commissioner David Jamieson praises the work of Safer Travel team after offences drop
  
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• Autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid safely manoeuvres snowy test track

  11-03-2016 01:00 via theengineer.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - This weeks video comes from Michigan where Ford has been demonstrating a Fusion Hybrids ability to drive autonomously in snowy conditions. According to Ford, the vehicle is able to safely manoeuvre in wintery conditions through a combination of technologies including four LiDAR scanners that were used in better weather conditions to build a 3D map
  
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• Adonis urges Crossrail 2 to be a priority

  11-03-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - London will grind to a halt without transport improvements
  
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• A digital race towards innovation

  11-03-2016 01:00 via atkinsglobal.com
  
  Other News Sources - We're seeing more and more companies competing for the government led 'Innovate UK' and future railway programme to support digital tech that improves customer experience.
  
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• 2,300 Transport for London workers are paid 'off the books' allowing them to cut their tax bill

  11-03-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The number of people at getting their salary handed to them before tax at TfL, which runs the Tube, pictured, has almost trebled in the past four years to 2,300 - up from 970 in 2011.
  
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