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• Homelessness and UK housing policies | Letters

  14-03-2016 20:22
  
  Amelia Gentleman (Rough sleeping returns to streets in full force, 10 March) paints a grim picture of the situation in London. But it is not new. Back in the early 1970s, the Conservative social services secretary Sir Keith Joseph was so concerned about rough sleeping in London that on a cold, dark night, incognito and without any departmental officials, he did a full evening shift accompanying St Mungo’s workers as they made their way round the West End. This was a truly good and rare act
  
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• US government: 'it's not a surprise Google's car crashed'

  14-03-2016 12:14
  
  US transport secretary Anthony Foxx expects autonomous driving technology to prevent 80% of accidents – but it won’t be perfect, and what the future holds is unclearThe fact that a Google self-driving car had a crash is “not a surprise” according to the US transport secretary Anthony Foxx.
  Talking to the BBC at South by Southwest in Austin Texas, Foxx discussed the future of road transportation and the recent crash caused by Google’s autonomous SUV, which pulled out
  
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• Uber competitor to offer drivers shares

  14-03-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Co-founder of Viber plans to launch Juno by luring disgruntled drivers
  
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• The Welsh train station where passenger numbers have risen by 2,100

  14-03-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -New analysis has revealed how the rediscovered popularity of train travel coupled with investment has transformed the Welsh rail network
  
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• TfL chief says Sadiq Khan's fares costings are 'perfectly legitimate'

  14-03-2016 01:00 via politics.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Mike Brown throws life-belt to Labour candidate on fares
  
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• Sir Bradley Wiggins warns London's cyclists: Stop riding dangerously or face crackdown

  14-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Sir Bradley Wiggins today called on London's cyclists to obey the rules of the road and avoid jeopordising the capital's two-wheeled revolution.
  
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• Scots rail network facing crippling strike over control staff

  14-03-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - A TRANSPORT union is to ballot its members on taking industrial action which it says would bring Scotlands rail network to a halt.
  
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• School transport system is fair to all - Letter

  14-03-2016 01:00 via spaldingtoday.co.uk
  
  Airportwatch - Let me state firmly at the outset that, as a member of the grammar school transport review task group at Lincolnshire County Council, I strongly supported no change.
  
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• Privatising Network Rail could be REALLY bad news for train passengers

  14-03-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Unions have claimed if Network Rail was privatised it would lead to a 15 increase in fares
  
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• £15 million train station revamp will create 'welcoming gateway' to Bradford city centre

  14-03-2016 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -BRADFORD Forster Square station is in line for a complete transformation under a new £15 million project unveiled by transport bosses.
  
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• Number of drivers using black boxes to cut insurance bill up by almost 40 because motorists can save up to 1,000 on premiums

  14-03-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Installing a black box can help to track stolen cars and have resulted in a 40 per cent drop in crash risk as drivers are more careful. The number of live devices on the road rose by 39 per cent in 2015.
  
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• Leeds still playing a frustrating waiting game over trolleybus decision

  14-03-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds is still in the dark about the fate of its trolleybus plansnearly 18 months after the completion of a public inquiry into the scheme.
  
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• HS2 trains 'could derail while travelling at top speeds'

  14-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Trains on the HS2 line could derail when they reach their top speeds, it has been reported.
  
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• Hounslow Council accused of 'throwing in towel' over Heathrow expansion

  14-03-2016 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - Criticism from Conservatives comes after council promotes 'opportunity of a third runway'
  
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• Heathrow Airport laser attacks on rise as report reveals sky high numbers

  14-03-2016 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - There is a worrying increasing trend of the attacks, which can cause temporary vision loss associated with flash blindness to airline pilots
  
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• Google car crash 'not a surprise'

  14-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Last month's crash involving a Google self-driving car and a bus was inevitable, US transport chief tells BBC.
  
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• Driverless cars to be trialled in Kent

  14-03-2016 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A 15 million project is being set up to allow vehicles with no driver to communicate with each other wirelessly.
  
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• Commuters facing delays after police called to deal with disorder on train

  14-03-2016 01:00 via shieldsgazette.com
  
  The Shields Gazette - Metro services were hit by delays after police were called to reports of disorder on a South Shields-bound train.
  
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• Call for fairer deal for Scotlands bus passengers

  14-03-2016 01:00 via thecourier.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A new campaign for a fairer deal for bus travellers is calling for the introduction of a Scotland wide smart card system for public transport.
  
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• Bus fairness campaign calls for Scotland-wide smartcard scheme

  14-03-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A SCOTLAND-WIDE smartcard for the entire transport network would help give travellers a fairer deal and tackle the decline in bus journeys, according to campaigners.
  
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• Bird strike leaves huge dent in passenger jet as it lands at Heathrow

  14-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - This is the huge dent left in the nose of a passenger jet after a bird struck the plane as it landed at Heathrow Airport.
  
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• Belfast Transport Hub planning underway

  14-03-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - UK: Northern Ireland public transport agency Translink is developing plans for an extensive...
  
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• All speed cameras will be upgraded, say police

  14-03-2016 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press -Police have announced they intend to upgrade all of the fixed speed cameras on south Bucks roads,in a move which could prove unpopularwith motorists.
  
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• All change: How Doncaster Bus Partnership may transform services

  14-03-2016 01:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Doncaster Free Post - Falling passenger numbers, high levels of dissatisfaction and ageing fleets are just some of the reasons why Doncaster needs a bus partnership, council and travel chiefs have said.
  
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