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• Cars don’t just choke our children – they tear a hole in our communities | George Monbiot

  08-11-2016 19:50
  
  A chance has emerged to press the UK government into action over deadly pollution – and I don’t mean just the fumes from diesel engines. We must take itThe government’s defeat in the high court last week was devastating – but I’m not talking about the Brexit judgment. The environmental lawyers ClientEarth sued it over air pollution for the second time, and for the second time they won. After trying every trick in the book to continue poisoning the British popul
  
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• Great Western electrification 'deferred' amid cost overruns

  08-11-2016 13:59
  
  Rail minister admits there have been ‘difficulties’ with modernising branch lines on routes to Oxford and BristolWork to electrify key branch lines on rail routes to Oxford and Bristol has been suspended, the government has announced.The troubled programme has been beset by delays and cost overruns, with its budget trebling to £2.8bn. Related: Plans to allow rail users to claim compensation for 15-minute delaysContinue reading...
  
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• The UK's future transport systems - livechat best bits - The Guardian

  08-11-2016 11:15
  
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  The UK's future transport systems - livechat best bits
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  A recent online live chat tried to work out what a future transport system for the UK will look like. Here's a roundup of the best insights from our expert panel. Read the livechat in full. A Mercedes-Benz autonomous concept car is shown on stage ...
  
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• The UK's future transport systems - livechat best bits

  08-11-2016 11:15
  
  A recent online live chat tried to work out what a future transport system for the UK will look like. Here’s a roundup of the best insights from our expert panel.Read the livechat in fullWe recently ran a livechat on the Guardian public leaders network, where our expert panellists discussed what the UK’s future transport systems will look like. Some of the topics included:But autonomous cars alone cannot will not solve the mobility problems. They should be integrated with a mass tran
  
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• Wheelchair user Joshua Gardner 'humiliated' after being carried onto Jet2 flight

  08-11-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Joshua Gardner (pictured), was told he could either let the Leeds Bradford Airport staff carry him up the steps or miss out on his family holiday to Disneyland Paris.
  
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• Vices and virtues of Ubers insolence

  08-11-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Humans may remain useful but the service is vulnerable to a competitive backlash
  
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• The Poole firm transforming how world used public transport

  08-11-2016 01:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  
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• Supertram and Weston Park sign deal to promote Sheffield charity

  08-11-2016 01:00 via sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Telegraph - Sheffield Stagecoach Supertram and Weston Park Cancer Charity have signed a new deal to promote the good work being done at the hospital to thousands of commuters.
  
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• Smart motorway fines for speeding soar by 50,000 in five years

  08-11-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - There are more than 236 miles of smart motorways in Englandwhich use the hard shoulder and variable speed limits to control traffic flow.
  
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• Skills Minister and Crossrails 600th apprentice mark the start of Tomorrows Engineers Week

  08-11-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Skills Minister John Hayes recently (7 November 2016) visited apprentices working on Crossrail to support EngineeringUKs Tomorrows Engineers Week.He met the projects 600th apprentice Kayne Wilson, 21, from Croydon, London, and his colleagues to highlight the amazing career opportunities on offer as a result of government investment in transport.The minister saw some of the skills and experience the apprentices are gaining working on CrossrailEurop
  
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• Siemens awarded contract for Heathrow rail link software upgrade

  08-11-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Siemens will provide the software platform central to upgrading the Heathrow rail Tunnel Control System (TCS) under a new contract announced today.
  
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• Ryanair: web spinning

  08-11-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Airlines latest prey are intermediaries in online travel industry
  
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• Ryanair takes flight as Brexit drives it abroad

  08-11-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has put his flights where his mouth is, slashing the budget airline's planned growth in the UK from 12 to just 5 to expand in Italy and Germany instead, months after warning that a vote to leave the EU would be "absolutely crazy".
  
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• Ryanair switches focus away from UK after Brexit

  08-11-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airline plans to carry 200 million passengers a year by 2024
  
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• Ryanair raises long-term passenger growth forecast

  08-11-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Budget airline expects lower costs and prices will boost its market share
  
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• Ryanair cuts its fares by 15 despite the falling pound

  08-11-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Yesterday Ryanair revealed plans to cut fares by up to 15 per cent this winter. Experts predicted the move would spark a price war with other airlines.
  
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• Ryanair boss says fares will fall up to 15 this winter

  08-11-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Michael OLeary says more competition is driving cheaper fares but bemoans UK governments lack of Brexit strategyRyanairs chief executive has said fares in Europe will fall heavily this winter as he criticised Theresa May for having no strategy for Brexit.Reporting results for the first half of the year, Michael OLeary said there would be extraordinary fare declines over the year. Continue reading...
  
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• Rail update: rail investment in the Great Western route

  08-11-2016 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Update on the programme of rail investment in the Great Western route.
  
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• Open skies risk being shot down in Brexit farce subscription

  08-11-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Sometimes it does take a foul-mouthed Irishman to clarify the issue. If Brexit means anything for the UK aviation industry, then it means a regulatory clusterf.
  
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• New Street station revamp up for ICE national award

  08-11-2016 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Regeneration of tired old station and the new Grand Central shopping is in the final of new civil engineering award
  
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• Hounslow businesses pledge to work with Heathrow to deliver jobs and growth in the community

  08-11-2016 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - Business leader Stephen Fry says jobs and investment in the Hounslow community will be a priority
  
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• Heathrow is being extended

  08-11-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - So, the decision has finally been made to extend Heathrow, destroying Gatwicks dreams of enlargement, and no one is even mentioning the option of going back and turning Maplin Sands into a vast runway.
  
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• Heathrow chairman voices support for regional UK airport expansion

  08-11-2016 01:00 via travelweekly.co.uk
  Other News Sources - UK airports should all be allowed to grow, as long as there is enough demand for their services, according to the chairman of Heathrow.The comments from Lord Deighton follow the London hub winning permission to expand with a third runway.
  
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• Great Western electrification: Intercity line work 'deferred'

  08-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Part of a £2.8bn project to electrify the Great Western route has been "deferred".
  
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• 'Even Hillary wouldn't delete this email' Ryanair launches US election sale with cheeky message poking fun at candidates

  08-11-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The airline caught the attention of customers with the subject line "even Hillary wouldn't delete this email"but also poked fun at Trump
  
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• DfT says the requirement for driver-only operated trains wasn't consulted on before the letting of Southern Rail franchise

  08-11-2016 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The department for transport (DfT) has confirmed the requirement for driver-only operated (DOO) trains was not consulted on prior to the letting of the Southern Rail franchise.
  
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• Commuters' fury after topless rapper's Norwood Junction station standoff which caused chaos on railways

  08-11-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Commuters told of their anger after rush-hour rail services across south London were plunged into chaos when a man jumped onto a railway line, removed his shirt and started rapping.
  
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• CILT Transport & Logistics Safety Forum launch driver behaviour training programme

  08-11-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The CILT Transport and Logistics Safety Forum hosted their annual conference last week, in partnership with AA DriveTech at The AA, Basingstoke. Our drivers, our fleets, our responsibility: Raising Professional Driving Standards was the title of this years conference and focussed on sharing best practice and raising professional driving standards.The event reflected on the recent launch of the Forums award winning videoOur vehicles, our safety, ou
  
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• Cambridge MP calls for government to back Addenbrookes Station

  08-11-2016 01:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Daniel Zeichner MP will today call on the Government to back a new station at Addenbrookes in a Parliamentary debate on rail improvements in Cambridgeshire and the East Anglia region.
  
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• Better transport in county council areas

  08-11-2016 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Transport Secretary Chris Grayling speaks about supporting county councils to improve local transport.
  
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• BA will add extra seats in economy cabins

  08-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - British Airways plans to add extra seats into each economy class row on its Boeing 777 aircraft.
  
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• 'Awkward' swan on line causes delays on South West Trains

  08-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail services between Berkshire and London are disrupted by leaves, a power cut and a swan on the line.
  
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• Air Canada 3Q net profit up 76; 3Q capacity up 21

  08-11-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Montreal-based Air Canada reported a third-quarter 2016 net profit of C$768 million ($586.6 million), up 75.7 over net income of C$437 million in the 2015 September quarter, as the carrier continues to aggressively grow.read more
  
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