Public Transport news

• Do former transport ministers dream of electric buses?

  23-04-2017 17:53
  
  Ex Lib Dem MP Norman Baker has swapped the ‘constant battle’ of working with Theresa May for running a Brighton eco-firm that’s launching a green bus routeVince Cable and Ed Davey, the former business and energy secretaries respectively, are among the Liberal Democrats who lost their seats in 2015 plotting their way back to Parliament in this general election.But an erstwhile colleague has rejected the opportunity to regain his seat in Lewes in East Sussex. Norman Baker, the fo
  
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• Why Rome sends trains filled with rubbish to Austria

  23-04-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rome's rubbish is helping to power Austrian homes - and it gets to Austria by train.
  
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• Why American air travel could be transformed with tiny electric planes and £20 tickets

  23-04-2017 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Imagine youre city-hopping in the US and taking your next trip of a couple hundred miles. New York City to Boston, for example. Or Houston to Dallas. Tampa to Miami.The obvious choice might be to drive. But what if you could show up at an airport at one of those cities, bypass security checkpoints, board a small hybrid-electric plane with luggage in hand, and be on the ground at your destination in about an hourall for about $25 (£20) each way?
  
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• Revved up for driverless Subscription

  23-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Plans to put driverless cars on Britains roads have been fired up by a government decision to support a consortium led by a veteran technology entrepreneur.
  
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• Residents get up steam to halt railway extension Subscription

  23-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A plan to link a heritage line to the national network is dividing a Sussex community
  
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• PHOTOS: Striking new ceilings completed at Elizabeth line stations

  23-04-2017 02:00 via digitallook.com
  
  Other News Sources - Photographs showing striking new architectural ceilings on some of Londons newest underground railway platforms were released on Friday, as Crossrail completed construction of the features at Farringdon and Liverpool Street stations on the under-construction Elizabeth line.
  
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• Nearly 40 million people live in UK areas with illegal air pollution

  23-04-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Exclusive: analysis commissioned by Labour reveals 59 of Britons live in areas where diesel pollution threatens healthNearly 40 million people in the UK are living in areas where illegal levels of air pollution from diesel vehicles risk damaging their health, according to analysis commissioned by the Labour party.The extent of the air pollution crisis nationally is exposed in the data which shows 59 of the population are living in towns and cities where nitrogen dioxide (NO2) poll
  
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• Motorists in poisonous cabin alert Subscription

  23-04-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Research shows poor filter systems can expose drivers to vast doses of particulates from other vehicles fumes
  
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• London City Airport's chief executive Declan Collier steps down after five years

  23-04-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The chief executive of London City Airport is stepping down from his role.Declan Collier, who was appointed in March 2012, will stay on in his position until a successor is found and will help the airport find its next chief executive.
  
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• HS2 is on its way but bid troubles and snap election could still derail project

  23-04-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The new lines progress is anything but speedy and, in light of controversy and recent political events, it could grind to a haltPassengers awaiting the 2026 fast train to Birmingham: your service is on its way. Honest. If this announcement has left the public sceptical after seven years of relaunches and debate, there are signs that HS2 is starting to carve its first marks on the landscape. Is anything now stopping the £55.7bn high-speed rail scheme from becoming physical re
  
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• Here's how the Elizabeth Line is shaping up with architectural ceilings for Farringdon and Liverpool Street stations

  23-04-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Progress on Crossrail is building up speed, with new pictures showing the completed construction of new architectural ceilings at Farringdon and Liverpool Street Elizabeth Line stations.
  
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• Guest Night

  23-04-2017 02:00 via northumberlandgazette.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Northumbria Club held its Guest Night at the National Liberal Club on March 15. Ian Graham was in the chair. Guest speaker was Steve Hails, director of health and safety for the Thames Tideway Tunnel project
  
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• Glasgow Airport named among worst in the world for passenger complaints in shock survey

  23-04-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -Consumer rights website Resolver say the biggest grumble from passengers was about flight delays and cancellations.
  
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• Freewheeling in the city: cycling London in pictures

  23-04-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - For south London-based illustrator Hannah Warren, cycling in London is about exploration, slowing down and seeing the city from a different perspective. In part inspired by David Byrnes book Bicycle Diaries, she started a series of digital drawings depicting some of her favourite spots to cycle in the capital. Warren started cycling in the city some years ago, tired of being stuck on the bus while seeing bikes whizz past and thinking: Why am I stood under this mans armpit? I could
  
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• Four fifths of motorists support London's new cycle lanes, study claims

  23-04-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Four fifths of motorists support the construction of new cycle lanes in the capital, a recent survey has claimed.
  
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• FAST RAIL AXE FOR BREXIT Tory MPs want to put halt to £100billion HS2 high-speed rail network to save money for Brexit

  23-04-2017 02:00 via thesun.co.uk
  
  The Sun - They have persuaded Theresa May to abandon plans to build a line linking London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.
  
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• End of an era as rail link is withdrawn to the Lakes

  23-04-2017 02:00 via nwemail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - IT is now 50 years since the last railway freight services were officially withdrawn on the Lakeside branch line from Ulverston to the shores of Windermere.
  
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• Doncaster-built Flying Scotsman to take to the tracks tomorrow morning as part of special celebration

  23-04-2017 02:00 via doncasterfreepress.co.uk
  
  Doncaster Free Post - World famous locomotive Flying Scotsman - built in Doncaster - will travel alongside three modern trains to celebrate the "past, present and future" of Britain's railway.
  
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• Councils who have spent £350k fighting Heathrow expansion plans 'doing taxpayers a favour'

  23-04-2017 02:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  This Is Local London Network - Local authorities spending £350,000 fighting Heathrows planned third runway are doing taxpayers a favour, according to an anti-expansion campaigner.A freedom of information request first reported by the BBC revealed Wandsworth, Richmond and Hillingdon councils spent £300,000 from their general funds, and Windsor and Maidenhead Council spent £50,000 from its development fund.
  
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• British Airways wi-fi in the sky finally takes off with connectivity on long-haul flights landing this month

  23-04-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Ten years ago it was assumed that in-flight wi-fi would soon be commonplace.It hasnt happened, but airlines are finally showing a keenness to wire up the skies with fast links.
  
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• Airport expands after business jet usage booms

  23-04-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - LONDON Oxford Airport is set to expand after seeing jet movements increase by more than six per cent in 2016.
  
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