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• Do new roads benefit the economy? Here's what we know | Henry Overman

  08-05-2017 11:32
  
  There’s little evidence on the payback from investment in transport infrastructure. New research hopes to help change thatNew investment in transport infrastructure is seen as a key plank of a modern industrial strategy, and is central to many local economic growth strategies. But what do we know about the economic benefits that such investment delivers, and how do we prioritise different schemes to maximise any positive impacts?My ongoing research with co-authors Steve Gibbons, Rosa Sanch
  
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• Vintage buses to take to Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, streets

  08-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - They included vehicles that used to run in south Wales up to 80 years ago.
  
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• UAV survey company Bridgeway Aerial takes off

  08-05-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: Civil engineering company Bridgeway Consulting has acquired a 50 stake in unmanned aerial...
  
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• Two-way traffic over Cranleigh bridge on 'dangerous' road moves closer with £2 million council commitment

  08-05-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The Elmbridge Road bridge rebuild is part of a council four-year programme due to start this year
  
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• Tube strike: London Bridge staff go on 24-hour strike

  08-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Tube workers at London Bridge station have gone on strike until 22:00 BST on Monday.
  
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• Transport fleets back road safety campaign

  08-05-2017 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - TRANSPORT fleets across Hampshire are adding their support to the fourth United Nations Global Road Safety Week.
  
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• The £40m scheme that will transform the M27

  08-05-2017 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A MAJOR £40m project to improve a notorious Hampshire motorway bottleneck has been revealed by highway bosses.
  
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• 'Stop the buses': Concerned parents' demand as council continues to run school service on crash road

  08-05-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -Pupils are still being transported along a tight road in Cumbernauld where 26 kids were hurt in a crash earlier this year.
  
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• Southern Cut Graveyard Services

  08-05-2017 02:00 via juicebrighton.com
  
  Other News Sources - Southern Rail have announced they're to cut some late night and early morning services.It's to allow engineers to carry out improvement work on the Brighton Mainline meaning some lines will have to close.
  
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• School run road has raked in £2.6m of fines in six months

  08-05-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A council has made £2.6million by fining motorists, including scores of parents, unknowingly driving through a road closure on the school run. Drivers claim the traffic system is unclear.
  
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• Ryanair customers returning to Stansted Airport stranded for six hours

  08-05-2017 02:00 via hertfordshiremercury.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Passengers on a returning Ryanair flight from Budapest back to Stansted Airport were left stranded for nearly six hours this morning (May 5) after being told that the airline did not have enough crew.
  
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• New train shelters for Ayrshire including Largs

  08-05-2017 02:00 via largsandmillportnews.com
  
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• National Express investors oppose £1m bonus after fatal crash

  08-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Shareholders to vote against pay award after loss of six children in Chattanooga
  
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• More than 700 back Scunthorpe Telegraph HS2 campaign

  08-05-2017 02:00 via scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - RESIDENTS are continuing to back the Scunthorpe Telegraph's campaign to bring the HS2 rail contract to the town's steelworks.
  
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• More seats to be available on trains from Cambridge to London

  08-05-2017 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - There will also be stops on Greater Anglia's summer timetable at the new Cambridge North station, which offers direct services to London, Norwich and Ely
  
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• London Bridge Tube strike: Times, dates and everything else you need to know about the RMT union walkout

  08-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Tube staff will begin a 24-hour strike at London Bridge station tonight in a bitter row over the sacking of a colleague.
  
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• HRI campaigners who asked to be on transport group told: Submit an FOI

  08-05-2017 02:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Let's Save HRI campaigners brand CCG attitude as "ridiculous"
  
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• How Brits are paying FOUR times the cost of a flight for airport transfers

  08-05-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - New research shows that the most expensive average airport transfer fee
  
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• Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week 2017 8-14 May 2017

  08-05-2017 02:00 via who.int
  
  Other News Sources - The UN Road Safety Collaboration is pleased to announce that the Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week will be held from 8-14 May 2017. The Week will focus on speed and what can be done to address this key risk factor for road traffic deaths and injuries. Speed contributes to around one-third of all fatal road traffic crashes in high-income countries, and up to half in low- and middle-income countries.
  
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• Fans warned against train violence

  08-05-2017 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - RAILWAY police have told sports fan bad behaviours will not be tolerated on trains after a football fan threatened to bite off a police officers nose on York Railway Station.
  
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• Drivers owe £1.6m in parking fines to Council

  08-05-2017 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -BRADFORD Council is owed more than £1.6 million in unpaid parking fines from the last three years.
  
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• Contactless tickets launch on Stagecoach Oxfordshire buses

  08-05-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -CONTACTLESS bus tickets will be rolled out on Stagecoach buses in Oxfordshire for the first time from Monday.
  
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• Cloned cars sold in Greater Manchester eBay scam

  08-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A retired police officer is among victims who have been conned out of tens of thousands of pounds.
  
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• Captain pictured asleep in business class leaving trainee pilot at the controls of passenger jet

  08-05-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Captain Amir Akhtar Hashmi has been taken off duty after allegedly putting passengers' lives at risk on a London-bound flight
  
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• BA owners profits rise as corporate bookings improve

  08-05-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airline group IAG makes highest first quarter profit in its history
  
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