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• Ozzy Osbourne and Shaun Ryder lend voices to UK public transport - TV3.ie

  15-06-2017 16:41
  
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  Ozzy Osbourne and Shaun Ryder lend voices to UK public transport
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  Rockers Ozzy Osbourne and Shaun Ryder have recorded public transport announcements that will be heard in their hometowns. Ozzy Osbourne out and about in Beverly Hills. The special messages for commuters will be heard on Thursday (15Jun17) as part ...en meer »
  
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• Out now: Issue 162 of Passenger Transport

  15-06-2017 16:05 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 162 of Passenger Transport is published on June 16
  Contents include:
   LEAD STORYProfit plunge threatens First bus investment
  FirstGroup’s 2016/17 financial results show that the operating profit margin for the UK bus business has dropped to just 3%, after restructuring costs
   
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  O’Toole – ‘Break-up is not the best option’
  FirstGroup’s size and range has been an asset, says chief exec
  Virgin targets drivers with ‘disruptive’
  
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• Profit plunge threatens First bus investment

  15-06-2017 15:52 via passengertransport.co.uk
  FirstGroup’s 2016/17 financial results show that the operating profit margin for the UK bus business has dropped to just 3%, after restructuring costs
   
  Uphill struggle: First’s flagging profits threaten investment in the fleet. Pictured are two recent additions to the fleet at the Millbrook test track
   
  FirstGroup’s UK bus division has reported a further large fall in profits, raising concerns over its ability to fund future fleet investment and questions over whethe
  
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• West Midlands aims to become MaaS testbed

  15-06-2017 15:45 via passengertransport.co.uk
  A trial of the revolutionary ‘Mobility as a Service’ concept will begin in the West Midlands in a few weeks, with the region seeking to become a leader
    
  By Robert Jack
  Mobility as a Service, MaaS, is heralded as a concept that will propel transport into a new era – and later this year a group of 500 transport users in the West Midlands will become guinea pigs, making multi-modal journeys by bus, train, tram, taxi, bicycle and hire car.
  MaaS promises to revolutionise
  
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• Virgin targets drivers with ‘disruptive’ ads

  15-06-2017 15:40 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Assertive campaign highlights car’s disadvantages
   
  Ad portrays rail as stress-free alternative to driving
   
  Virgin Trains has launched a high profile marketing campaign designed around a new, more assertive approach to promoting the benefits of choosing rail over car travel. The stated aim is to “disrupt” the market in favour of public transport.
  It is the first campaign a train operator has run targeting mode shift from road to rail in such a head-on uncompromising
  
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• What’s the outcome for public transport?

  15-06-2017 15:36 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Theresa May’s gamble has backfired spectacularly, but what are the implications of the 2017 general election for public transport?
    
  Remember the name Victoria Borwick. The final result of the election may well be one of the most significant. The Tories’ least business-friendly campaign in living memory has backfired catastrophically.The UKIP vote, it turned out, wasn’t naturally Tory. Many traditional Labour voters had switched to UKIP as a party of protest; their
  
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• Public Transport Officer – Brighton & Hove City Council

  15-06-2017 13:55 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
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  As a core member of the public transport team you will help plan, maintain, promote and develop the local public transport network. Working on high profile projects such as Smart Ticketing and the city’s&n
  
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• Warning Metro users: Line closures announced for summer as 20m upgrade gets underway

  15-06-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -The closures are set to run over much of the summer to allow for major track work and the replacement of the Killingworth Road Metro bridge
  
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• VW 'to address diesel fix concerns but offer no compensation'

  15-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - VW will offer a two year guarantee for cars that have had modifications done to emissions cheating devices.
  
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• Volvo sees electric buses as future of public transport

  15-06-2017 02:00 via airqualitynews.com
  
  Green Miscellany - Vehicle manufacturer Volvo has reiterated its commitment to electric buses as the future of urban public transport at a summit in London.
  
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• Vivarail main line testing

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - D-Train main line testing ahead of Rail Live passenger debut
  
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• UK car insurers saw losses of £3.5bn in 2016 due to new compensation rules

  15-06-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Cut in the Ogden rate, which affects compensation for serious injuries, will see insurance premiums rise, with young drivers the worst hit, says a reportBritains car insurers suffered combined losses of £3.5bn last year due to controversial new compensation rules for serious injuries, according to a report which predicts further sharp rises in insurance premiums, especially for young drivers.Consultancy EY said the new Ogden formula led to significant underwriting losses for
  
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• Turn your bicycle into a cargo bike transformer

  15-06-2017 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - The latest bike concept to become a reality thanks to crowd funding is TreGo, a modular design that promises to turn any bicycle into a cargo bike. While it might look like themarriage between the urban bicycle and a porters trolley, the TreGo is full of hidden surprises. According to its makers, the TReGo has the benefits of a traditional The post Turn your bicycle into a cargo bike transformer appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Trams now 'benchmark for excellence' for passenger satisfaction in rail

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The tram network is setting the bar for passenger satisfaction across the UK rail industry according to consumer champion Transport Focus, which has found that people are very satisfied with the performance of light rail operators. In its latest Tram Passenger Survey (TPS), Transport Focus found...
  
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• Tram passengers give thumbs up in survey

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Passengers on trams outside London are more likely to be happy with their journeys than people using trains or buses. The findings are published today by watchdog Transport Focus in its latest Tram Passenger Survey, which says trams scored an overall satisfaction rating of 93 per cent. Some individual systems did better still, with Edinburgh Trams reaching 99 per cent. However, Transport Focus sees some possible sources of dissatisfaction, particularly as the result of disruption
  
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• Toxic traffic fumes will pose risk in Bradford until at least 2021, campaigners warn

  15-06-2017 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -TRAFFIC-POLLUTED air in parts of Bradford will remain at illegally toxic levels until at least 2021, new analysis of Government data shows.
  
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• This is why Merseytravel shouldn't axe the number 101 bus

  15-06-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Residents who blocked bus station in angry protest explain why they want to keep the service
  
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• The Passengers That Took On the Train Line review fascinating journey to inevitable disappointment

  15-06-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The Passengers That Took On the Train Line (BBC2). In 2016, with the contract for Southeastern trainswhich, like Southern, is run by the UKs busiest rail operator, Goviadue to expire in six months, Peretti found five dissatisfied commuters (it didnt take long) and followed their bid to take over the franchise
  
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• Swanage services resume after 45 years

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Timetabled passenger trains run between Swanage and Wareham for first time since January 1972.
  
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• Reality of subsidies drives Norway electric car dream

  15-06-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Norwegians are the worlds leading buyers of electric vehicles but politicians are reviewing the incentives
  
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• Qatar Airways CEO Al Baker asks ICAO to step in

  15-06-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has called on ICAO to step in to the diplomatic rift between Qatar and the Gulf states that have closed their airspace to Qatar Airways.read more
  
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• One million passengers use new rail link in first six months

  15-06-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - ALMOST one million passengers have passed through the barriers at Bicester Village Station in the six months since the new line to Oxford Station opened.
  
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• On the move! Leeds transport masterplan is set to get green light from council

  15-06-2017 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Civic chiefs got the go-ahead from Whitehall in April to invest £173.5m in a package of schemes including a bus-rail link to Leeds Bradford Airport and new train stations at the White Rose Shopping Centre and Thorpe Park.
  
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• New group starts work fighting Bristol's transport woes

  15-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The mayor of Bristol has vowed to improve traffic flow in the city with a new congestion task group.
  
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• MEET THE 89-YEAR-OLD REINVENTING THE TRAIN IN HIS BACKYARD

  15-06-2017 02:00 via wired.com
  Other News Sources - ON A CLEAR, sunny day at a vineyard in the northern California town of Ukiah, a most unusual train chugs through a field of barely budding syrah grapes. Well, it doesn't chug so much as whoosh because this trainactually, a one-sixth scale traindoesn't rely upon a diesel engine or electricity to get around. It uses vacuum power and heavy duty magnets.
  
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• Mayor takes on Bristol's traffic issues

  15-06-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - The Mayor of Bristol has set up a Congestion Task Group to make recommendations on how to tackle the city's traffic problem.
  
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• Icelandair CEO: Transatlantic business remains a challenge

  15-06-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Icelandair continues to grow on transatlantic routes, but the carriers expansion is affected by capacity limits at its Reykjavik hub and increasing competition from low-cost carriers (LCCs).read more
  
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• Higgins: HS2 is not a political football

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - HS2 Chairman: Its important to recognise that we had bi-partisan support, and that HS2 has never been a political football.
  
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• Heathrow baggage crisis sees passengers departing without their luggage

  15-06-2017 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Light flight: Heathrow services are arriving and departing on time, but planes are taking off without luggage
  
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• GWML electrification progresses with completion of Wiltshire works

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Electrification work on the Great Western Main Line has taken a step forward today as Network Rail announced it had successfully upgraded the railway in Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett. Engineers worked over the weekend of 10 and 11 of June to lower the track beneath Hunts Mill Bridge in...
  
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• Grandfather, 71, filmed being knocked out cold by United Airlines employee for 'asking for new boarding pass'

  15-06-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Frequent flier Ronald Tigner is now suing the airline for $1million in scenes his lawyer says are reminiscent of the Dr David Dao overbooked flight scandal
  
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• Future Energy: Will buses be run on coffee?

  15-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Green entrepreneur Arthur Kay wants the red buses that have become a landmark of London to run on fuel generated by coffee waste.
  
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• Forget Heathrow, it's time to take Luton airport seriously

  15-06-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The latest tourism figures show that Londons popularity remains high, while a recent British Chamber of Commerce survey showed that over a third of UK SMEs are planning to invest more in selling abroad over the next five years.
  
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• Five tips for travelling at the back of a plane

  15-06-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - How to make flights easier in an age of on-board austerity
  
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• Edinburgh Trams scores highly in light rail survey

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Edinburgh Tram passengers are the most satisfied light rail users according new research from Transport Focus
  
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• Edinburgh-Glasgow wiring delayed until October, says NR

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Network Rail confirms EGIP delays.
  
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• Diesel scrappage scheme call on National Clean Air Day

  15-06-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -West Midlands Mayor lobbying Government to get diesel cars off the road reduce choking pollution in Birmingha
  
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• Deaths on Scotland's roads rose last year

  15-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The number of fatalities and serious injuries were up despite overall casualties falling to a record low.
  
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• Crossrail 2 needs more work

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - More work was needed in order to secure approval for Crossrail 2 from the new Government
  
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• CHIP AND PALM Swedish commuters are paying for train journeys with a microchip embedded in their HAND

  15-06-2017 02:00 via thesun.co.uk
  
  The Sun - Implants that are hidden underneath the skin double up as a Swedish version of the Oyster card
  
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• Beer train launched

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - BELGIUM: Rail freight operator Lineas ran a pilot service carrying Jupiler beer from AB InBevs...
  
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• At Uber, counting the costs of winner take all

  15-06-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - An out-of-control corporate culture is not the product of one man
  
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• Apple's Tim Cook confirms self-driving car plans

  15-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Tim Cook says he views Apple's project as being a
  
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• Apple says it is working on self-driving car technology subscription

  15-06-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Apple has admitted for the first time that it is developing self-driving vehicle technology.
  
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• Airlander takes test flight following a crash last year

  15-06-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Hundreds of people gathered to watch the 20-tonne Airlander 10 perform aerial manoeuvres in a four-hour flight taking off from Cardington, Bedfordshire.
  
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• Air pollution is killing wildlife and people

  15-06-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Measures to cut air pollution need to be extended beyond urban areas, say representatives of six wildlife organisations. Plus Dr Richard Carter warns that avoiding main roads wont protect you from small particulates
  
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• Adonis shrugs off election impact on infrastructure

  15-06-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Lord Adonis plays down fears General Election result poses threat to planned major infrastructure projects, including construction of HS2 and Crossrail 2.
  
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