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• Move over drivers, the cyclists are taking over the office car park

  30-06-2017 08:00
  
  Cycle provision can improve the letting potential of office space, according to new research, as increasing numbers of workers choose to travel by bikeIn the centre of Glasgow something rare is happening. A large office development is being planned without in-built parking – at least, not parking for petrol or diesel cars. The 96,250m2 New Exchange development, a two-minute walk from Glasgow Central station, will have just a handful of street-level electric car charging points. Instead of
  
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• 'Always give up your seat for a monk': the unspoken rules of public transport

  30-06-2017 08:00
  
  Our readers share the dos and don’ts of their regular commute – from rush-hour gymnastics to gossiping with the driver Navigating public transport is daunting and often frustrating, but what happens when you hop on the metro in another city? How close is too close to stand next to your fellow passenger? And are you supposed to talk to the driver? In an effort to understand global public transport etiquette we asked our readers to share the unspoken rules of their daily city commute.
  
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• Why leaving your car running could land you with a fine

  30-06-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - According to the council, a car idling for one minute produces enough exhaust emissions containing harmful chemicals to fill 150 balloons
  
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• Wales rail franchise priorities suggested by assembly report

  30-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - New trains and simple ticketing should be part of the next Wales rail franchise, AMs say.
  
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• VIDEOS - THE SECRET CYCLIST: What really happens on our streets

  30-06-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - SHOCKING near-misses where 'impatient' car drivers cut up cyclists and put lives at risk on the streets of Oxford have been exposed in a series of secret videos given exclusively to the Oxford Mail.
  
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• US Senate FAA bill directs DOT to regulate airline fees

  30-06-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The US Senates version of FAA reauthorization, which easily cleared a key vote June 29, includes a provision enabling the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to determine which airline fees are not reasonable.read more
  
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• UK rail passengers suffer 54 million hours in wasted time a year

  30-06-2017 02:00 via fifetoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - New research by rail union RMT has found that approximately fifty four million hours, the equivalent to 6154 years, of passengers time are wasted each year due to delays on the rail network caused by train operating company and infrastructure failures.
  
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• UK car output fell 10 in May, says SMMT

  30-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Carmakers are now set to ramp up production of new models, with exports the main driver of demand.
  
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• Tube station to go step-free

  30-06-2017 02:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press -A major south Bucks station will get funding for step-free access, it has been announced this week.
  
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• This could be your summer holiday flight cabin of the future as Airbus rolls out concept

  30-06-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -The aerospace giant is introducing the new cabin concept on the A320
  
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• TfL reveals next Underground stations to be given step-free access

  30-06-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - TfL has today announced the next six Underground stations that will be upgraded to provide step-free access for passengers in London. Amersham, Buckhurst Hill, Cockfosters, Mill Hill East, Osterley and South Woodford will all be upgraded to provide better accessibility as part of London mayor...
  
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• Strike forces BA to merge some Heathrow flights

  30-06-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Two-week stoppage by cabin crew due to start over the weekend
  
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• Staff at 'Scotland's worst station' to get body cams in blitz on yobs after protests and emergency summit

  30-06-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record -Scotrail say 'type of behaviour that we are seeing is totally unacceptable' at Hamilton Central.
  
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• Southwest Airlines trims Cuba services; sees no market path

  30-06-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Southwest Airlines is ceasing operations to two Cuban cities that it launched just seven months, saying there is not a clear path to sustainability in the market. The decision comes after the US Trump administration earlier in June reinstated broad prohibitions on US citizens traveling to Cuba as tourists. read more
  
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• Southern Rail strike: Commuters vent frustration as 1,100 trains axed due to Aslef drivers' overtime ban

  30-06-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - More than 1,100 trains will be axed in the next two days as Southern Rail drivers resume an indefinite overtime ban.
  
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• Southern rail services disrupted by fresh drivers overtime ban

  30-06-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Action by Aslef union is most recent in long-running dispute with train operator
  
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• Southern cuts trains as drivers overtime ban begins Subscription

  30-06-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Passengers on the Southern Rail network were facing more disruption this morning as a union called a ban on staff working overtime.
  
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• Six more Tube stations to be made step-free in drive to make travel more accessible

  30-06-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Six more stations are to be made step-free as part of a 200m investment programme to make Tube travel more accessible over the next five years.
  
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• Senior figures back £1bn rail campaign

  30-06-2017 02:00 via insidermedia.com
  
  Other News Sources - Senior figures in the rail industry have backed a campaign to secure £1bn in improvements across the Mersey Dee, Cheshire and North Wales.
  
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• Ride through the giant car wash at Reading Buses open day

  30-06-2017 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Get off the bus at Great Knollys Street depot for Reading Buses annual open day
  
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• Quality carriages a 'priority' for next Wales rail franchise

  30-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Four groups are bidding to run services from October 2018.
  
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• Priorities for Wales' new rail franchise laid out

  30-06-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - The main priorities for Wales' new rail franchise have been laid out in a report by a National Assembly for Wales Committee.
  
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• Passengers face long delays from US laptop check

  30-06-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - UK fliers will endure unnecessary frustration because of time-consuming checks on laptops, a trade group representing transatlantic carriers American Airlines and United said.
  
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• NICE: Drivers to face fines for leaving engine running

  30-06-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The health watchdog NICE is urging councils to enforce no idling zones around schools, hospitals and care homes to reduce harmful exhaust fumes.
  
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• New 'jet patching' technique used to fill potholes faster

  30-06-2017 02:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - Potholes in Marlow roads are being filled using an innovative new jet patching techniquebut residents are being urged not to park there while the work is carried out.
  
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• New free bike map for North Holderness area

  30-06-2017 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - A NEW cycle map has been produced to help people explore North Holderness on two wheels.
  
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• Network Rail says it's set to shut a Cardiff bridge to both vehicles and pedestrians this summer

  30-06-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Splott Road Bridge will be fully closed to vehicles for three weeks between August 13 and September 4
  
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• Mayor holds talks with Government minister over plan to buy back Teesside airport

  30-06-2017 02:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -Ben Houchen met aviation minister Lord Callanan to discuss the future of the facility - and the proposal to renationalise it
  
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• Judge orders Chris Grayling to stop dithering over Southern rail fine Subscription

  30-06-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Britains biggest rail company could face a multi-million pound fine after the transport secretary was ordered to make a judgment on the operators performance within a fortnight.
  
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• Have your say on plans to transform east-west rail services

  30-06-2017 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  Network Rail - The views of residents, businesses and passengers are being sought on the next stage of plans to continue the transformation of cross country rail services in Britain.
  
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• Harvie hits out as Scot Gov assessment shows doubling of climate impact from Air Tax cut

  30-06-2017 02:00 via greens.scot
  
  Green Miscellany - Patrick Harvie MSP, Finance spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, today (30 June) hit out at the Scottish Government after its transport officials quietly published a revised assessment showing a doubling of the climate change emissions from the SNP's plan to cut Air Departure Tax.
  
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• Grow Heathrow runway protest community given 14 days to leave site

  30-06-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Court orders 20 residents to leave the community garden set up on derelict site to protest against airport expansionA community project set up to protest against a third runway at Heathrow has been given 14 days to leave its home by the high court.Grow Heathrow took over a derelict garden centre in Sipson in 2010 and turned it into a community garden as part of action in protest against the plans for the runway. About 20 people live at the site and from their base they have become
  
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• Green impact of lower air tax grossly underestimated

  30-06-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Ministers are accused of grossly underestimating the impact of cutting air taxes after they admitted it could cause twice the increase in aircraft emissions previously forecast.
  
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• Government publishes £6.1 billion programme of upgrades to major roads and motorways

  30-06-2017 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - £6.1 billion programme of road improvements announced as part of the government's £23 billion upgrade to the road network in England.
  
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• Getting ready to make the most of high speed rail line

  30-06-2017 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - A PLAN to make sure Leeds and its neighbours maximise the benefits of a new high speed rail line is to be drawn up by council leaders.
  
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• Fine motorists idling outside schools to cut air pollution, say health watchdogs

  30-06-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - New official guidance also backs planting trees, supporting cycling and encouraging take-up of electric vehicles to tackle crisis that causes 40,000 early deaths a year Parents who leave their car engines running at the school gate should be fined in order to help tackle the air pollution crisis, according to Englands official health watchdogs.New guidance from Public Health England (PHE) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) sets out a wide range of mea
  
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• FastJet making steady progress with turnround efforts

  30-06-2017 02:00 via ft.com
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• EU appeals WTO decision in Boeing dispute

  30-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The 13-year dispute between the US and the EU over subsidies to rival aerospace giants is set to continue.
  
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• East Coast rail operator in Peterborough makes a loss

  30-06-2017 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - Bosses of rail operator Virgin Trains East Coast have revealed the business is making a loss.
  
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• Deals this week: Ukrainian Railways, VTG Rail, Bombardier Transportation

  30-06-2017 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -Ukraine's public railway transport provider Ukrainian Railways has announced plans to raise UAH2bn ($76.5m) through an offering of corporate bonds.
  
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• Cutting rail suicides

  30-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Network Rail staff and transport police attend a suicide-prevention course which helps the vulnerable.
  
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• Committee sets out 10 priorities for heroically ambitious rail contract

  30-06-2017 02:00 via assembly.wales
  Other News Sources - There are ten priorities which should shape Waless new rail franchise according to a National Assembly for Wales Committee.
  
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• Chris Grayling threatened with judicial review over Southern Rail

  30-06-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Transport Secretary could face a judicial review of his handling of Southern Rail if he fails to make a key decision on the crisis-hit franchise within two weeks.
  
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• Bus service linking Oban with London rail service met with caution

  30-06-2017 02:00 via pressandjournal.co.uk
  
  The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) - The announcement of a new bus service linking Oban to the Caledonian Sleeper train from London at Crianlarich has been met with caution.
  
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• Bombardier Transportation announces reorientation of German plants

  30-06-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - GERMANY: The outline of Bombardier Transportations planned reorientation and safeguarding of its...
  
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• 'Ban parents from leaving engines on', says guidance

  30-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Doctors want an end to leaving the car running at the school gates.
  
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• Aslef starts overtime ban as Southern launches 'resilient' interim timetable

  30-06-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Members of Aslef will begin their overtime ban on Southern services today, as its leadership stated that it reflected the mp;ldquo;total loss of trustmp;rdquo; between drivers and their employer. From today (Thursday 29 June) Southern drivers who are part of the union will stop working overtime...
  
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• Amadeus looks to grow GDS rail platform

  30-06-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Amadeus plans to create a GDS for rail around the world are being slowed down by the need to complete commercial agreements with the rail industry.
  
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• Alstom opens UK's largest train modernisation facility in Widnes

  30-06-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - One of the largest centres for train modernisation to ever be built in the UK has today been unveiled by Alstom. Situated in Widnes in the north west of England, the facility was opened by Parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Lord...
  
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• Alstom opens UK train refurbishment plant

  30-06-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: What Alstom describes as the largest and most sophisticated rolling stock refurbishment...
  
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