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• After Kim Briggs’s death, cyclists must realise that they are traffic too | David Shariatmadari

  24-08-2017 16:34
  While riding a bike it’s too easy to forget the harm you can do to yourself and others. Perhaps Charlie Alliston’s conviction will shake us into vigilanceI love cycling. I am not a bike nut, and those who are would laugh at the secondhand lump of steel that costs more to service than I paid for it. But, like millions of others, I love the feeling of zipping through the city under my own steam. Bikes allow you to be in touch with your surroundings in a way cars don’t. By encasin
  
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• Yellow Buses wants to expand its services by building bus depot in Poole

  24-08-2017 02:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - YELLOW BUSES is applying to build a bus depot in Poole to expand its services westwards.
  
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• Why I wouldnt sit in a women-only train carriage Subscription

  24-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Labour MP Chris Williamson, the shadow fire and emergency services minister, has caused something of a stir with his idea that women-only carriages should be reintroduced on trains. This is a terrible notion, which is why it was shot down in 2015 when Jeremy Corbyn first made the suggestion. It demonstrates a serious lack of imaginative thinking about how to tackle sexual harassment.
  
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• Waverley platforms to be lengthened

  24-08-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Network Rail releases image of new-look Edinburgh Waverley
  
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• UK car production revs up in July

  24-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - About 136,000 vehicles rolled out of British factories last month, up almost 8 from last July.
  
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• UK car output reverses downward trend with 7.8 percent rise in July

  24-08-2017 02:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  Reuters News - LONDON (Reuters) - British car production rose by an annual 7.8 percent in July as manufacturers boosted output ahead of the key selling month of September, an industry body said on Thursday, reversing the downward trend recorded in recent months.
  
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• Travel trouble across London expected for busy August bank holiday weekend as huge rail works are planned

  24-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - The August bank holiday is set to be a busy one, with millions planning getaways for home and away, but travellers have been warned of a flurry of rail work planned in the capital over the weekend.
  
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• Transport for London's latest lost property figures show more than £200,000 was left on public transport over the past year

  24-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Welcome to the wonder emporium. Thats how Paul Cowan has described the room he manages - the Transport for London (TfL) lost property office.
  
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• The things you should STOP doing if you don't want to be hated by fellow commuters

  24-08-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -Whether it's on the train or roads, everyone has commuting pet peeves
  
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• 'The norths potential is being held back by an outdated, expensive and slow transport system'

  24-08-2017 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - Northern leaders have united to put pressure on the government over 'the disparity' between transport in the north and London
  
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• TFL lost property revealed including books, bank cards and £200k worth of cash left on Tube

  24-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Londoners lost more than £200,000 in cash on the capital's transport network over the last year, TfL has revealed.
  
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• Tech firm chosen to provide power supply for leading train operator

  24-08-2017 02:00 via creweguardian.co.uk
  Crewe Chronicle - A CREWE firm has been chosen to provide power sockets on a leading train operator's fleet.
  
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• Take a look inside London's new £15 billion 'Elizabeth Line' Europe's biggest infrastructure project

  24-08-2017 02:00 via uk.businessinsider.com
  Other News Sources - The massive new Crossrail infrastructure project, which will be known as the Elizabeth line once it opens, is now 85 ready according to City AM.
  
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• Scrap air passenger duty and focus on free movement: Think tank offers ways for Conservatives to win over younger voters

  24-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Scrapping air passenger duty for under-30s and making it easier for young people to live and work abroad would help the Conservatives win over younger voters, a think tank said today.
  
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• ScotRail best train operator in Britain

  24-08-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - ScotRail has become the best-performing large train operator in the mp;#8232;UK, according to new figures.
  
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• RSSB launches framework to improve nation's stations

  24-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - A new framework has this week been released that assesses and compares the performance of railway stations around the country. Led by the RSSB, the framework will give users quick and easy access to information about local stations across the network. In particular, it will support the...
  
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• Risky business: train fleets in a state of flux

  24-08-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - A flood of new trains is creating unpredictability in the UK rolling stock market. PHILIP HAIGH examines implications for the leasing companies mp; manufacturers
  
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• Rail journeys across the North West no faster now than 50 years ago

  24-08-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - Train journey times in our region have barely changed in more than half a century.
  
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• Osborne urges HS3 as Grayling backs Northern determination

  24-08-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Osborne calls for HS3 as Grayling says poor transport is holding the north of England back
  
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• Northern leaders on 'high horses' with rail demands, says Bolton West MP Chris Green

  24-08-2017 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  Bolton News - TOO many Northern politicians are on their high horses demanding new transport investment, according to Boltons Tory MP.
  
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• Northern leaders meet in Leeds to demand fair transport cash settlement

  24-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Leaders in the north are today joining together at a transport summit in Leeds to once again call for better transport investment. The summit, opened today by Leeds City Council leader Cllr Judith Blake, is being attended by Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, Liverpool City Region mayor...
  
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• Northern Ireland floods: Derry Airport closed

  24-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Heavy rain fell on Tuesday night, resulting in torrents of water entering the building.
  
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• North must take control of transport links, says Grayling Subscription

  24-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The north of England should take responsibility for improving its poor rail links, the transport secretary has said as he rejected claims that plans for a high-speed line between Liverpool and Hull had been abandoned.
  
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• New home for Birmingham haulage firm

  24-08-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -J Madden Transport takes space at Electrium Point in Willenhall
  
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• MP who proposed women-only train carriages mocked with sign on parliament office door

  24-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A senior Labour MP who proposed women-only train carriages has been mocked with a sign on his parliament office door.
  
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• Ministers accused of treating north with contempt

  24-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Ire at Grayling for suggesting improving transport not up to central government
  
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• Learner drivers should have to practise on rural roads before their test, charity says

  24-08-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Labour set to go hostile on Heathrow third runway

  24-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Leader Jeremy Corbyn expected to vote against expansion in Commons, say allies
  
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• Labour MP faces backlash over women-only carriages idea

  24-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A Labour MP faces a backlash after saying the move could create
  
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• Judge criticises airport security for 'erroneously' thinking pipe bomb was not viable and releasing passenger

  24-08-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Holidaymakers' cars stolen after thieves swipe 130 sets of keys from airport parking firm

  24-08-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• High-tech architects battle for HS2 top billing

  24-08-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post -Regular Birmingham Post columnist Joe Holyoak welcomes the return of an elder statesmen architect who vowed never to work with Birmingham again
  
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• Heathrow Airport funds trade missions for two North East firms

  24-08-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The airport is providing £40,000 for SME businesses to fund trade missions or research that will help boost exports
  
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• Government urged to agree interim open skies deal with EU

  24-08-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airports warn of potential plunge in passenger numbers next year
  
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• Germania expands flight schedule, cites airberlin insolvency

  24-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Berlin-based Germania is expanding its flight schedule for 2018 in an effort to fill a void in the German air travel market following the announcement of airberlins insolvency.read more
  
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• Gatwick Airport set for record-breaking Bank Holiday weekend as Brits flee gloomy weather

  24-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Record numbers of holiday makers are flying out of Gatwick for breaks abroad over the bank holiday weekend following weeks of gloomy weather.
  
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• Female-only carriages 'pin blame for sex attacks on victims and turn assaults into women's problem'

  24-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - As the debate around female-only train carriages is re-ignited, experts speak of the impact such a policy could have on passengers
  
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• Fancy a high-flying career? Jet2 to recruit 200 staff for Edinburgh and Glasgow airports

  24-08-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  Daily Record -The airline are on the hunt for candidates to fill pilot, cabin crew and ground operation roles in Scotland.
  
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• EasyJet's plans to bring on board more female engineers take off

  24-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - EasyJet is ramping up efforts to bring more women into the aviation industry, announcing today it wants women to fill half the places of its latest aeronautical engineering apprenticeship intake.
  
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• Cyclists call for rethink on entire Scottish road system

  24-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - CYCLISTS have called for a rethink of Scotland's roads system to reduce accidents.
  
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• Crises fail to knock Uber revenues off course

  24-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Bookings more than doubled year-on-year despite #DeleteUber campaign
  
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• Council plans to back formation of independent Northern transport body

  24-08-2017 02:00 via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - North East Lincolnshire Council wants to pledge its support to the establishment of Transport for the North as a sub-national transport body
  
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• Chase Line electrification moves forward with steel structure installation

  24-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Another 52 steel structures have been put in place on the Rugelely Trent Valley to Walsall electrification programme, which Network Rail says is now well underway. Existing powerlines south of Walsall station have also been refurbished, whilst over 25 concrete foundations ready for steel...
  
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• Burnham: North's patience on clapped-out trains and congested roads has run out

  24-08-2017 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - People in northern England are tired of "clapped-out trains" while billions are poured into rail projects in the South, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said ahead of a transport summit.
  
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• Britons grapple with late trains, holed roads and flight delays

  24-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Experts say politicians pay insufficient attention to improving transport networks
  
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• Brake urges rural road practice for young drivers

  24-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Road safety charity Brake says compulsory practice for new drivers on rural roads could save lives.
  
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• Bank station fire alert: DLR halted after track fire breaks out in tunnel

  24-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Docklands Light Railway trains into central London were halted after a fire broke out in a tunnel.
  
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• Automatic delay compensation for Southern rail passengers has finally arrived

  24-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Long-suffering Southern rail passengers will receive automatic compensation now if their train is delayed by more than 15 minutes, parent firm Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) announced today.
  
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• Andy Burnham: North 'needs transport investment now'

  24-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham made the comment as leaders gather at a summit in Leeds.
  
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• Airline to take on 300 more staff at Leeds Bradford Airport

  24-08-2017 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - AN airline is looking to take more than 300 people on board to boost its staff numbers at Leeds Bradford Airport.
  
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