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• Work to multi-million pound Sunderland dual carriageway could start within six month

  25-10-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -Sunderland City Council's planning and highways committee has approved plans for stage three of the strategic transport corridor
  
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• Why every new road could have an electric car charging point in the future

  25-10-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - County Durham MP Helen Goodman has called for more charging points after buying a Nissan Leaf
  
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• VIDEO: Top LA directors create new campaign to show dangers of driving with a mobile phone

  25-10-2017 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  Peterborough Telegraph - The directors behind the video for Pharrell Williamss hit song Happy have teamed up with THINK! for its latest road safety campaign, aimed at cutting the numbers of people killed or injured by drivers using mobile phones.
  
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• United offers partner boarding passes through app

  25-10-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airline is first US carrier to offer functionality
  
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• Uber losing ground in business travel

  25-10-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Lyft overtakes rival in US
  
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• Transport tycoons Ann Gloag and Sir Brian Souter in business split

  25-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Ann Gloag and Sir Brian Souter, who founded the Stagecoach company, will now follow
  
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• Train line to be closed for weeks after storm damage

  25-10-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Network Rail say repair work is underway on the damaged track
  
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• Thousands of minicab drivers flock to 'lenient' Wolverhampton for the licences

  25-10-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post -Call for common standards across West Midlands as drivers shop around for licenses
  
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• 'The car horn is uncivilised': how Kathmandu's streets went quiet

  25-10-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Many predicted the Nepali capitals ban on vehicle horns would be ignored. But six months on, the streets are peacefulin a city without a single traffic lightWhen the authorities in Kathmandu outlawed the use of vehicle horns in April, the start of the Nepali year, many expected the ban would go the way of most new years resolutions and be quickly forgotten.But six months later, the streets of the capital remain remarkably quiet. In a city where a horn was widely used as a substitu
  
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• The Bottom Line On Electric Cars: They're Cheaper To Own

  25-10-2017 02:00 via forbes.com
  Forbes - Electric vehicles are a bargain despite the up-front price tag.
  
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• The 10 driving laws we've all broken - according to the RAC

  25-10-2017 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press -Drivers forget about the rules of the road all too easily once receiving that shiny pink licence
  
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• Thanet Council to make decision on Manston Airport homes plan

  25-10-2017 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A long-running tussle about the future of a Kent airport involving its owner and developers will come to a head at a key meeting tonight.
  
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• Suffolks combined pothole problem is deeper than the English Channel

  25-10-2017 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - The combined depth of potholes reported in Suffolk last year is greater than the UKs deepest cave, new research shows.
  
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• STRANDED: Villagers abandoned at bus stops after services stop running

  25-10-2017 02:00 via thisisthewestcountry.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -VILLAGERS have been left stranded and shocked after a number of bus services were withdrawn without warning.
  
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• Southern, South Western Railway and Greater Anglia strike

  25-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Aslef is urging its drivers to vote in favour on the proposal, against the wishes of RMT, with a decision due on November 8, the same day fresh strikes are planned.
  
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• South Western Railway 'disappointed' as RMT announces 48-hour strike opposing 'ludicrous' extension of driver-only operation

  25-10-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -South Western Railway and Southern Rail staff will stage a 48-hour strike on Wednesday November 8 and Thursday November 9
  
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• ScotRail staff lose bonuses as train giant heads for second straight year of losses

  25-10-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - SCOTRAIL has been accused of
  
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• Ryanair ditches soap in toilets

  25-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Disgusted passengers have hit out at the budget airline, claiming they have been unable to wash their hands after using the on-board bathrooms because soap is no longer deemed an 'essential'.
  
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• Ryanair denies claims it removed soap from plane toilets to save money

  25-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Ryanair has dismissed a claim it has axed soap from its plane toilets as part of a cost-cutting measure.
  
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• Road safety plea near city school

  25-10-2017 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press - COUNCILLORS and families from the Groves are pushing the council for new traffic safety measures for a busy road in their area.
  
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• ROAD BLOCK FURY: Massive road improvement projects face months of delays

  25-10-2017 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -THREE multi-million pound road improvement schemes in Hampshire will be severely delayed after Highways bosses admitted they cannot stick to their schedule.
  
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• Results of Helston traffic trial - and what happens next

  25-10-2017 02:00 via thisisthewestcountry.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The results are back from Helstons controversial traffic trial involving and the decision has been made: do nothing.
  
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• Rail unions RMT and Aslef divided over £75k-a-year pay deal which could end misery for Southern Rail commuters

  25-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - RMT leaders today made an unprecedented appeal to members of a rival transport union not to accept a five-year pay deal that could put them on £75,000 a year.
  
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• Rail strikes: Fresh walkouts in row over conductors' role

  25-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Staff at three rail operators are staging 48-hour strikes, with one-day walkouts in two other areas.
  
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• Rail passengers to be hit with fresh misery as RMT union announces strike

  25-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Commuters face more travel chaos and disruption as major rail routes into London have announced a fresh strike next month.
  
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• Raft of measures planned to raise motorcycle standards in London

  25-10-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Transport for London (TfL) and the Mayor of London have launched a range of new measures to raise standards within the motorcycle delivery industry, while also improving the confidence and skills of the Capitals motorcyclists.The move is part of TfL and the Mayors Vision Zero approach to eliminating death and serious injury from collisions on the Capitals roads by 2041. Figures published by TfL last month1 show that motorcycle riders and their pil
  
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• Primera Air to launch new Toronto flights from London Stansted

  25-10-2017 02:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Primera Air is to launch a third transatlantic route from its new base at London Stansted with direct flights to the Canadian city of Toronto from June 2018.
  
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• Plea to support new Selby village buses

  25-10-2017 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press - BUS services between York and Selby are to start again with financial support from the county council, two months after the company running them folded.
  
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• Plants meant to deter illegal parking in town square 'not working' say traders

  25-10-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -It's only been a week, but cars are continuing to park freely on a Carmarthen square
  
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• Passengers will be able to fly to America from Southend

  25-10-2017 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  This is Money- London Southend Airport has launched a service that allows travellers to connect to Aer Lingus transatlantic destinations.A trip from Southend to JFK, New York will cost £199.
  
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• One in three British motorists fined every year, as experts say automation has created a 'cash cow'

  25-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Oligarch pleads with road death families over daughter

  25-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Ukrainian oligarch Vasily Zaitsev has pleaded the families of five people who were killed by his 20-year-old daughter Alyona in a road traffic accident in Kharkiv which injured six others.
  
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• November rail misery on the cards as RMT announces new wave of strikes across five train companies

  25-10-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Workers on Southern rail, South Western Railway, Greater Anglia, Merseyrail and Arriva Rail North will stage fresh strikes in November over the ongoing row regarding the role of the guard.
  
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• New flights from Birmingham to Canada to launch next year

  25-10-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post -Low-cost airline Primera Air will expand its range of transatlantic services out of Birmingham Airport
  
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• New £10m Aberdeen Royal Infirmary car park to open

  25-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - There is no charge for patients and visitors using the multi-storey facility in Aberdeen.
  
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• Multi-million pound technology upgrade for North East roads in bid to cut traffic

  25-10-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The North East Combined Authority are geared up to spend £3.64m fitting hi-tech cameras on some of the region's busiest roads
  
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• Motorists urged to buy self-driving cars to cut traffic accidents

  25-10-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post -A revolution on the roads could 'save thousands of lives' but only if motorists make the switch to driverless cars
  
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• More woe for rail passengers as staff prepare to strike again

  25-10-2017 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  Bolton News - RAIL staff will go on strike again next month as a bitter argument over the future of train guards continues.
  
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• 'More evidence needed' to make £477m Stockport bypass decision

  25-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Council leader Alex Ganotis accepted the proposed bypass would
  
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• MH370: Underwater sound waves 'could help find missing planes like Malaysia Airlines craft'

  25-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Underwater sound waves could be used to help locate aeroplanes that go missing at sea such as Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, researchers have said.
  
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• London airports to reach hit full capacity by 2034

  25-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The new estimate of demand for air travel is six years sooner than a previous government forecast.
  
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• London airports 'to hit full capacity by 2034', new official figures suggest

  25-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - London's airports will be at full capacity six years sooner than expected, new government figures suggest.
  
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• Ive got an old car and a wood burner so my reputations going up in smoke Tim Dowling

  25-10-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - My Mini Mayfair is so old that its subject to the new emissions charge. I thought the stove was safe though. Some hopeOur old car has probably taken its last trip into central London. I havent driven it into the middle of town for two years, and that was before this weeks introduction of a £10 emissions charge for older vehicles, on top of the £11.50 congestion charge. Suddenly £21.50 seems a lot to pay for the privilege of driving a 1980s Mini Mayfair in Mayfair
  
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• Is Uber Slipping In The Ride-Hailing Market?

  25-10-2017 02:00 via forbes.com
  Forbes - Uber's share of the business traveler ground transportation market dropped slightly, but it and Lyft are dominating taxis and rental cars.
  
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• IATA: Passengers expect increased personal control over travel journey

  25-10-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Passengers are looking to take control of their air travel experience, with increased automation of airport processes, biometric identification, real-time data on personal devices, unobtrusive security and consistent border control procedures at the top of their list of expectations, according to IATAs latest annual Global Passenger Survey (GPS), released Oct. 24.read more
  
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• HS2 preparation works ran £200m under budget, says DfT

  25-10-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Spending on preparation for HS2 went over mp;pound;200m under budget, according to a report by the Department for Transport. The High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 Expenditure Report, which details the total spending for the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017, states that there was a...
  
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• HS2 executive resigns over nearly £2m in unauthorised redundancy payments

  25-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph -
  
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• Heathrow third runway public consultation reopened as fresh evidence emerges

  25-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A public consultation on a third runway at Heathrow has been reopened after fresh evidence was revealed.
  
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• Heathrow third runway public consultation reopened

  25-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The Department for Transport has published a series of fresh reports into Heathrow's impact.
  
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• Heathrow third runway consultation reopened after new evidence

  25-10-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Transport department publishes new noise analysis and air quality plan, with public consultation now open until 19 DecemberThe public consultation on the planned third runway at Heathrow has been reopened due to new evidence. The Department for Transport published a series of fresh reports into the impact of expanding the west London hub, including updated noise analysis and a new air quality plan.Continue reading...
  
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