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• Andrew Adonis quits as Theresa May's infrastructure tsar over Brexit

  29-12-2017 20:06
  Labour peer says prime minister has become ‘voice of Ukip’ as he resigns as chair of National Infrastructure CommissionAndrew Adonis, the former Labour minister, has resigned as chair of the government-backed National Infrastructure Commission in protest at Theresa May’s management of Brexit, describing the process as “a dangerous populist and nationalist spasm worthy of Donald Trump”.
  The former transport secretary headed the body that makes recommendations to the
  
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• Can the British man who saved Toronto's subway help New York City?

  29-12-2017 13:00
  Andy Byford, a veteran of Transport for London, Sydney’s RailCorp and Toronto Transit Commission, takes ‘the biggest challenge in the most wonderful city’Sixteen years ago, former New York transport boss Bob Kiley was recruited from across the pond to rescue the London Underground “New York Tough Guy to Run Tube,” announced the Evening Standard. Related: Brooklyn subway fix could derail real estate boom in New York hipster capital S/b F train stuck for over an hour
  
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• Travel disruption likely in UK after severe weather warning

  29-12-2017 08:35
  Motorists in worst affected areas advised to pack blankets, food and water, and consider delaying journeys unless essentialTravellers across the UK have been advised to plan their journeys, monitor weather reports and pack a snow kit of blankets, food, water and a shovel if they really need to travel, as Highways England issued a severe weather warning.The RAC said it expected to attend about one breakdown every 10 seconds through the course of the day. Be prepared for some disruption to travel
  
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• Rail passengers lost 3.6m hours in delays in 2016-17, says Which?

  29-12-2017 08:00
  Virgin Trains East Coast had highest proportion of significant delays, with 3.7% of services running 30 to 120 minutes latePassengers lost at least 3.6m hours due to significantly delayed trains in 2016-17, according to research.
  Delays of at least half an hour affected 7.2m passenger journeys in Britain, the consumer group Which? said. Related: The train companies pocket millions in compensation for delaysContinue reading...
  
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