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• Up to 1,500 cars in Luton airport fire unlikely to be salvageable

  16-10-2023 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Airport says it is working with insurers to see if any personal items can be saved from destroyed vehiclesLuton airport has said it is unlikely that any vehicles will be salvageable after a huge fire that caused a car park to collapse.Bedfordshire fire and rescue service has received a report about the blaze on level three of the airports terminal car park on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• The space-age Metrolink stop that cost £36m to build but stood empty for seven years

  16-10-2023 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - With its swooping copper-clad roof, Central Park became an instant landmark when it was built in 2005 - the only problem was it didn't have a tramline
  
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• SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds

  16-10-2023 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Exclusive: UK climate campaign group Possible calls for polluter pays tax based on vehicle sizeThe increasing popularity of ultra-heavy SUVs in England means a conventional-engined car bought in 2013 will, on average, have lower carbon emissions than one bought new today, new research has found.The study by the climate campaign group Possible said there was a strong correlation between income and owning a large SUV, which meant there was a sound argument for polluter pays taxes fo
  
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• Stoke-on-Trent council wants clarity on HS2 transport investment

  16-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Council leaders in Staffordshire are calling for clarity on regional investment from the axed HS2 leg.
  
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• Shipping industry concern mounts over bullying and sexual harassment

  16-10-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Danish government is latest authority to warn that incidents have reached unacceptable levels
  
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• Pilot project: airline captain turns entrepreneur

  16-10-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - A demanding executive MBA after cancer treatment inspired a virtual reality training start-up
  
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• Parksafe: The tech supporting coach and bus safety

  16-10-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - We speak to Parksafes Peter Oughton about how the company is using technologies such as AI and GPS to try to cut down on dangerous incidentsand what the future might hold in this area
  
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• Operators mixed feelings over latest £2 bus fare cap extension

  16-10-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - This months HS2 announcement means more money for BFCG, but some operators are feeling forced into the scheme
  
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• Network Rail slashes track renewals team with 269 redundancies

  16-10-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - In the lead up to Control Period 7 (CP7), April 2024-March 2029, Network Rail has cut more than 500 posts in its Track Renewal Service (TRS), with 269 employees having lost their jobs.
  
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• Luton Airport fire cars 'unlikely to be salvageable'

  16-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Emergency services have now handed back control of the multi-storey car park to the airport.
  
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• Kings Ferry depot in Gillingham to be closed by National Express Transport Solutions along with Clarkes of London depot at Sydenham, London

  16-10-2023 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Kent Online - A coach company has announced it is closing a Kent depot after 55 years of operation.
  
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• Images show what Temple Meads will look like after £95m Temple Quarter transformation

  16-10-2023 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - Work has now started on one of the three new entrances to the station
  
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• I was crammed onto a packed Merseyrail train but found one positive

  16-10-2023 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  North Wales Live - Merseyrail continue to disappoint passengers with woeful week
  
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• How five new railway stations for Wales could look

  16-10-2023 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The hope is the new stations will offer relief to the M4Transport for Wales has revealed how five new railway stations in Wales could look. A public consultation has been launched today encouraging people to give their say on the designs for stations proposed for Cardiff East, Newport West, Somerton, Llanwen and Magor and Undy.
  
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• Flying is getting better and also harder

  16-10-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - New technology is easing years of travel tedium just as flight shaming enters a new phase
  
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• First pictures of huge metal beam over M25 for new Wisley Interchange bridge

  16-10-2023 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The road works is a major project to make the interchange safer
  
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• Exeter city centre is getting a new and quicker bus route

  16-10-2023 02:00 via devonlive.com
  
  Other News Sources - The bus gate proposed in Exeter would establish a contraflow bus lane on the one-way section of New North Road between Waterstones and John Lewis
  
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• Euro Bus Expo: Industry supports biennial focus for UK shows

  16-10-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Euro Bus Expo is set to be bigger and better next year as leading figures in an evolving industry back move
  
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• Electric cars drive UK MG sales to more than £1bn

  16-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The car maker, owned by a Chinese state-controlled company, says it is in a
  
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• Devon rubberstamps Transport Capital Programme for rail and road projects worth £154M

  16-10-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - A £154M transport programme aimed at revolutionising rail and road travel for the county of Devon has been greenlit by the councils cabinet committee.
  
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• Designs for five new stations on the South Wales mainline revealed

  16-10-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - The public is being asked to have their say on the stations, which could cost as much as £300m
  
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• Derbyshire bus service campaigners demand funding boost

  16-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Campaigners in Derbyshire are calling for a regular, reliable, affordable, zero-emission bus services in every village and town in the county.
  
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• Cycle ban zone bid for Nuneaton town centre to help put an end to 'wheelie-ing kids' on bikes

  16-10-2023 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - The police have asked the borough council to look into it
  
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• Coach and bus is changing and its trade shows are moving with it

  16-10-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Volumes, or returns? It is a question that has long challenged parts of the industry, and arguably spawned the clich that involves turnover, vanity, profit and sanity
  
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• Cambridge Universal service shows bus collaboration possibilities

  16-10-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The scope for long-term collaboration to deliver improved bus services has been highlighted by work between the University of Cambridge and bus operator Whippet, which via an eight-year contract has enabled the Ascendal Group subsidiary to upgrade its Universal route in the city.
  
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• Brighton: Nearly nine in ten neighbourhoods exposed to dirty air

  16-10-2023 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Nearly nine in ten neighbourhoods in Brighton and Hove are exposed to dangerously high air pollution, new analysis has found
  
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