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• Rediscovering the joys of life at 20mph | Letters

  28-02-2024 18:56
  
  Richard Paulssen and Peter Ellson respond to an article by Adrian Chiles on learning to love pootling along I am an inhabitant of maybe the most pedestrian-unfriendly city in the US, unless the film Death Race 2000 was set in Houston. I must agree with Adrian Chiles’s assessment of the new 20mph law (A 20mph speed limit seemed unfeasible – until I learned to love pootling along, 21 February). I regularly visit my mum in the Welsh village of Glanaman (a “blink and you’d mi
  
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• TfL’s Ulez auto pay has turned out to be an auto fine

  28-02-2024 08:00
  
  After signing up to the scheme £700 had been taken from my accountIn January, you recommended to a reader who had been chased for nonpayment of the London ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) charge that they sign up for autopay – the system which automatically debits the charge from the user’s bank account.In September 2023, I received a fixed penalty charge as a result of driving in the, then unknown to me, Ulez area. At the time I was advised by Transport for London (TfL) to set
  
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• Work begins on cycleway at major Cardiff junction which will cause disruption for eight months

  28-02-2024 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The council also plans to improve footpaths, drainage, and bus access in the area
  
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• We can all be proud of overdue ferry, says shipyard boss. subscription

  28-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - MV Glen Sannox, which has been beset by delays, performed well in sea trials, according to David Tydeman, who runs the Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow
  
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• Urban Transport Group joins five-year bus funding settlement call

  28-02-2024 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The Urban Transport Group (UTG) is a further body to call for a five-year funding settlement approach for bus services in England. It says that such a policy should begin with provision of urgent certainty on revenue support beyond 2025 and work towards a devolved single pot allocation for the mode.
  
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• Unlocking rolling stock potential

  28-02-2024 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Network Rail has highlighted that, according to the Rail Delivery Group, more than half of all passenger trains around the country have been either replaced or upgraded, opening the door for further improvement in the future.
  
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• Transport Committee launches new inquiry to scrutinise draft Rail Reform Bill

  28-02-2024 01:00 via committees.parliament.uk
  Transport Committee - The Transport Committee launches its pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Rail Reform Bill and invites experts to share their views on its proposals.
  
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• Transpennine Express urged to bring train production to Durham

  28-02-2024 01:00 via bdaily.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Transpennine Express has been told it should rebuild its reputation in the North by bringing train production to Durham.
  
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• Road Safety Summit

  28-02-2024 01:00 via transport.gov.scot
  Transport Scotland - Scotlands key road safety partners are meeting in Edinburgh to discuss plans to tackle the post pandemic rise in road casualties and injuries.
  
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• Rishi Sunak reviews Haxby station plans and announces new transport funding

  28-02-2024 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has visited Haxby and looked over plans to reopen a train station in the York town.
  
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• Revealed! Draft Rail Reform Bill, new urban transport ambitions and rebranded Overground lines

  28-02-2024 01:00 via markwalkerg.podbean.com
  Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast - With the Draft Rail Reform Bill published by the UK Government for scrutiny by the House of Commons Transport Committee, Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker discuss just what this says about the direction of travel after six years rail reform in Great Britain and ask whether any of the proposals will ever be implemented 01:30.The centrepiece of this episode is Christian's interview with Jason Prince, recently-appointed Director of the Urban Trans
  
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• Retro Renault 5 takes on EV challenge from China

  28-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Renault's boss says Europe
  
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• Reading-London Paddington route set for overhaul

  28-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A spate of failures include broken rails, signal faults and passengers stranded due to damaged cables.
  
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• Rail travel is almost nine times greener than by car on the Top 100 business routes new figures show

  28-02-2024 01:00 via media.raildeliverygroup.com
  
  Rail Delivery Group - The next phase of Green Travel Pledge carbon emission passenger data shows journeys along 100 of Britains busiest business routes create significantly less carbon emissions by rail compared to travelling by car.
  
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• Network Rail gaffe as Scottish town mistaken for English city

  28-02-2024 01:00 via thenational.scot
  
  Other News Sources - AN official sign on a new railway bridge between Perth and Inverness appears to have confused an English city with a Scottish town.
  
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• Machine digging HS2s longest tunnel breaks through

  28-02-2024 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - The machine digging HS2s longest tunnel has completed its 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills.
  
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• Lumo: Cut-price train operator plans to extend London-Edinburgh services to Glasgow

  28-02-2024 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Proposal comes despite rival LNER axing its last services on route
  
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• Hydrogen projects across UK win share of £21m in government funding

  28-02-2024 01:00 via businessgreen.com
  
  Other News Sources - From Suffolk to Pembroke via Aberdeen and the Shetlands, seven hydrogen production and fuel supply projects have secured a share of government funding
  
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• HS2 tunnelling machine breaks through years after Maple Cross launch

  28-02-2024 01:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The machine digging HS2s longest tunnel has completed its 10-mile journey from a site near Maple Cross.
  
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• GWR launches new community fund in Bristol and Somerset

  28-02-2024 01:00 via thewestonmercury.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Great Western Railway (GWR) has announced a fresh round of bids for its Customer and Community Improvement Fund in Bristol and Somerset.
  
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• Government-run Transpennine trains urged to build new fleet in the north

  28-02-2024 01:00 via northeastbylines.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Mayoral candidate, Kim McGuinness urges Transpennine to build new fleet in the north
  
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• Gaming-changing' £420 million transport boost for Staffordshire

  28-02-2024 01:00 via stokesentinel.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Money from scrapped HS2 phase 2 could now improve Staffordshire's roads and ease congestion
  
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• Friends of Dales Bus launches campaign for green travel in the Dales

  28-02-2024 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Friends of Dales Bus launches new campaign for green travel in the Yorkshire Dales
  
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• Electric cars produce twice as much CO2 as trains, says rail group data

  28-02-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Rail Delivery Group said it hopes analysis will allow businesses to make greener travel choices Travelling by train on Britain's busiest business routes generates less than half the carbon emissions of a battery electric car, according to detailed analysis from the rail industry.
  
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• Electric cars produce twice as much CO as trains, says rail group data

  28-02-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Rail Delivery Group said it hopes analysis will allow businesses to make greener travel choices Travelling by train on Britain's busiest business routes generates less than half the carbon emissions of a battery electric car, according to detailed analysis from the rail industry.Certain journeys on the greenest, fullest electric trains produce as little as one-fifteenth of the CO2 per person compared with the footprint of a sole occupancy petrol or diesel car, the data shows.
  
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• Dorset Council urged to act on 20mph limits for busy roads

  28-02-2024 01:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - DORSET Council has been accused of mis-interpreting the rules around 20mph speed limitsputting some residents at unnecessary risk.
  
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• Bus to return to Bristol suburb where residents were left 'isolated' after service was axed over a year ago

  28-02-2024 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - The new 47 route will bring buses back to Oldbury Court
  
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• Apple unplugs self-driving electric car project, reports say

  28-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The firm never acknowledged the project publicly but had recruited about two thousands workers.
  
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• Apple cancels secretive electric car project in shift to focus on AI

  28-02-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Company ends decade-long research effort as electric vehicle industry loses momentum
  
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• A united transport vision for Yorkshire that focuses on outcomes for communities is needed - Russell Jackson

  28-02-2024 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Its time for a rail reset. The Norths transportation system seems stuck in a vortex of plans and policies, with the cancellation of Phase 2 of HS2 the latest missed opportunity. Its no surprise that people are left wondering if they will ever see the new rail lines and infrastructure the region so desperately needs.
  
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• A new leasing model for Europe?

  28-02-2024 01:00 via railjournal.com
  Other News Sources - Siemens decision to set up a subsidiary dedicated to short-term leasing of multiple-units could herald the start of a new way of procuring rolling stock.
  
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