Public Transport news

• US spends billions on roads rather than public transport in climate time bomb

  01-03-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - New analysis finds money from Bidens $1.2tn infrastructure bill has overwhelmingly been spent on widening highways for cars
  
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• Two worlds colliding: Berlin transport workers and climate activists unite over rights

  01-03-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Two groups are striking for better working conditions and investment in Germanys underfunded public transportAt first sight, the gathering in an office complex in east Berlin resembles a self-help group. But the public transport workers and climate protesters sitting in a semi-circle introducing themselves have been thrown together, they say, to fight for a common cause.Hello, my name is Erdogan. Im a bus driver in the northern zone of Berlin and have been in the job for 32 years.
  
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• Transport: EUR 1 billion for alternative fuels infrastructure projects

  01-03-2024 01:00 via cinea.ec.europa.eu
  
  News from Europe - A call for proposals has been launched today under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport Programme - Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF), making EUR 1 billion available to support the deployment of alternative fuels supply infrastructure along the Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T).
  
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• Train passengers hit by triple whammy of fare hikes, overcrowding and delays

  01-03-2024 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Regulated fares in England will rise by up to 4.9 from this Sunday - on top of a near 6 jump last year. Passengers in Scotland face hikes of 8.7 in April
  
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• The problem Greater Manchester train station needing immediate attention as council plots £65m refurbishment

  01-03-2024 01:00 via manchesterworld.uk
  Other Regional Press - The area around it has been the focus for redevelopment in recent years.
  
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• Taskforce driving forward rural bus zero-emission transition

  01-03-2024 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - In an event hosted at the House of Commons, the CPT-led Rural Zero Emission Bus Taskforce (RZEBT) launched a report outlining how
  
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• Scottish travel still down

  01-03-2024 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - A survey of Scotlands transport and travel habits has found that there was a reduction in travel in 2022 compared to 2019.
  
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• Sadiq Khans off-peak Friday fares start next week and will apply on National Rail too

  01-03-2024 01:00 via greenwichwire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - London mayor Sadiq Khans trial of scrapping peak-time rail fares on Fridays will begin next weekwith a senior figure at Southeastern branding the idea fantastic .
  
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• Sadiq Khan says changes coming 'ASAP' to LTN where bus took two hours to travel three miles

  01-03-2024 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Mayor said his team have been in touch with Lambeth Council to see what we can do to resolve the issue
  
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• Sadiq Khan admits south Londons new low-traffic neighbourhood not great. subscription

  01-03-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - New Streatham Wells LTN, a main route out of the area, is causing huge problems with gridlocks and some buses taking two hours to travel three miles
  
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• Rotala to place more Enviro200s into service on Bee Network

  01-03-2024 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Other News Sources - Further new buses will imminently enter service on the Bee Network in Greater Manchester as part of the 67 Alexander Dennis Enviro200s ordered for those duties by Rotala subsidiary Diamond Bus North West (DBNW).
  
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• Record profits for BA owner as demand for travel returns

  01-03-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Airline group IAG sees profits jump as the travel industry recovers from the pandemic
  
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• Rail workers accused of littering in Bucks village

  01-03-2024 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - A chicken caesar salad and risk assessment documents have been dumped by workers building a new railway line through Buckinghamshire, it is alleged.
  
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• Rail minister Huw Merriman asks for 'patience' on Northumberland Line delays

  01-03-2024 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Stations at Bedlington, Blyth Bebside and Northumberland Park won't open until 2025
  
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• Plan to double power of e-bikes sparks fire fears

  01-03-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Cycling groups and charities have criticised government proposals for more powerful e-bikes.
  
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• Operators make final push as franchise decision looms

  01-03-2024 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - West Yorkshire bus operators have made a push to promote their case as a decision on bus franchising in the area is due to be made.
  
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• Northern reacts to reports of unpleasant incident on Bradford train

  01-03-2024 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A TRAIN company has apologisedforthe inconvenience caused by out of order toiletsafter reports of an unsavoury incident on a train into Bradford.
  
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• Newcastle bus lane clash as council transport chiefs set for grilling after Coast Road plan denial

  01-03-2024 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The Coast Road, Stamfordham Road, and Grandstand Road are all named as locations for new bus lanes under a regional transport strategy, which has become the source of a political row
  
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• National Express first to trial GTe14

  01-03-2024 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - National Express is to be the first UK scheduled coach operator in the country to trial Yutongs new GTe14 tri-axle battery-electric coach.
  
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• MPs hail 'record investment' in city transport

  01-03-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - MPs have hailed transport projects in North Staffordshire, which they say amount to more than half a billion pounds of government spending.
  
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• Midlands Rail Hub work begins with £123m funding injection

  01-03-2024 01:00 via wmca.org.uk
  
  Local Government - Work on the Midlands Rail Hub is set to begin after ministers provided an initial £123 million funding injection.
  
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• Merrywalks bus hub in line for £100k revamp

  01-03-2024 01:00 via stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A MAJOR bus revamp project in Stroud has been awarded nearly £100k.
  
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• Major new Plymouth transport hub will improve bus and cycle links

  01-03-2024 01:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  
  Plymouth Herald - Long-awaited works to enhance St Budeaux as a £1.2 million transport hub to make it easier for people to get around the city will start in the next week. The project, which has faced a year-long delay, will be completed by the end of June and will include new bus shelters, better footpaths, lighting and seating areas, a Beryl Bike (bike and e-scooter hire scheme) hub, new cycle parking and signage.
  
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• Hydrogen key for rural bus, says shadow minister

  01-03-2024 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Labour would invest heavily in hydrogen manufacturing, shadow Transport Minister Simon Lightwood reiterated in addressing the challenges of decarbonisation for rural bus services.
  
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• How a British Airways comeback may offer hope for legacy airlines

  01-03-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - There are several good reasons to suggest scepticism is overdone
  
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• Haxby Railway Station: plans in to City of York Council

  01-03-2024 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - New images have been released showing what Haxbys new multimillion pound railway station could look like.
  
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• Grim 2024 for Bradford passengers worsens as rail strike hits district

  01-03-2024 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A RAILWAYstrike today has heaped further misery on Bradford's public transport passengers, who have already had to put up with disruption caused by a concrete fall at the Interchange, a landslip at Baildon and a bomb scare at Apperley Bridge in recent weeks.
  
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• Flix achieves 2bn revenue milestone

  01-03-2024 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - Global travel tech company, Flix SE, has for the first time reached 2billion (£1.71billion) in annual total revenue.
  
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• First Bus service to link Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon and Bath

  01-03-2024 01:00 via wiltshiretimes.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A new bus service is to be launched in April to provide faster connections between Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon and Bath.
  
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• Extra Birmingham-Worcester trains as part of new rail project

  01-03-2024 01:00 via worcesternews.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Work on Midlands rail links will include an additional train every hour between central Birmingham and Worcester.
  
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• Dangerous drivers to be targeted with raft of new measures as campaigners say 'fix this'

  01-03-2024 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - New raft of measures to tackle dangerous, reckless and careless driving on region's roads announced by West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner
  
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• Cheshire to receive £350m from axed northern leg of HS2 for transport

  01-03-2024 01:00 via knutsfordguardian.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - CHESHIRE councils are set to receive nearly £350 million to spend on local transportmoney saved from HS2.
  
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• Campaign against floating bus stops' reaches Downing Street

  01-03-2024 01:00 via camdennewjournal.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Campaigner Mik Scarlett demands rethink over layouts making life worse for disabled and visually impaired
  
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• Call for volunteers to help out on Settle-Carlisle railway

  01-03-2024 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Volunteers are being sought to help turn the Settle-Carlisle into a 'sustainable tourist attraction'.
  
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• British Airways owner IAG posts record profits on travel boom

  01-03-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Carrier credits strong and sustained demand as holidaymakers shrug off high prices
  
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• Boeing agrees to pay $51m over export violations in China and other countries

  01-03-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Company accused of violations including Chinese employees improperly downloading files relating to Pentagon programsBoeing said on Thursday it had reached a $51m settlement with the US state department for numerous export violations including Chinese employees in China improperly downloading documents related to US Pentagon programs.The state department said from 2013 through 2017 three Chinese employees at Boeing facilities in China downloaded technical data involving programs in
  
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• Bidding war for Wincanton drives up UK logistics group shares

  01-03-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - GXO proposal comes after board had recommended shareholders accept improved bid from CMA CGM
  
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• Angela Rayner and Michael Gove to headline Convention of the North 2024

  01-03-2024 01:00 via bdaily.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove MP, and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner MP, will deliver keynote speeches at this years Convention of the North, it can be revealed.
  
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• £24M Haxby railway station a step closer with planning application submitted

  01-03-2024 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Plans for a new £24M railway station at Haxby in North Yorkshire are making progress as Network Rail has said it has submitted a planning application and has released new images showing what the station could look like.
  
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