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• Vices and virtues of Ubers insolence

  08-11-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Humans may remain useful but the service is vulnerable to a competitive backlash
  
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• Wimbledon risks being 'overwhelmed' by fans' e-bikes subscription

  30-06-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Council threatens to seize rentals left cluttering streets outside All England Tennis Club
  
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• When private traffic ban on major York route to boost buses is set to start

  30-06-2026 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - The month when a trial ban on private traffic driving through a major York route has been revealed along with new details on how the scheme will work.
  
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• Under-fire bus stop will not be moved, says report

  30-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A town's floating bus stop, which came under fire over safety concerns, will not be relocated, a report has said.
  
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• UK government urged to consider making HS2's Euston station a standalone megaproject

  30-06-2026 02:00 via constructionbriefing.com
  
  Other News Sources - The UK government should consider treating the redevelopment of HS2mp;#39;s London Euston terminus as a standalone major project, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report.
  
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• Uber slams £340m London cabbie case as ‘completely unfounded’

  30-06-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Uber slammed a court case brought against it by thousands of black cab drivers as mp;amp;#8220;completely unfoundedmp;amp;#8221; on Monday as the mp;pound;340m lawsuit headed to trial. The preliminary hearing, which took place at the High Court, marks the first major test in one of the UKmp;#146;s biggest competition and damages claims, brought by the 13,000 ...
  
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• Transport for London (TfL) has added two major names from national and local government to its board.

  30-06-2026 02:00 via highwaysmagazine.co.uk
  
  Highways Magazine - Laura Shoaf, the former chief executive of West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), and Alison Munro, the director of the Department for Transport (DfT) between 2007 and 2009, have both been appointed to the board by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, following an ?external recruitment campaign' and will serve until September 2028.
  
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• Transport Body Challenges Heathrow-First Approach to UK Airport Expansion

  30-06-2026 02:00 via aircargoweek.com
  
  Aviation Industry- A new aviation?report?calls on the Government to move away from a London- and Heathrow-centric airport expansion strategy and adopt a national integrated aviation framework that better balances regional airport capacity, economic growth, environmental impact and infrastructure investment across the UK.
  
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• Six on shortlist for first South Yorkshire bus franchising awards

  30-06-2026 02:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Winning bidders for large contracts in first of three franchise areas will be named in early 2027
  
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• Shetland set to back £1.5bn plan to connect islands with undersea tunnels

  30-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Undersea tunnels connecting some of the UKmp;#39;s most northerly islands could be in place within eight years, under plans expected to be approved on Tuesday.
  
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• ScotRail reveals how many extra train journeys have been paid for on eve of new £10 minimum fares

  30-06-2026 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - ScotRail has announced a significant reduction in fare dodging on the eve of hitting passengers who travel without tickets with mp;pound;10 minimum fares.
  
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• Renfrewshire under-22s have made more than 10.3 million free bus journeys since 2022

  30-06-2026 02:00 via renfrewshire24.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Young people in Renfrewshire have made more than 10.3 million free bus journeys since Scotlandmp;#39;s under-22 free bus travel scheme was introduced in 2022, according to new figures.
  
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• Newport council leaders attack Plaid Cymru over M4 tunnel traffic plan

  30-06-2026 02:00 via highways-news.com
  
  Highways News - Newport in Gwent is once again caught in the centre of Walesmp;#39; ongoing transport debate, with claims that it is not fit for the mp;#39;traffic it is taking at the momentmp;#39;.Concerns are rising over the future of the M4 corridor and how to manage congestion around the Brynglas tunnels
  
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• New CEO for Glasgow Prestwick Airport

  30-06-2026 02:00 via aircargonews.net
  
  Aviation Industry- Matteoni has worked at the airport for more than 33 years and will take up the role on 1 July.
  
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• NAO urges DfT to get reset of HS2 right and revise cost and timeline estimates

  30-06-2026 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - The National Audit Office (NAO) has urged the Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd not to confirm revised plans for the reset of the HS2 programme until they are mp;#39;confidentmp;#39; the proposals can be delivered.
  
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• NAO: DfT makes progress but must get reset of HS2 right this time

  30-06-2026 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Other Regional Press - The Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd are making progress in their reset of the High Speed Two (HS2) railway line, but must ensure they fully put the programme on a stable footing to avoid previous failures, a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.1
  
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• MP's rail campaigning hailed by Transport Secretary on Shrewsbury visit

  30-06-2026 02:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other Regional Press - An MP?s bid to improve Shrewsbury?s rail services has been hailed during the Transport?s Secretary?s visit to the county.
  
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• MP's rail campaigning hailed by Transport Secretary on Shrewsbury visit

  30-06-2026 02:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other Regional Press - An MPmp;#39;s bid to improve Shrewsburymp;#39;s rail services has been hailed during the Transportmp;#39;s Secretarymp;#39;s visit to the county.
  
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• Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths

  30-06-2026 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Exclusive: Safety campaigners concerned about plan for widespread deployment on already crowded pavementsLarge numbers of autonomous delivery robots could be coming to towns and cities across England after ministers signalled they were likely to support a change in the law allowing their use, prompting concern from safety campaigners.Low-speed robots, which mainly deliver groceries or takeaway food, are already in use in a handful of places but they operate in a regulatory grey ar
  
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• Lothian adds electric Wrightbuses

  30-06-2026 02:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - The new single-deck buses began to enter service today (29 June 2026) on Service 36, operating between Ocean Terminal and the Gyle Centre in Edinburgh.
  
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• London Heathrow traffic set to fall in 2026 as demand 'softens'

  30-06-2026 02:00 via businesstravelnewseurope.com
  Other News Sources - Passenger numbers at London Heathrow Airport are expected to fall this year due to ?notable downward pressure on demand caused by the ongoing Middle East crisis.
  
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• JetBlue pilot reports striking a drone while landing at JFK airport

  30-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A JetBlue Airways pilot reported striking a drone while on approach to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, officials said.
  
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• Interview: Merriman calls for rail projects to be 'impossible to stop' amidst political upheaval

  30-06-2026 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - High Speed Rail Group (HSRG) chair and former rail minister Huw Merriman has told NCE it is imperative rail projects are developed with an mp;#39;impossible to stopmp;#39; mindset considering recent and past political upheaval.
  
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• HS2 to give land back to local farmer

  30-06-2026 02:00 via kenilworth.nub.news
  
  Other Regional Press - A local farm is set to have some of its land returned, seven years after it was taken by HS2.The high speed rail developer took four parcels of land at Burnt Heath Farm, Offchurch in November 2018
  
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• Heathrow offers free therapy for third runway residents subscription

  30-06-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The airport is funding a ?mental wellbeing support service? for people whose homes would be demolished if the expansion goes ahead
  
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• Funds agreed for 'vital' transport service

  30-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Funding has been agreed for a community transport service supporting people who have no other way to get to medical appointments or social activities.
  
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• Funding boost for South Lanarkshire community transport groups

  30-06-2026 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Three South Lanakshire organisations are sharing more than ?101,000 in core grant funding from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
  
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• Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks

  30-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The car-maker found AI quality checks failed to match the skill of veteran technicians.
  
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• First bats, now telescopes: why Cambridge to Oxford railway may need tunnel subscription

  30-06-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The route passes close to an observatory, which may need to be guarded by a 22-metre structure similar to the HS2 bat tunnel
  
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• Ex-rail minister hopeful of alternative HS2 plans

  30-06-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A former rail minister says a link to Birmingham from the North West is mp;quot;the real prizemp;quot;.
  
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