Public Transport news

• Work towards ?brighter future? for Swansea Airport takes big step forward

  10-09-2024 02:00 via insidermedia.com
  Other News Sources - Work towards a "brighter future" for Swansea Airport has taken a big step forward.
  
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• Why traffic lights could give cyclists the priority over cars subscription

  10-09-2024 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Council tests AI system that detects cyclists and pedestrians to give them green lights ahead of cars
  
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• Watch as Secretary of State for Transport arrives in Peterborough to explain news plans to overhaul city's bus services

  10-09-2024 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  Peterborough Telegraph - Peterborough residents are to get more say in the design of routes for bus services that serve the city and county.
  
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• Watch: ‘World’s strangest-looking plane’ lands at Heathrow

  10-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Watch the moment an Airbus Beluga dubbed the mp;#145;worldmp;#146;s strangest-looking planemp;#146; landed at Heathrow Airport.
  
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• UK airport chaos live updates: Ryanair boss calls for air traffic chief to resign over Gatwick flight delays

  10-09-2024 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Ryanair boss Michael O?Leary has issued fresh calls for the resignation of the chief executive of air traffic control (ATC) provider Nats.
  
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• TransPennine Express makes progress with driver training and staff recruitment

  10-09-2024 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: TransPennine Express Managing Director Chris Jackson says good progress is being with tackling the operator?s backlog of driver training, which was a key issue behind the service reductions brought in with the December 2023 timetable. However, it will not be completed until next year.
  
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• The major Kirklees transport schemes getting underway in the next 12 months

  10-09-2024 02:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - While some projects have been "pipelined" due to financial pressures, others will benefit from a ?180m boost
  
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• The Guardian view on a boost for buses: reversing deregulation is the right move

  10-09-2024 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Empowering councils as well as mayors to run buses is a step towards the transport integration England needs
  
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• Ryanair calls for dismissal of UK air traffic control boss Transport

  10-09-2024 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Michael O?Leary urges Martin Rolfe to resign after disruption to services at Gatwick airport caused by staff shortages
  
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• Ryanair boss demands resignation of air traffic control chief after flight disruption

  10-09-2024 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Nats has said it is 'working in line' with a staffing plan agreed with Gatwick bosses when it took over the provision of air traffic control services at the airport in October 2022
  
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• Rachel Reeves 'could target pensioner and driver taxes' in the Budget to raise more than £20 billion, think tank warns

  10-09-2024 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - In a new report today, the Resolution Foundation says tax rises in next monthmp;#39;s Budget are a mp;#39;dead certmp;#39; - and suggests the Chancellor could raise mp;#39;tens of billionsmp;#39;.
  
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• Public transport in NI: Your questions answered

  10-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - BBC News NI puts readersmp;#39; questions on transport to Translink chief executive Chris Conway.
  
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• Potholes and public transport top of Andy MacNae's agenda

  10-09-2024 02:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lancashire Telegraph - Keen mountaineer Andy MacNae has been reflecting on the challenges of scaling his latest political peak, as he returns to Westminster as the new MP for Rossendale and Darwen.
  
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• Passengers braced for disruption as rail line to close for a week

  10-09-2024 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Heart of Wessex line between Weymouth and Bristol will be closed betweenmp;nbsp;Weymouth and Castle Cary for mp;quot;vitalmp;quot; track replacement work by Network Rail from September 23-29
  
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• MSP raises council changes to school transport at First Minister?s Questions

  10-09-2024 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  Daily Record - Over 400 children at schools in Wishaw and Motherwell no longer qualify for local authority transport.
  
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• MP backs plans to deliver better buses across Aylesbury

  10-09-2024 02:00 via bucks.radio
  Other News Sources - Aylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith has backed the Government's plans to streamline the process for local communities to take back control of local bus services from unaccountable private operators.
  
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• More bus services could come under control of councils

  10-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Transport Secretary Louise Haigh promises to deliver a mp;quot;bus revolutionmp;quot; that will save vital routes.
  
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• Michael O'Leary calls for dismissal of NATs boss after repeated disruptions at UK airports

  10-09-2024 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Thousands of passengers have had their flights cancelled at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports due to bad weather and staff shortages at the National Air Traffic Service (NATs)
  
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• Manchester Airport announces airlines moving from Terminals 1 and 3 to T2, including Jet2

  10-09-2024 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - An alert has been issued to passengers to check the dates
  
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• Labour refuses to rule out scrapping bus passes for some pensioners. subscription

  10-09-2024 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Minister says he can?t offer a ?concrete commitment for all time? on the free travel benefit because of the state of the public finances
  
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• Kier has been appointed to deliver the Quieter Neighbour Support Scheme at Heathrow Airport to reduce the impact of noise pollution on local communities.

  10-09-2024 02:00 via constructionwave.co.uk
  
  Construction News - Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) appointed Kier to the major works programme, which is set to take place over the next eight years, and aims to improve the wellbeing of surrounding communities.
  
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• Hyperloop: Elon Musk backed futuristic tube transport system takes step forward

  10-09-2024 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - A futuristic form of travel designed to be more efficient than flights, high-speed rail and freight trucks has taken a step closer, according to the company behind it.
  
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• Gatwick apology after air traffic control delays

  10-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Gatwick Airport has apologised to passengers affected by flight delays and cancellations due to air traffic control shortages.
  
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• Every driver would save £50 if UK followed Wales with 20mph speed limit, says top insurer

  10-09-2024 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The insurance company said they had seen a 20 drop in claims for car accidents in Wales since the nationwide limit was introduced a year ago
  
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• England ‘bus revolution’ will need more investment, Labour warned

  10-09-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Plans to give councils the power to run their own services require extra funding, say operators and local authorities
  
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• Can LA end its love affair with cars?

  10-09-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Ahead of the 2028 Olympics, the city has quietly become the leader in US public transport investment
  
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• Boeing ?reaches agreement with union? Subscription

  10-09-2024 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Troubled aircraft manufacturer must wait until union votes on a 25 per cent pay rise offer this week
  
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• Anger over pupil transport cuts

  10-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Sixteen-year-old Tom, who has Downmp;#39;s syndrome, should have been back at school, but is stuck at home.
  
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• 'I know this decision came as a shock' - MP secures child bus pass review

  10-09-2024 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - A REVIEW is undwerway into controversial changes to child bus tickets in the city.
  
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• 'Bus revolution' promised as Buses Bill announced to grant local authorities expanded powers

  10-09-2024 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, has announced new legislation that will allow local leaders to take control of their bus services.The new mp;amp;lsquo;Buses Billmp;amp;rsquo; being laid before parliament today will grant all local transport authorities across England new powers previously limited to mayoral combined authorities.Under this legislation local leaders can deliver services in a way that suits the needs of their communities, the gove
  
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• ?10 million Border Railway study put on hold by government

  10-09-2024 02:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  
  Carlisle News & Star - THE Border Railway feasibility study has been put on hold whilst the government undertake their capital investment review, it has been confirmed.
  
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