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Local Transport Today
Regular news
Transport for London is anticipating fewer passengers on the Emirates Airline cable car in east London in the coming financial year. The cable car... continue
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Media monitor
Rik Thomas
AS THE 50th anniversary of the publication of the Beeching report on the UK’s rail network nears (it was originally published on 27 March,... continue
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People/people
London’s transport commissioner Peter Hendy (pictured) has been knighted for services to transport and the community in the Queen’s New... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Transport for London will launch a consultation next month on finally extending the Cycle Superhighways to Stratford and the Olympic Park, many... continue
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Letters to the editor
Brian Dalton, Purley CR8
The legacy effect of the Olympics has shown how many people have actually taken the plunge and taken possession of a bike. But an owner of a cycle... continue
Local Transport Today
People/people
Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed Nathan King as its UK head of traffic engineering. King has worked for PB?since 2009 and was design manager for... continue
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Lead Story
Lee Baker
Atkins is expanding in the UK with a growing headcount as profitability rises, according to the consultancy’s half-year financial... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Transport for London has expressed satisfaction with patronage on its new cross-Thames cable car despite data showing a sharp fall in passenger... continue
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Comment
The markets have welcomed Go-Ahead’s new target to organically grow bus operating profit by 30% to £100m within three financial... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular feature
Rik Thomas
Ali Clabburn has been running liftshare.com, probably the UK’s best-known car sharing facilitator, since 1997, and now heads a company with... continue
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Letters to the editor
Nigel King, High Wycombe HP14
I read your feature on London’s Road Network Reviews (ibid) with great interest, having started work in traffic management and transportation... continue
Local Transport Today
Phil Goodwin
Phil Goodwin
Transport for London is basking in praise as well-deserved as that for the athletes, and everybody is naturally wanting to claim some of the... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular feature
Rik Thomas
The latest accessibility data from the DfT tells us that the average minimum travel time to the seven key services analysed (employment, primary... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
TfL will start work on implementing the Paralympic Route Network overnight on Saturday prior to it coming into operation next Wednesday. TfL said... continue
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Secondary stories
Passenger numbers on the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway broke records during the Olympic Games, Transport for London said this week.... continue
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In brief
Lobby group the Campaign for Better Transport is pressing for ways to encourage football fans to travel to games by public transport, on foot or by... continue
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Main editorial comment
Andrew Forster
Weren’t the Olympics great? A fantastic sporting spectacle, medals galore for Team GB,  a warm welcome for athletes and spectators from... continue
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Media monitor
Rik Thomas
The tragic death of a cyclist, killed by a bus transporting journalists to one of the Olympic venues during the 2012 London Games, generated a brief... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
During the Games the Tube, DLR and London Overground carried more people than at any other time before, according to Transport for London. Over 60... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
The London Mayor Boris Johnson said today that the London Underground carried more passengers on the 3 August than on any other day in its history... continue
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