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Local Transport Today
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First Group has announced a £35m investment in 200 new buses for Greater Manchester that, it says, demonstrates the company's commitment to... continue
Local Transport Today
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The West Midlands conurbation authorities submitted a £4.5bn 15-year transport strategy to the DfT's Transport Innovation Fund this week but... continue
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The future of Shropshire County Council's Transport Innovation Fund bid looks doubtful after councillors resolved that they could not support a toll... continue
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When congestion charging was introduced in 2003 there was an immediate improvement in average network traffic speeds in the zone during charging... continue
Local Transport Today
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Despite the expansion of bus priority in the capital, bus speeds have actually decreased in all areas of the capital since 2003 and the biggest... continue
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TfL reports that traffic entering the charging zone in 2006 was 21% below levels in 2002 before the charge was introduced (vehicles defined as having... continue
Local Transport Today
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Somewhat unfavourable coverage of Manchester's proposed congestion charging scheme appeared in The Manchester Evening News on 9 July when the paper... continue
Local Transport Today
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A press release issued by Shropshire County Council on 5 July to update interested parties on progress on the council's Transport innovation Fund... continue
Local Transport Today
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Leaders of the ten Greater Manchester conurbation authorities will meet on 27 July to consider the feedback from the public, businesses and other... continue
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Cambridgeshire County Council this week proposed a £500m package of transport improvements and congestion charging and said it plans to submit... continue
Local Transport Today
Secondary stories
The Home Office this week announced that it had authorised the Metropolitan Police Service to be able to access data from Transport for London's... continue
Local Transport Today
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Transport for London's fifth monitoring report of the central London congestion charge was published last week along with the first economic... continue
Local Transport Today
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Road pricing revenues must be used for transport investment and significant investment in alternatives must be made before road pricing is... continue
Local Transport Today
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Perhaps because he appears as one of four (all smiling) fictional pen portraits in Greater Manchester's public information leaflet about the proposed... continue
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Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority has dismissed the results of an opinion poll suggesting that 80% of businesses are opposed to the... continue
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Ruth Kelly has become the first female transport secretary of state for almost 40 years following the ministerial reshuffle instigated by new prime... continue
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Letters to the editor
Sean Corker
I believe that the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities and the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive/Authority are deliberately... continue
I believe that the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities and the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive/Authority are deliberately... continue
Local Transport Today
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The public will be presented with plans for a new bridge or tunnel across the Firth of Forth this summer in a series of public information... continue
Local Transport Today
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"At last month's NEC/Birmingham Post 'Big Debate' on road pricing, views on the Government's road pricing ideas were polarised on depressingly... continue
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A book currently on the amazon.co.uk best seller list, The Undercover Economist, contains a chapter on road pricing that strongly supports the... continue






