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On board with net zero: the transport boss trying to drive down emissions | Go-Ahead

‘Personally, I think that’s quite cool!” David Brown, 60, is beaming like a young boy, having just recognised the bus controller at the terminus outside Victoria station as a colleague who joined... Read more »
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COVID-19: Regional mayors call for masks to remain compulsory on public transport as London will enforce face coverings | UK News

Elected regional mayors across England have urged the government to continue making face coverings compulsory on public transport when most COVID restrictions are lifted on Monday. The Labour metro mayors for West... Read more »
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COVID-19: London mayor Sadiq Khan orders Transport for London to enforce mask-wearing on services after 19 July | Politics News

Sadiq Khan has said Transport for London will continue to enforce the wearing of face masks on services in the capital beyond 19 July. From Monday, the legal requirement to wear face... Read more »
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Mayor Andy Burnham to accelerate plans for London-style transport network across Greater Manchester

Newly-re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has vowed to accelerate plans for improved, London-style transport network. Putting a “transport revolution” across Greater Manchester on the centre of plans for his second... Read more »

London council ignites safety row as it rejects cycle lane plans | Transport

Campaigners have known as for the federal government to intervene after a council rebuffed plans to reinstate a flagship cycle lane in central London, reigniting an issue that has come to exemplify... Read more »
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Department for Transport to open new offices in Birmingham and Leeds

The Department for Transport is opening a new Midlands HQ and northern hub beneath new funding plans. The DfT stated it could launch a new regional head workplace in Birmingham and hub... Read more »

Utility firms to be charged for pavement works in London | Transport

Works that dig up pavements and disrupt pedestrians and cyclists within the capital will now be charged in the identical manner as roadworks that block visitors, beneath plans introduced by Transport for... Read more »
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A tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland? Fantasy has replaced British modesty | Rail transport

Galloway, as John Buchan wrote in The Thirty-9 Steps, is “the closest wild a part of Scotland”, by which he meant the closest to England, and on this specific context to the... Read more »
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Transport for London announces trial upgrade to key south London cycle route

Transport for London (TfL) has announced a trial upgrade to the key CS7 cycle route between Oval and Elephant & Castle, as well as proposed changes to the A23 from Oval to... Read more »