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Delightful Derbyshire Data

But First … It duly arrived at 1215 yesterday … … thanks Paul. Also sent via e-mail was a before … … with the consequences of some fbb mishandling and after … …with the new screen firmly in place. No 3 son also sent a couple of shots of the innards of the laptop … … and (possibly, fbb has…

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A weak response to our net zero needs

  Powering Up Britain document concentrates disproportionately on energy matters with transport relegated to the sidelines  Rishi Sunak visited Culham Science Centre last week   Powering Up Britain. And Levelling Up too. So much weight on one preposition. So many hopes. So much disappointment. Powering Up Britain, the document, published by the government last week setting out their plans to…

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Everitt: Bee Network will transform GM

Vernon Everitt, Greater Manchester’s Transport Commissioner, believes that the Bee Network will transform the city region’s transport system  Everitt: ‘Bee Network about delivering growth’   Vernon Everitt, Greater Manchester’s transport commissioner, told Transport Focus board members last week that the region was on the cusp of “something genuinely transformational” as it moved to begin rolling out the fully integrated Bee…

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Bus strategy progress ‘too slow, too piecemeal’

Greater support and more consistent funding is needed to deliver vision of the Bus Back Better strategy, Transport Committee tells government  Iain Stewart:’many of the strategy’s ideas were on the right track’   Two years on from the launch of the National Bus Strategy for England, MPs on the Commons Transport Committee have expressed concerns about the pace of delivery.…

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A simple offer made complicated

The Deutschland-Ticket will slash travel costs and accelerate digitisation, but it’s an enormous task  Public transport in the town of Ausburg, Bavaria  By Marc Bichtemann Pay £43 a month and have unlimited use of all local and regional public transport in the country. Sounds like a good offer? Dear reader, I present to you the Deutschland-Ticket.From May 1, 2023, Germany…

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Transport legends – past, present, future

  Who have been national treasures of transport, our equivalents of Dame Judi Dench and Sir David Attenborough? Who’ll be next?  Legendary railway pioneer Adrian Shooter was honoured with a statue at London Marylebone station last August   Last week’s memorial service for the late railway icon Adrian Shooter made me reflect on the role of genuine transport industry legends,…

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Welsh operators hope Bray can be saviour

Former director of the Urban Transport Group will chair panel of experts, and bus operators hope he make case for funding  Jonathan Bray will chair an expert panel on Welsh bus policy   By Rhodri Clark. Welsh bus operators are pinning their hopes on Jonathan Bray, who will chair an expert panel on Welsh bus policy, to secure funding and…

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‘Scotland may miss bus infrastructure target’

Transform Scotland warns on flagship Bus Partnership Fund  Plans to reallocate road space on parts of the motorway network around Glasgow to high-occupancy vehicles such as buses have made little progress’   The Scottish Government’s commitment to investing over £500m in bus priority infrastructure has yet to be fully realised, according to a report by Transform Scotland. The Bus Partnership…

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TUC proposes £9.9bn net zero transport plan

New report aims to address ‘gaping hole’ in the government’s recently published net zero strategy – a plan for achieving modal shift away from cars  TUC general secretary Paul Nowak: ‘Investing in public transport will help us meet net zero targets’ Photo: ©Jess Hurd   A new report released by the Trades Union Congress proposes a £9.9bn annual investment plan…

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Out now: Issue 287 of Passenger Transport

Issue 287 of Passenger Transport is published on April 21. Contents include:    LEAD STORY TUC proposes £9.9bn net zero transport planNew report aims to address ‘gaping hole’ in the government’s recently published net zero strategy – a plan for achieving modal shift away from cars  NEWS New campaign aims to woo rail users back‘Nothing Beats Being’ seeks to build…

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