Новости за 03.01.2023

News from Europe - Transport workers move the world. The COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on this. As the world shut down, transport workers were more visible than ever before. They transported medical supplies, kept supply chains connected, got cities moving so doctors, nurses and other key workers could continue to work and they delivered food and essential goods to our doorsteps so we could survive and stay safe.

Other News Sources - The buses that whiz along the Leigh Guided Busway will transform from purple to yellow when the new contract holders take over the service in September 2023.

Other News Sources - The pensioner presented petition to new Transport Minister who was challenged to explain how disabled people can travel without help from guards and other staff

New Civil Engineer - Key decisions on the countrys major infrastructure projects are expected in 2023. Over the course of the next 12 months, transport secretary Mark Harper will have to make big decisions on the countrys planned road building schemes with planning rulings needed in relation to the Stonehenge Tunnel, Lower Thames Crossing and the A66 upgrade among a number of other planned road upgrades.

New Civil Engineer - Transport for Wales (TFW) has committed to delivering its plans for the South Wales Metro after releasing a five-year corporate strategy.

Business Live - It is likely that 2023 will be another challenging year, in economic and financial terms, for transport users, transport companies, Welsh Government and Transport for Wales (TfW).

North Wales Live - Steve Rotheram looks back over a busy 2022 and ahead to a bumper year

Yorkshire Evening Post - It has been a year of change for motorists and travellers in Leeds but 2023 is set to bring about a host of changes that will revolutionise city travel for decades to come.

Nottingham Evening Post - The Government-funded initiative has come into effect

London Evening Standard - Around half of Britains railway lines are closed and only a fifth of services are running as thousands of workers stage industrial action. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) should get off the picket line and round the negotiating table as passengers face fresh disruption from strikes, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said.

Liverpool Echo - Work began in summer 2022 on Lea Green railway station in St Helens, with £15m of investment being used to deliver "first class" services. Construction of a multi-deck car park is part of the plans, with aims to increase park and ride capacity to around 450 vehicles.

i News - The National Disability Strategy is to be scrapped after the High Court deemed it unlawful but ministers are set to produce a new policy

City AM - Jet2 has taken the crown as Britains favourite provider of package and resort holidays. According to a survey published today by consumer champion Which?, the UK company has received the highest score in customer satisfaction alongside Swiss holiday provider Kuoni. Respondents praised Jet2s high levels of service and reliability, with one customer saying that you ... The post Jet2 crowned UK best holiday provider as Tui and Lastminute.com slump appeared first on CityAM.

The Telegraph - Mark Harper has rejected a claim from union bosses that ministers have tied the hands of train operating companies in negotiations on pay and conditions as tens of thousands of rail workers stage their latest walkout today.

Times Online - Nearly two thirds of the electric car charging points planned by local authorities this year are in London, exacerbating the divide between the capital and the rest of the country.

Times Online - A generation of passengers will be put off travelling by train for good because of industrial action, ministers fear, as Britain enters the worst week of rail disruption for 30 years.

Times Online - Juggling a job with a university degree usually involves waiting tables or pulling pints in the hours after course work. For Jonas Nkala, a third-year undergraduate at the University of Bristol, it involves catching up on work on his laptop at the bus depot and arriving at lectures still dressed in his Stagecoach uniform.

Times Online - Britains newest railway, and one of its most expensive, is to arrive two years late and 33 per cent over budget.

The Independent - Rail union boss Mick Lynch has accused transport secretary Mark Harper of not telling the truth about the negotiations aimed at ending train strikes, as five days of fresh industrial action begins.

The Guardian - Network Rail advises people to travel only if absolutely necessary and to check online for updates The first of five consecutive days of national rail strikes have begun, closing much of Britain's rail network and leaving only a skeleton service for commuters on urban and intercity lines.Passengers were being urged to attempt to travel only if necessary, with about 20 of trains expected to run and scheduled hours of operation cut back to between 7.30am and 6.30pm.

The Guardian - To get the red wall back on board, Labour should commit to bold action on transport and show what levelling up really means. For those of us living and working in the north it has become achingly clear that our transport system is broken. Long before any strike action was announced, the region's public transport was suffering from creaking infrastructure, staff shortages and a daily dose of long delays and routine cancellations. For those of us who commute between northern cities by train... Читать дальше...

The Guardian - Three-month subsidy widely welcomed but passengers may need longer-term incentives to use routes

The Guardian - Chief negotiator says better communications could sway union members, as first of five days of rail strikes begins

Financial Times - RMT locked in two separate disputes with 14 train operators and infrastructure provider Network Rail

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