transport
27 Jul 2014
MPs call for transport revolution
MPs have called for action to improve passenger transport services for isolated communities. Policymakers must recognise the fundamental importance of transport in isolated communities for access to education, healthcare and...
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18 May 2014
Rural petrol prices on the rise again
RURAL motorists are feeling the pinch after fuel prices started to rise again. Average UK petrol prices went back above 130p a litre at the end of April and continue...
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10 Mar 2014
Bus service cuts threaten rural communities
FURTHER cuts to vital bus services threaten to have a devastating impact on England’s rural communities, the Rural Services Network has warned. Bus services are being hit especially hard by...
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19 Jan 2014
Rural communities ‘increasingly isolated’
A LACK of public transport has left rural residents increasingly unable to reach key services, MPs were told. Rural community representatives gave evidence to MPs on the House of Commons...
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10 Nov 2013
Dorset alters bus withdrawal plan
PROPOSALS to withdraw a number of rural bus services around Dorset are being altered following a public consultation. Dorset County Council cabinet members considered almost 1,200 responses to the initial...
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06 Nov 2013
Plan to boost Wheels to Work
LOCAL authorities are being urged to complete a survey about schemes that lends mopeds to rural people who need to access employment, education and training. ‘Wheels 2 Work’ is a...
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13 Oct 2013
Road rules could hit rural youngsters
RURAL youngsters must not be penalised by plans to impose additional restrictions on novice drivers to improve road safety, say campaigners. Suggestions to improve young driver safety could include night...
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01 Oct 2013
Chancellor’s aim to freeze fuel duty
RURAL communities could benefit from government plans to freeze fuel duty until 2015 – provided it can find the money to do so. Chancellor George Osborne made the pledge at...
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19 Jul 2013
MPs call for evidence on rural transport
AN influential committee of MPs is calling for evidence on passenger transport in isolated communities. The inquiry by the House of Commons Transport Committee believes all communities should have access...
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14 Jul 2013
Protestors hit out at road building plans
A MAJOR road building progamme threatens to devastate the rural environment, say countryside campaigners. Government plans for a return to major road building would fail to solve congestion in the...
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