transport
18 Jan 2021
Rural areas need a levelling-up agenda that recognises the difference between villages, towns and cities
Rosie Cooper MP (Lab) writes in Politics Home this week that countryside communities need to be protected by improving public transport in cut-off areas to ensure amenities stay accessible to...
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14 Dec 2020
Funding gap ‘devastates’ rural bus services
Transport Network has reported that remote bus services saw journeys fall by 97 million last year due to a £348 million funding gap The new report from the County Councils...
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30 Nov 2020
Drone deliveries to rural areas on UK government’s radar
The Financial Times and Government Computing have reported that the Government is considering allowing drones to deliver goods to cut delivery times ‘in rural or isolated towns’ and reduce carbon...
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23 Nov 2020
Impact on Rural Areas of green plan
Last week, the Prime Minister set out his ambitious Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution which will create and support up to 250,000 British jobs According to the...
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16 Nov 2020
Councils warn of insolvency risk without big cuts
The BBC report that a recent survey undertaken by the County Councils Network (CCN) shows several local authorities could be forced into ‘damaging’ cuts to services next year to remain solvent....
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16 Nov 2020
New data reveals decreased bus journeys
Local papers including the Shropshire Star and The Westmorland Gazette have reported that there were 4.1 billion bus journeys taken in 2019-20 across England, down 6 percent from 2018-19 and...
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09 Nov 2020
New dial-a-bus scheme: Residents in rural areas will be able to call a bus to stop at their house
Local news outlet In Your Area writes about a new service which will allow residents to call a bus to stop at their house The ‘dial-a-bus’ service will mean passengers...
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02 Nov 2020
PM’s promises on buses have failed to turn up
Robert Goodwill MP (Con), chairman of the newly formed All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Bus and Coach Industry, wrote in The Times this week that the Government needs to urgently...
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26 Oct 2020
Regional airline Flybe could return early next year
The Financial Times reported that regional airline Flybe could be flying again early next year after being bought by a former shareholder The airline went bankrupt in March. The Exeter-based...
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12 Oct 2020
Improving local bus services in England (outside London)
A report released on the 2nd October 2020 from the National Audit Office (NAO) finds that, despite the Department for Transport’s long stated aim to increase bus use, passenger numbers...
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