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Public transport must keep pace with population growth: report

'Areas around Newcastle have an acceptable service whilst other areas need new or improved services.'

Newcastle Herald

Sydney should follow NYC's lead in bus network overhaul

A NSW bus task force has recommended dozens of new rapid bus routes be introduced to help improve transport in Sydney and surrounds.

AAP

Transport corporations to fill 8,719 vacancies in Karnataka after years of staff shortage

After the Covid-19 pandemic, financially-strained corporations were instructed by the then government to halt regular hiring as a cost-cutting measure.

The Hindu

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Faced with string of bomb hoaxes, France increases transport security

Security patrols in airports and on trains will be reinforced following a wave of bomb threats sent to airports and cultural centres. Transport minister Clement Beaune said the authors of the hoaxes are “playing with fear”.

Radio France Internationale

Canberra gets its first Australian-built electric bus

Custom Denning Element low-floor battery electric bus to be unveiled.

The Canberra Times

Government slaps down Sadiq Khan's plea for help to introduce discounted Blackwall tunnel toll

The size of the toll at Blackwall tunnel will not be announced for another year

Evening Standard

Commuters demand inter-district bus services from Ernakulam

Kochi commuters demand more bus services to neighbouring districts due to inadequate KSRTC services. Private buses are preferred due to better maintenance and lower fares. Two-wheelers and cars from Paravur and Cherthala indicate lack of adequate transport services.

The Hindu

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KAT sets aside transfer of Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors

KAT sets aside 205 AMVI transfers after finding Transport dept. deviated from norms. Tribunal took dim view of performance appraisals based on monthly challan targets. Petitioners alleged irregularities in transfer order issued by Transport Commissioner. Tribunal found process "erroneous, irregular and unreasonable" and unscientific, favouring certain candidates.

The Hindu

Tatt's crazy: MIX 106.3's Nige to get public transport ink for great cause

Light rail tatt, anyone?

The Canberra Times

Seatbelt campaign and school bus speeds in new report after Greta crash

The government has accepted all five recommendations.

Newcastle Herald

T.N. Assembly | Vehicles to cost more, as Bill adopted to increase rate of life tax

TN govt hikes life tax for vehicles; Bill amending Motor Vehicles Taxation Act passed in Assembly. New two-wheelers, four-wheelers, carriages to cost more; life tax rate for new vehicles >₹1L, ₹20L, ₹10L, ₹5L set at 12%, 20%, 18%, 13% respectively. Green tax of ₹1.5K for 5 yrs for vehicles >15…

The Hindu

Senate committee says government should 'immediately review' its rejection of Qatar flights

A Senate inquiry into the Albanese government’s refusal to agree to the extra flights sought by Qatar Airways has recommended the decision be immediately reviewed.

The Conversation

‘Nothing ambiguous at all’ about our Network North plans – Transport Secretary

Mark Harper said he was ‘happy to be judged’ on alternative plans for the money that would have been spent on HS2.

The Independent UK

Transport Secretary defends PM’s decision to axe HS2’s northern leg

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has defended the Government’s decision to axe the northern leg of HS2.

Evening Standard

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The Hindu

To carpool or not to carpool in Bengaluru, that is the question

Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy’s clarification that there is no ban for now on carpooling aggregators has not cleared the confusion on where the law stands on the issue.

The Independent UK

HS2 alternative plans watered down or dropped a day after being announced

Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said Network North was a ‘back of a fag packet’ plan.

The Independent UK

Cancelling HS2 contracts to cost hundreds of millions of pounds

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the cost of pulling out of the agreements will ‘broadly balance out’ with money recovered from selling land.

The Independent UK

Mark Harper ‘proud’ of decision to axe Manchester leg of HS2

The Transport Secretary said ‘the facts have changed’ in relation to the high-speed railway project.

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The Independent UK

France calls in sniffer dogs to hunt for bedbugs on trains

Public transport chiefs will boost health procedures, says minister

The Independent UK

Key dates of the HS2 rail project

It has been controversial since plans for the rail line first emerged in 2009.

The Hindu

Ramalinga Reddy alleges BJP instigates violence, saffron party retorts

Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Wednesday accused the Opposition BJP and its workers of indulging in “troublesome acts in disguise” and alleged that they instigate communal violence in the State.

Radio France Internationale

French government tries to reassure public amid bedbug 'hysteria'

The French government on Wednesday sought to calm growing public fears over a supposed bedbug invasion, saying there was no evidence of any resurgence of the biting irritants on public transport.

The Hindu

Decision on carpooling apps in 10 days; until then they can continue unhindered: Transport Minister

Amidst the confusion surrounding carpooling apps, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Tuesday clarified that there was currently no ban on carpooling in Bengaluru. The decision came after he held a meeting with various carpooling aggregators

The Independent UK

HS2 Timeline: How much has been spent and what happened?

HS2’s budget has ballooned, with costs reportedly breaching £100 billion

The Independent UK

Key dates of the HS2 rail project

HS2 has been a controversial project since plans emerged in 2009.

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