The Latest Breaking News from Transport

Airspace rejig over war fears

The Transport Ministry has ordered the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai) to prepare for contingencies with a possible increase in aviation and air traffic movement through Thailand in light of limited airspace access resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Bangkok Post · Apr 13, 2022

Travellers told to prepare for Easter delays on planes, trains and roads

The RAC predicts there will be 4.6 million leisure trips by road on Good Friday alone. It forecast 'extremely busy roads', made worse by rail closures and disruption

Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2022

Cabinet minister insists PM is ‘human’ following bombshell partygate fines

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps insists Boris Johnson did not knowingly break Covid laws at a birthday bash in June 2020.

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022

Grant Shapps bans Russian oligarch’s private jet from flying

Aircraft owned by billionaire Eugene Shvidler ‘deregistered’, says transport secretary

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

With fuel prices on fire, commuters feel the heat

Unabated rise in petrol and diesel prices hits transport sector hard

The Hindu · Apr 7, 2022

Bus journeys still a third below pre-pandemic levels across Britain

Research by the Campaign for Better Transport suggests that more than a quarter of bus services have been lost in the last 10 years

Wales Online · Apr 7, 2022

Scrap public transport fares for six weeks to ease cost of living, Libs say

The plan is a good headline but not a good policy, Transport Minister Chris Steel believes.

The Canberra Times · Apr 5, 2022

City region allocated just £12m government bus funding after bidding for £667m

The bus funding is said to be a key part of the Government's plan to level up transport outside London

Liverpool Echo · Apr 5, 2022

Local Tories lash out at Boris Johnson's cut-back bus fund - 'we're at a loss'

One Conservative councillor said they had been 'completely overlooked' while another said 'I expected to get some money, not nothing at all' after around 40 areas missed out

Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022

More than £1bn given to Greater Manchester to boost transport network

The funding could help create cheaper bus fares, cycling schemes and a new transport interchange – but full details are yet to be confirmed

Manchester Evening News · Apr 4, 2022