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Rail fare rises in England will not exceed 9% inflation figure in 2024

Government confirms ticket price rises will be delayed until March and will be below retail prices index

The Guardian - UK

Next year’s English rail fares rise will be below inflation, says Government

RPI for July will be published on Wednesday and is expected to be around 9%.

The Independent UK

Six ways to get Britain’s railways back on track – and six reasons for cheer

As the industry struggles with multiple challenges, here are the issues it needs to tackle, and some hopeful developments

The Guardian - UK

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England has lost at least 1,500 bus routes since 2021, figures show

Government accused of ‘vandalism against communities’ after cuts revealed in traffic report

The Guardian - UK

Bus routes halved since 2011 – Labour

Labour Party analysis found there were 8,781 routes in operation during the year to the end of March, compared with 17,394 in 2010/11.

The Independent UK

Mapped: Bus cuts in your area as ‘half of routes scrapped’

Ministers are worried bus cuts could be an issue at the next general election, The Independent understands

The Independent UK

Ministers consider curbs on councils’ use of 20mph speed limits

Exclusive: moves against what PM terms ‘anti-motorist’ policies follow order of review into low-traffic neighbourhoods

The Guardian - UK

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Drink-drive fatalities on UK roads hit 12-year high

The Department for Transport said an estimated 260 people were killed in collisions involving a driver over the alcohol limit in 2021

Evening Standard

Green man to be lit for longer as UK slows down

Modifications to the time the green man will be lit up will be made public in September

Evening Standard

HS2 chief executive resigns from delayed and scaled-back rail project

Mark Thurston will leave government-owned company as construction moves ‘into an exciting new stage’

The Guardian - UK

Hopes of restoring dozens of axed Bristol region buses are dealt blow

WECA's top officer says there are "significant hurdles" despite a government U-turn on funding rules

Bristol Post

Cost of Euston HS2 terminus could race past £4.8bn estimate, MPs say

Overspend blamed on government indecision, despite eight years spent planning and designing project

The Guardian - UK

Government must set out expectations for ‘floundering’ HS2 Euston project – MPs

In a damning report, the Public Accounts Committee said the Department for Transport ‘does not know what it is trying to achieve’.

The Independent UK

What do train station ticket office closures mean for rail passengers?

Everything you need to know about the train operators’ plans to shut almost all booking offices in England

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Train fare reform urgently needed ahead of station ticket office closures, says rail expert

Rail expert Mark Smith says fares reform and improved online ticketing should be ‘done first, not promised for later’

Chronicle Live

North East promised cheaper and more reliable buses after £45m funding boost, despite cuts fear

The Government has confirmed that the North East will get the final instalment of a promised £163m upgrade package, though some will be spent trying to stave off cuts

Manchester Evening News

Plans for more passengers to claim flight delay compensation scrapped

The Department for Transport said 'further work' is needed before the rules change

The Independent UK

Government drops plan to allow more passengers to claim compensation for delayed flights

‘Further work’ is needed before the rules are changed, says the Department for Transport

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The Independent UK

Flight compensation overhaul dropped from first consumer reforms

The Department for Transport said ‘further work’ is needed before the rules are changed.

Nottingham Post

More than £10m to be spent on 'vital' improvements to Nottinghamshire roundabouts

The move will also protect nearby properties

The Independent UK

Government rejects plea to make charter to protect seafarers mandatory

The Department for Transport said its charter will ‘initially launch on a voluntary basis’.

The Independent UK

‘Patchy’ delivery of low-traffic schemes may have ended up discouraging cycling

New report concludes government is on track to miss its targets to increase levels of cycling and walking

Bike Perfect

A damning new report says the UK Government is failing in its plans to get more of us cycling and walking by 2025

The National Audit Office report blames the failures on years of persistent underfunding and a lack of influence

The Independent UK

UK struggling to convince more people to cycle and ‘unlikely’ to hit key 2025 target, report finds

Delivery of active travel schemes been ‘patchy’, public spending watchdog the National Audit Office says

The Guardian - UK

Targets to boost walking and cycling in England almost certain to be missed

Damning report from government spending watchdog criticises Department for Transport’s approach

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