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By Sir Peter Hall

14 November 2008

disturbing walk in well-linked Stoke

London bridge, rail and tram schemes axed

14 November 2008

London mayor Boris Johnson has torn up plans for the Thames Gateway Bridge and shelved other proposed transport schemes.

BAA stumps up cash for Crossrail

7 November 2008

Airport operator BAA has agreed to provide £230 million towards the construction of Crossrail, the planned cross-London rail line.

Manchester set for c-charge changes

31 October 2008

Plans for Greater Manchester's congestion charge have been tweaked ahead of the city-region's vote on the package.

Comeback Keynes and the London line

31 October 2008

Funding and finance Keynesianism is back. The Treasury may borrow more to invest in projects such as Crossrail, says Ben Walker.

Crossrail may be brought forward

24 October 2008

The £16 billion Crossrail scheme could be brought forward as part of a government move to frontload public spending in the first half of the current spending round.

Crossrail funding

17 October 2008

Will the rail link be shelved due to the bailout, asks Tony Travers

Rail cancellation

17 October 2008

Boris Johnson has shelved plans to extend the DLR to Dagenham Dock.

Kelly announces new bus funding

3 October 2008

An extra £25 million of funding will be invested in a scheme to develop new bus services in both urban and rural areas, transport secretary Ruth Kelly announced last week.

Grounded - Party plans high-speed rail instead of third Heathrow runway

3 October 2008

A Tory government would back high-speed rail instead of a third runway at Heathrow, shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers told the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.