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Funding for road improvements in Birmingham announced

28 September 2007

Funding of £588 million for road improvements in Birmingham was announced by the Department for Transport this week.

Bristol looks at commutes

28 September 2007

Bristolians will be surveyed next week about how they get to work as part of an effort to boost work travel plans by transport bosses.

Two wheels good

By Anthony Fyson

28 September 2007

The economic case for cycling needs to be set out.

Total recall

28 September 2007

John Prescott reviews his career highlights - and regrets.

Businesses baulk at proposed workplace levy in Nottingham

28 September 2007

Sixty-five per cent of businesses would consider leaving Nottingham if workplace charging was introduced, according to the city's business leaders.

Bid for Birmingham road improvements approved

28 September 2007

A bid for £588 million worth of improvements to Birmingham's road network has been approved by the Department for Transport.

Travel plans earn awards

28 September 2007

Four planning consultancies have won awards for their travel plans from the West of England Partnership.

Firms told to stump up to fund Crossrail

28 September 2007

The private sector will have to foot a portion of the bill for London's Crossrail project if it is to get the Government's approval in the Comprehensive Spending Review later this year, transport secretary Ruth Kelly told a meeting of bankers and other business leaders last week.

Crossrail could see other projects 'mothballed'

28 September 2007

The supposedly imminent deal to fund the £16 billion London Crossrail line could set back all other major London transport projects for up to five years, according to a well-placed senior source.

Livingstone hints at rail funds

27 September 2007

London mayor Ken Livingstone has suggested that the Treasury is inching towards new measures to fund the city's Crossrail project.