AIRPORT operator BAA plc has reported a sharp downturn in traffic through its airports in October, reinforcing concerns about the impact of the recession. Across the country as a whole, the 12.4m passengers which passed through the company’s airports in October was 6% down on the same month last year, with the overall totals for [...]

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SUGGESTIONS that the development of the internet and broadband would result in a steady increase the number of people working at home, so reducing the total demand for travel, show little sign of being fulfilled as yet, according to the statistics in the latest National Travel Survey published by the Department for Transport. The results [...]

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Last week’s UK Bus Awards presentation ceremony offered an opportunity to recognise and reward excellence and good practice in a wide variety of disciplines. These included operations, marketing, infrastructure, local government policy, innovation, integration and the delivery of top-quality customer service by frontline staff. The organisation and promotion of such an event – including lunch [...]

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The continuing boom in rail patronage was maintained in the April-June quarter of with strong growth recorded in all sectors, according to the latest National Rail Trends quarterly bulletin, published recently by the Office of Rail Regulation. Analysis shows that, taking a rolling year, the number of passenger journeys was 6.5% ahead at 1,245 million, [...]

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Despite all the hype and hoopla concerning the amount of spending on Britain’s railways in recent weeks, little notice seems to have been taken of the fact that investment in the network is well behind the levels envisaged in the Government’s 10-Year Plan for Transport, originally published by the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. [...]

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Aside from the more obvious historical events associated with things like credit crunches and US presidential elections, the year 2008 will stand out in my memory for two events I attended: the first was the first meeting of Transit magazine’s Young Bus Managers Network in Birmingham during the summer, and the second was the meeting [...]

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