Transport
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Minicab mobile apps such as Uber are threatening to drive traditional taxis off the streets but, Britain’s cabbies tell Bella Bathurst, it’s about more than simply getting people from A to B
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Ticket price increase is lowest for five years but more annual season ticket holders will see costs top £5,000
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How the country could look in six years’ time if spending cuts and austerity measures continue
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You’ve sent in some great assignment ideas for GuardianWitness so we’ve started a bi-weekly series based on your best suggestions
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Proposed investment in rail, roads, science and culture met with approval by thinktank – but councils call for further devolution
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Back Heathrow, which gets funding from west London airport, says it represents local businesses and residents
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MPs enjoy government plans to bring roads closer to their constituencies – and so close to a general election
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It has been hailed as the biggest road upgrade scheme for a generation, including 1,300 miles of motorway. But how much of the funding is new investment?
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Leo Benedictus: Roads are expensive and controversial, which is why the M1 extension to Marble Arch, Belfast’s Urban Motorway and Margaret Thatcher’s promised Roads for Prosperity all came to a dead end
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Politics live with Andrew Sparrow Patrick McLoughlin's Commons statement on the £15bn roads investment: Politics Live blog
Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen
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Network Rail warns passengers to avoid route between 24 and 29 December with engineering works also affecting other areas
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Archaeologists and conservation groups divided in reaction to proposals to put A303 under world heritage site
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The London mayor says he will revisit “old ideas” for Sabbath restrictions in the capital, though someone has to find them first
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Roads strategy comes as RAC Foundation predicts there could 7m more road users in England and Wales within 20 years
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The story of the English railway station since its Victorian heyday is that of a distinctively creative free-for-all, writes Rowan Moore
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Junctions 51 to 56 closed in North Yorkshire as police investigate reports of explosion near Catterick Garrison at 3am
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Learner drivers may be asked to use satnav and three-point turn could be scrapped in favour of more common manoeuvres
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Mayor urges financial technology sector to find solution to problem of growing number of online shopping delivery vans
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Inter City Railways, 90% owned by Stagecoach, will bring London-Edinburgh line back into private hands after five years
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Ian Beetlestone: The back of my taxi is a confessional, but Mellor broke the rules of engagement. If only all my customers were like that nice Pete Doherty
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Owen Jones: First thoughts: Being publicly owned doesn’t fit the free-market dogma that dictates that the railway must be a rip-off, fragmented mess
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Guardian Cities Mumbai Mumbai skywalks: are these elevated paths 'ugly caterpillars' or precious public space?
The skywalks project has always been controversial - but given the lack of gardens, parks or even footpaths in the city, some Mumbaikars find they provide welcome breathing space -
There is no congestion charging, no bike-share scheme … no bus lanes even. Despite an estimated 91% of trips in the city being made on foot, bus or train, transport policy remains geared towards the car
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Deputy prime minister will announce scheme to build on momentum of 2012 Olympics and British leg of Tour de France
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The radio presenter and former Conservative cabinet member may find it hard to ever get a taxi ride in London again after his foul-mouthed, condescending rant to a driver was recorded and leaked
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Soon there will be more Londoners than ever before but some of the challenges the city will face are much the same as they were decades ago
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While London provides a model of integrated investment, elsewhere growth is slowed by fragmentation and bottlenecks
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The UK needs to speed up improving air quality and the capital must take a stronger lead
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Liam Hogan: Light rail is transformative, almost magically so. Cities around Australia and the world see it as the key to renewing depressed downtowns and sprawling suburbs
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Britain’s first ‘Bio-Bus’ powered entirely by human and food waste takes to the streets between Bath and Bristol
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A timelapse video of aeroplanes in the skies over Britain from air traffic controllers Nats shows the huge volume of take-offs and landings in major cities
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No-frills airline reports bookings for the first half of 2015 are ahead of 2014 but says it faces increasing costs per seat
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Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health suggests set of measures to help reduce UK’s child mortality rate
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More than 40% say they have been hit or nearly hit by a vehicle while on foot or bike, survey for Brake shows
Kids not catching buses are missing out – they’re a ticket to the real world