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• It may be too fanciful an idea, but how about banning car ownership?

  Guardian Professional, 12 Sep 2014: The UK is approaching a national traffic jam, but we’ll keep driving until public transport is seen as a viable alternative, says Alan Whitehead

• Some questions Uxbridge Tories should ask Boris Johnson

  12 Sep 2014: Conservatives in the west London constituency should not make it easy for the city’s mayor to become their candidate
  

• Southeastern lands four-year rail deal despite rating worst with passengers

  11 Sep 2014: Government says operator must improve services and will get less subsidy as part of franchise extension

• The ten most overcrowded train services in England and Wales - mapped

  11 Sep 2014: New government data has revealed the ten most overcrowded peak train journeys that commuters undertake and every single one is travelling into or out of London

• The 10 most crowded trains in the UK

  10 Sep 2014:

  Snapshot DfT study found seven people for every four seats on 7.32am Woking to Waterloo service

• A short history of world metro systems – in pictures

  10 Sep 2014: From the world’s first subway system, the London Underground, to New York, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Buenos Aires

• Can you save energy by using public transport? It’s not that simple

  10 Sep 2014: Christian Wolmar: Car use is declining while the popularity of train travel is on the rise, but calculating cost per trip is a complex business

• State-owned East Coast paid £225m to Treasury – but still faces privatisation

  9 Sep 2014:

  Transport union leader says reprivatisation of most popular long-distance railway franchise is 'all about Tory dogma'

• Luton airport flights resume after security scare

  9 Sep 2014: Airport evacuated, roads closed and flights suspended after discovery of a suspicious item reported to be hair straighteners

• Scrapping free bus passes for older people would 'cost over £1.7bn a year'

  9 Sep 2014: Study finds that for every £1 spent on the bus pass, more than £2.87 of benefits for society and wider economy were generated

• Northern Rail is a disgrace

  7 Sep 2014: It’s an insult that Northern Rail is putting up ticket prices when the service they offer is so reliably terrible, says the Guardian’s northern editor, Helen Pidd

• Northern commuters face big rise in fares for evening travel

  7 Sep 2014: Extension of peak rail fares hits travellers in Leeds, Manchester, Bradford, Sheffield and Newcastle

• A blind man in Bishopsgate

  7 Sep 2014: Recent experiences have brought home the challenges faced by visually-impaired people using public transport in London
  

• Rail fares to match inflation rate for another 12 months

  7 Sep 2014: George Osborne announces train tickets will be held in real terms and pinned to RPI rate

• Free bus passes under threat and the pensioners who are fighting back

  6 Sep 2014: A campaign to save a much-treasured freedom, will deliver a petition with 140,000 signatures to No 10 (by bus of course)

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