Firms urged to speak up on transport issues

Hull Daily Mail (UK);  May 2, 2007 ;     245 words ...Businesses are being urged to have their say on the transport issues that affect the way they work. The Hull and Humber...help develop greater joined-up thinking regarding transport issues. "If the business community has specific issues...

Breakfast Transport Issues

Bristol Evening Post;  March 14, 2003 ;     53 words ...North Somerset businesses can get up-to-date with development and transport issues at a free breakfast seminar to be hosted by the Portishead Chamber of Commerce and law firm Burroughs Day. The event is at Clarence...

Youngsters go online to learn about transport issues

The Northern Echo;  April 30, 2002 ;     183 words ......Railway Museum (NRM), in York, is one of the partners involved in an initiative designed to help youngsters learn more about transport issues. They can now log on to a website - www.learningonthemove.co.uk - to find out about everything from barges to Brunei. The...

Chance to discuss transport issues

The Nelson Mail;  July 30, 2007 ;     147 words ...A public meeting on Nelson transport issues is to be held on August 6, to give people an opportunity to talk through their concerns. Nelson city councillor Denise Henigan...

Transport issues

The Nelson Mail;  August 27, 2007 ;     197 words ...Sir, Obviously something has to be done about our transport issues. Air pollution and traffic congestion have become major problems for Nelson. However, the council has done some good work on trying...

Talking Point: All talk; A selection of your views on transport...

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  November 2, 2002 ;     21 words ...Byline: Mrs H Everitt THERE'S been such a lot of talk about our airport. Do we really need a second runway? Mrs H Everitt, South Yardley

Birmingham Post: Small transport issues are a really big deal.(Features)

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 28, 2006 ;     378 words ......result, the West Midlands suddenly looks a little less inviting to those companies looking for a new location. The smaller transport issues must not be neglected at the expense of the bigger initiatives. Of course, the major projects have the most significant...

Transport issues 'top priority' for town ; Transport issues - including...

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  September 12, 2008 ;     285 words ...Transport issues - including the possibility of a new link road and a multi-storey car park - are the top priorities for a Devon resort, according...

Call for action on transport issues.(Business Local)

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  November 29, 2005 ;     332 words ......that there was no body to champion transport. George Cowcher, chief executive of the North East Chamber of Commerce, said: Transport issues are invariably key to enabling necessary projects to reverse this decline see the light of day. But even the best initiatives...

TALKING POINT: YOUR VIEWS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT ISSUES: Shopping.(Letters)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  November 1, 2003 ;     25 words ...Byline: S Graham I DREAD to think how chaotic things will get in the centre of Birmingham when people are pouring in for their Christmas shopping. S Graham, Bearwood

SA: Inquiry should examine broader transport issues: Democrats

AAP General News (Australia);  August 21, 2000 ;     328 words ......Australia) 08-21-2000 SA: Inquiry should examine broader transport issues: Democrats By Valkerie Mangnall ADELAIDE, Aug 21 AAP...Senate inquiry into petrol prices if it examines broader transport issues such as how states use the GST windfall on fuel. Democrats...

We need better roads far more than new trains Rex Ingram, the deputy...

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  October 19, 2007 ;     474 words ...Rex Ingram, the deputy chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Exeter, expresses his forthright opinions on road transport issues in the South West People working for companies in Exeter enjoy the lifestyle advantages of the area. But we have...

TALKING POINT: A selection of your views on transport issues:...

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  July 26, 2002 ;     45 words ...Byline: D White I ASSUME that all these so-called environmentalists and not-in-my-backyardies are not among the majority of us who search the internet and newspapers for cheap flights. The only way to keep costs down is to expand - which would the majority of us prefer? D White, Kings Heath

TALKING POINT: YOUR VIEWS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT ISSUES: Congestion.(Letters)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  November 1, 2003 ;     37 words ...Byline: B Foster MANY of the people who complain about the traffic jams in Birmingham are the same people who day after day contribute to the congestion by driving their cars when they could just as easily catch the bus. B Foster, by email

TALKING POINT: YOUR VIEWS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT ISSUES: Rush hour.(Letters)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  November 1, 2003 ;     55 words ...Byline: B Pritchard IT IS not only the fact that you have to wait ages for a bus, then a convoy comes, the drivers are in such a hurry you are thrown all over the bus. Not only that, but vehicles park near the stop so even though special higher curbs have been put at the stops, the bus has to pull