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Wednesday 30th April, 2003
BBC
MPs to hear killer driver campaign
Financial Times *
Branson's Concorde bid grounded by Airbus chief
Guardian
Tunnelling restarts despite collapse  [Chunnel link]
Branson seeks Concorde help
Times
EasyJet has to pay for ‘deceitful’ cancelling
Airport standards  [letter]
Integrated transport  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Setback for Central Line passengers

Tuesday 29th April, 2003
BBC
Warning over new homes plan   [SE]
Financial Times *
South-east housing programme 'will cost up to £20bn'
Councils accused of diverting road cash
Guardian
Price of Prescott housing plan too high, MPs warn
Chunnel commuting  [leader]
Miles better  [letter - about Env Agency relocation]
Times
MPs warn of ‘urban sprawl’ in South East
Fines are cancelled for the cloned car
Stagecoach still stuck in a rut

Monday 28th April, 2003
Guardian
Minister wades into row over London traffic lights
BA's £20m cuts put regional services at risk
Times
Car cloners beat congestion charge
Airlines look for insurance refunds
Airport standards  [letter]

Sunday 27th April, 2003
BBC
M-way plan could be extended
Thameslink denies timetable 'ploy'
Independent on Sunday
Darling to extend motorway pilot scheme
British inventors offered £10m prize to design green family car
Sunday Times
Darling pushed to bring in road tolls
Runaway train [costs]
Irish road project costs soar due to land prices

Saturday 26th April, 2003
Financial Times *
UK plans new roads and action to cut congestion
Guardian
Airport rules relaxed to help ailing airlines
EasyJet hits turbulence
Angry - but not off the rails  [Moir Lockhead]
Independent
Hard shoulders to be opened in rush hour to ease congestion
Telegraph
EC plans help for stricken airlines
Times
Timetable ploy to cut the number of late trains
Fat motorists ‘more prone to accidents’
Metronet finds £314m black hole in Tube contract
BA pledges to keep up alliance
Virgin Atlantic faces industrial action by pilots

Friday 25th April, 2003
Guardian
Rural roads show stark deterioration
Telegraph
Iceland puts hydrogen fuel on road
Times
Airport pollution figures cut to stifle runway protesters
Icelanders to fill up on hydrogen thanks to Shell
Opec quota move sends oil price tumbling

Thursday 24th April, 2003
BBC
UK's 'dangerous' road tunnels
Flybe in £500m planes order
Huge fire hits tyre yard
Passengers stranded on train
Financial Times *
Network Rail probe into chaos at London terminal
Guardian
Mayor sharpens focus on charge zone cheats
Tyneside ready for new £140m tunnel
Precautions poor but accidents few  [road tunnels]
Dutch state-owned firm wins Merseyside rail franchise
$1bn loss at American Airlines
Telegraph
Merseyrail franchise goes Dutch
Times
Budget airlines in dogfight over flights 'giveaway'
Driver on phone as train hit his van
Light at end of British tunnels
Motorist gets axe after rude gesture

Wednesday 23rd April, 2003
BBC
Wave of fresh rail strikes
Paddington station reopens
Financial Times *
London businesses blame road toll for cut in takings
'Green' fuel review could mean red faces
Guardian
Chaos at Paddington
More strikes in rail safety dispute
High winds bring rail chaos
Ryanair's Easter sale lays an egg
Independent
Rail union calls four more strikes in safety dispute
'How am I driving?' Don't call us, we'll call you
Telegraph
Paddington causes chaos
Ryanair lampoons rival easyJet in fares war using 'Iraq propaganda'
Times
Rail chaos as repair work is held up by breeze
Rail guards call two more strikes
Transport criticism  [letter]

Tuesday 22nd April, 2003
BBC
Commuters face Easter hangover
Rail commuters face chaos
Financial Times *
Airports operator warns on expansion plans  [rail access]
Guardian
Paddington closure spells rush-hour misery
Closure looms for capital's other underground railway
Big, not clever  [American SUVs]
Independent
Paddington stays shut as work overruns
Telegraph
Olive stones join growing list of green fuels
Times
Paddington commuters face delays as station stays shut
Bus system gets green light to beat the red ones
A partial cure for Heathrow's ills  [letter]

Monday 21st April, 2003
BBC
Bank Holiday traffic warning
Train derailment blocks [WC] mainline
Financial Times *
Concorde prepares to fly out with a boom
Private Tube company has fewer delays
Rail authority set to reinstate freight grants
Greece faces Olympic Airways subsidy suit
Guardian
Darling acts in MyTravel crisis
Independent
West Coast line shut by collision of repair trains
Telegraph
Government in talks with CAA about MyTravel
Times
Minister holds talks with CAA about troubles at MyTravel
London Evening Standard
New UK-Ireland air route

Sunday 20th April, 2003
Sunday Times
Channel rail link cost leaps to £9 billion
Ryanair to attack Easyjet’s home base in Luton
Budget airlines target Ireland
Spin over plans for Aer Lingus sell-off fails to take off
BA to resume scheduled flights to Baghdad
Green cars: New eco warriors are a breath of fresh air

Saturday 19th April, 2003
BBC
Supermarkets in petrol price war
Jams on roads to the coast
Economic benefits of disused railways  [Y&H]
£30m investment cuts train delays  [GNER]
Drivers delayed by huge lorry  [Wales]
Financial Times *
End of Iraq war boosts tourist industry
Rich, sporty singles drive resurgent market for luxury camper vans
Guardian
Traffic misery as sun makes holiday appearance but cool change on way
Spring's record drought sparks pollution danger
28 hurt in Dover ferry collision
Rail refund plan scrapped
Independent
Paddington closure adds to holiday gridlock
Ministers float plan to impose 'water' tax on sailors
Telegraph
Families stuck in 110 miles of jams on the motorways
Times
Drivers spend best day of weekend stuck in jams
Rail repairs to disrupt holiday travel all year
War 'premium' drives down petrol prices
No time for you to go off the rails, Darling  [comment on Crossrail]

Friday 18th April, 2003
BBC
Rail strike hits Easter travellers
Paddington station shut for Easter
Cruise ship plan for River Tyne
Guardian
Rail misery slows traditional Easter getaway - and the good weather won't last
Instructors hoot at driving test
On track to regional rail revival
Darling faces backlash over review
BA and Virgin race to take Baghdad
Independent
Rail strikes threatens Easter chaos on roads
Telegraph
Sun lovers jam roads
Times
Sunshine starts holiday weekend jams a day early
London Evening Standard
Airline suspends London route

Thursday 17th April, 2003
BBC
Rail strike to disrupt busiest day
Couple win jet noise claim
Financial Times *
Couple win payout over noise from overflying military jets
Guardian
Forecast clouded by ozone alert
£1m payout over country house idyll ruined by the scream of Harrier jets
Independent
Couple win £1m landmark payment for RAF jet noise
Telegraph
£950,000 for jet misery
Times
Couple win £1m damages over unbearable jet noise
Transport adviser faces axe for taking ministers to task
A clash of unlike minds
Beg to differ  [leader]

Wednesday 16th April, 2003
BBC
Cities shun congestion charge
Software brings buses closer
Guardian
Plan to cut congestion discounts
High charges 'turn bridge into barrier'
EasyJet may sue over Orly slots
Times
Residents lose discount as congestion zone grows
Most [London] journeys now take longer  [graphic]
£500 to get your car back as clampers gear up

Tuesday 15th April, 2003
BBC
Selby crash driver loses appeal
Financial Times *
Architect of congestion charge looks overseas
Selby crash driver fails to have his conviction overturned
Guardian
Confusing computer data caused jumbo jet near miss
Rail crash driver loses appeal
Times
A £3.7bn mouth organ - Heathrow's Terminal 5
Selby crash appeal rejected
Air traffic should pay  [letter]

Monday 14th April, 2003
BBC
Italy flights cut due to strike
Selby crash driver launches appeal
Commuters brave congested Tube
Better buses for South West
Independent
Ministers oppose plan for national railcard
Walt Disney and airlines admit Sars virus is crippling business
Telegraph
More Heathrow night flights
London Evening Standard
Bus firms doubt charge success

Sunday 13th April, 2003
Independent on Sunday
Jarvis slammed over rail maintenance
Sunday Telegraph
Metronet to cut 660 jobs
Union to vote on [American Airlines bankruptcy]
Sunday Times
Airlines ground flights as war and Sars bite
Aer Lingus seeks buyer consortium

Saturday 12th April, 2003
BBC
Tube gearbox 'never serviced'
Central Line reopens fully
Commute from France, council suggests
Safety system fitted to trains  [Arriva Northern]
Fight to stop nuclear trains
Financial Times *
Fate of transport watchdog raises fresh concerns over Blair's policy
Guardian
Kent wants 10,000 to commute from France
Ryanair's no-frills price for Buzz
Independent
Tube crash report points to 'incompetent managers'
Commute from France, overcrowded Kent tells its residents
FirstGroup to take row with regulator to court
Telegraph
Kent says live in France
Times
There's light at the end of Chunnel for commuters
Ryanair completes Buzz deal without clearance
Private cars fuel oil imports

Friday 11th April, 2003
BBC
Rail franchise out to tender  [Thames Trains]
Jet testing upsets residents  [Gloucestershire]
Concorde grounded for good
Financial Times *
BA and Air France to ground Concorde
Futuristic dream overtaken by today's financial realities
Guardian
How Tube partnership came unstuck
Concorde's end will cost £83m
Independent
Branson unveils £1 rescue bid for unwanted Concorde
Ageing icon whose cost was sky-high
Telegraph
Concorde grounded
Times
Passengers face long wait for next supersonic jet

Thursday 10th April, 2003
BBC
War puts off fuel tax rises
Airport traffic on the rise  [Scotland]
Long-haul flights down
Concorde to retire in October
'Congestion charge for Heathrow'
Homes shaken by sonic boom
Police get free ticket to ride
Financial Times *
Budget speech text and Red Book
Budget speech summary
Guardian
Driver in fatal coach crash 'nodded off'
Mayor plans kiss and fly charge
Greens furious at petrol tax freeze
Speed of sound is silenced
Independent
End of an era - Concorde is retired
Telegraph
BAA congestion charge clash
Budget: No cars qualify for new tax
Times
BA admits Concorde will fly for last time this year
Freeze at the forecourt cuts cost of motoring
War and virus hold back BAA
Noisy concrete roads  [letter]

Wednesday 9th April, 2003
BBC
Virgin rapped over train ad claims
Fatal coach crash inquest begins
Bridge could create 2,000 jobs
Financial Times *
Night flight curbs extended
Times
Livingstone to charge £5 for driving to Heathrow
Unpopular Concorde to be retired soon

Tuesday 8th April, 2003
BBC
Bombardier wins Tube deal
Financial Times *
Birds 'would pose hazard to aircraft at new London airport'
Industry beats gas targets
Guardian
Congestion enforcers may be clamped
Report gives airport plan the bird
[Tube] Commuters taken for another ride
Metronet shelters under PPP liability cap
Corus woes help CO2 goals
Independent
£9bn Thames airport ruled out because of birds hazard
Metronet fines capped at £4m for Tube closure
Steel crisis helps Britain beat target on greenhouse gas
Opec calls crisis meeting to cut production as oil price tumbles
Telegraph
Bird blow to airport plan
Ford to slash $6bn costs
Top oilmen share $180m bonanza
Times
Birdstrike crash risk 'rules out' airport site
Wildlife fears over 12-mile Morecambe Bay bridge project
Tube partners could force new PPP deal
Oil prices at lowest level since November
Slump in fares may deepen easyJet loss
Brussels accuses UK over White City  [EIA failure]
Buses and other pensioners' perks  [letters]
London Evening Standard
C-charge 'ups journey times'
Bright future promised for Tube
Invensys signals Tube deal
Hailing the electric taxi

Monday 7th April, 2003
Independent
Darling urged to act in FirstGroup row
Telegraph
Lives 'ruined by [traffic] noise'
Times
Road test for self-braking car that obeys speed limit
Flights of fancy  [letter]

Sunday 6th April, 2003
Observer
Expand the South and demolish the North?
Doubt cast over need for growth in South East
Major reforms essential to get us running smoothly  [Stephen Joseph]
Home is where you'll want to live  [John Prescott]
Telegraph
London faces £35bn transport shortfall
Cars priced by region
War and pestilence sends US airlines into a steeper nose dive
Times
Green fuel plan
Apax set to buy rail freight firm
Irish Rail records loss of €12m

Saturday 5th April, 2003
BBC
New airport gets the go-ahead  [Finningley]
Final stamp on Tube PPP deal
'Death driver' gets 12 years  [N Ireland]
Guardian
Go-ahead for new airport on RAF base
BA caps Concorde ticket sales
Underground lease completed
Independent
22,000 congestion charge fines revoked
Telegraph
Metronet signs tube deal
12 years for driver who killed
Times
Doncaster to get major airport
Runway conflict of interest claim
Greens promise to put the brake on building trunk roads
BA chief attacks aid package for US carriers
Metronet seals £17bn Tube deal
The Tube deal  [graphic]

Friday 4th April, 2003
BBC
Tolls needed to cut jams, say MPs
UK greenhouse gas 'failing'
Airport expansion brings 700 jobs  [Liverpool]
Hitches spoil Tube line reopening
Danger driving terms reviewed
Financial Times *
Dangerous drivers warned of stiffer penalties
Guardian
Road charging backed by MPs
Corporate flyers spurn BA
Stagecoach slips
Telegraph
BA traffic hit by war and virus
Time for mobile killers
Times
MPs tell minister it's tolls today or jams tomorrow
How the government has watered down its transport targets for 2010  [graphic]
Jail for drivers who kill at the wheel
Workmen kept disabled driver at bay
Sars hits BA bookings
Manchester PFI tram firm sees losses soar
Carillion lands highways deal
Sars fears take toll of shares in Stagecoach
Flights of fancy?  [letter]
London Evening Standard
First London-Wales [air] service in 35 years
Fire alerts mar tube line reopening

Thursday 3rd April, 2003
BBC
Reopened [Central] line suffers new hitch
Air strike threatens travel delays
Financial Times *
MPs attack ministers over green 'failings'
Telegraph
Air crash risks cut
Times
Warning could cost airlines £6.5bn
Block for $3bn US airline aid plan

Wednesday 2nd April, 2003
BBC
Fines pay for more cameras
Central Line reopens to West End
Financial Times *
MPs criticise greenhouse gas progress
Taxpayers face £40m Tube bill over closure of Central line
Anger as road plans include Peak District
Guardian
Central line to resume City and West End services
£755m plan will quieten noisy roads
EasyJet makes staff go
Independent
FirstGroup at war with rail regulator
Airlines may face charges over DVT deaths
Telegraph
FirstGroup threatens to sue Strategic Rail Authority
Times
£700m road plan helps bring quiet to 11,000 homes
Forth Rail Bridge to close for repairs
FirstGroup may sue rail regulator over franchise
Leading airline shares take a dive
London Evening Standard
Hauliers hit at congestion charge
Toll decision upsets drivers

Tuesday 1st April, 2003
BBC
Rail safety overhaul unveiled
Financial Times *
One fifth of rail network overdue for replacement
Train services disrupted again by guards
No hand-outs, Brussels tells Europe airlines
Premiums on shipping at highest for many years
Guardian
[Aviation] Fuel tax strategy a 'complete mess'
Network Rail seeks to fill £10bn hole
Air transport's hand-outs  [letter]
Independent
Rail commuters suffer as second strike by guards cuts services by up to 90 per cent
Telegraph
5 years for rail improvements
Ryanair flight vow  [to maintain French airport network]
Times
New rail operator steps back from plan to cut delays

Monday 31st March, 2003
BBC
Fresh rail strike starts
Troubled rail link attracting users  [Newcastle metro]
Guardian
£1.5bn funding gap raises fears of huge rail cutbacks
Network Rail says costs will almost double to £27bn
Unpopular head of [rail] safety loses his job
Iron resolve keeps the one-way ticket to ride train chugging
Pilots propose cuts to save American Airlines
Independent
Rail safety chief executive expected to lose his position
Telegraph
Network Rail £6bn costs bombshell
Times
Drivers' hands-free mobiles to be banned
[1930s] Oil industry suppressed plans for 200-mpg car
War may delay Tube handover
Network Rail to cut costs by £1bn
It's time to put these grey freeloaders off the bus
London Evening Standard
BA takes off from London City
Firemen tackle train fire

Sunday 30th March, 2003
Sunday Telegraph
[Networkrail] 'Worse than Railtrack'
Cost of running railways doubles to £6bn
Nats signs £125m radar deals
The slow runner at Aintree is Network Rail
Sunday Times
London Underground to give up its Canary Wharf headquarters
Cost of running rail network to hit £6bn a year
Tax changes fail to stem rise of the company car
War to push BA back into the red

Saturday 29th March, 2003
BBC
Rail fares to rise
Financial Times *
Railway running costs 'to be double its budget'
Second day of train strikes set to go ahead
Motorists flushed as car values go down the pan
Congestion charge fines trigger 100 appeals a day
Guardian
Train strike causes chaos and more walkouts loom
Independent
Rail services halted across Britain by guards' walkout
Telegraph
Guards defy strike call
Times
Guards hide rather than sell tickets, says rail firm

Friday 28th March, 2003
Financial Times *
U-turn on Dartford tolls
Guardian
First train guards strike begins
Rush-hour Britain slows down
Network Rail's clawback gathers pace
Airlines lobby for waiver of ticket tax over war period
Blasting the past  [airports]
Independent
Rail union says more strikes will follow one-day walkouts
Balfour hit as Network Rail reclaims contracts
Telegraph
In-house rail maintenance
Times
Insurance bill for European airlines likely to hit £950m
Rail contractors set to lose £1bn

Thursday 27th March, 2003
BBC
Rail guards announce walk-out
Financial Times *
Rail body to fund losses caused by union action
Virgin told to cut train costs by up to £300m
Companies switch to diesel cars
Guardian
BA blames war for jobs and flight cuts
Rail chaos looms after talks fail
Thin air won't keep carriers flying
Independent
Guards plan three 24-hour strikes in rail safety row
Telegraph
Guards' strike to go ahead
Times
BA cuts flights to save cash
Merrill warns that long-haul routes will suffer
Aid planned for airlines
Pilots threaten a confrontation
Amey resolute on Tube strike
BA's London City debut offers new European option
London Evening Standard
Let's reclaim our roads, says actress

Wednesday 26th March, 2003
BBC
British Airways cuts more flights
Financial Times *
BA and Lufthansa set to cut capacity
Guardian
Brussels relaxes airline aid rules
Swiss to miss its breakeven target
Independent
War forces BA to cut jobs and flights
Telegraph
BA fastens seatbelts for war
'BA flying through crisis'
Times
Slow-down signs work better than cameras
Railway upgrade millions to be lost on strikes
BA to cut routes as EU plans aid for airlines
Big airlines get their wings clipped  [graphic]
London Evening Standard
Ken's congestion charge chief quits

Tuesday 25th March, 2003
BBC
More Central Line stations open
Financial Times
Tube line set to reopen by Easter
Brussels to allow compensation for airlines
Independent
Concorde flights cancelled as travellers begin to shun costly supersonic flight
Telegraph
Office staff to be guards
Times
Car death girl's mother wins damages battle
Country beats city in driving test table

Monday 24th March, 2003
Independent
One rail firm in four 'technically insolvent'
Times
Rail safety rules may be eased
Remote Welsh route faces crippling costs
Airbus gets to grips with scale of its vision

Sunday 23rd March, 2003
Sunday Telegraph
Virgin low-cost airline launch  [US]
'We'll keep BA flying through the crisis' says Eddington
Flying in the face of reality
Sunday Times
Heathrow prepares to handle new jumbo
Arcadia millionaire plans to rid railways of leaves

Saturday 22nd March, 2003
Guardian
Green light to charge utilities for roadworks
Times
Delays as drivers skirt congestion zone
War hits airline jobs and services

Friday 21st March, 2003
Times
Speed cameras may be hidden
London Evening Standard
'Tube line to reopen fully by Easter'

Thursday 20th March, 2003
BBC
Speed camera policy challenge
Guardian
Airline hopes stay grounded
Laser gun to curb boats' speed on Windermere
Telegraph
Alarm at Network Rail's extra £10bn
Air Traffic handed £130m parachute
Times
BA set to reopen airline sale talks
Revamp gives air traffic controllers a clear flight-path
Secret EU agreement lets US snoop on transatlantic flyers

Wednesday 19th March, 2003
Financial Times *
Success of London road toll to affect bus timetables
Guardian
Thriving rural railways forgive Beeching at last
EasyJet dumps plan to buy Deutsche BA
Easy come, easy go
Telegraph
Labour laws put easyJet off Deutsche BA option
UK airlines excess luggage loss
United [Airlines] on the brink of liquidation
Times
Routemasters put on road to retirement
You're less likely to arrive with bags on BA
EasyJet bales out of option on DBA
CAA agrees restructuring of UK air traffic control network
London Evening Standard
End of journey for bus conductors?

Tuesday 18th March, 2003
BBC
Strike action by train guards
Guardian
Medieval village fights jet age nemesis  [Gatwick]
Buzz staff accept Ryanair terms
Independent
Congestion charge success reduces revenue to £9m
Commuter chaos ahead as rail union names three strike dates
Telegraph
Congestion charges take their toll on Westminster
Ryanair in rethink
Nats awaits credit clearance

Monday 17th March, 2003
BBC
Business backs congestion charge
Financial Times *
Tube expected to receive £1bn funding boost
Air traffic group's rescue deal set to be announced this week
Guardian
Road and rail promises leave commuters unmoved
Telegraph
Road projects delayed
Hatfield claim launched
Times
Company executives back road charging
Airline passengers spread killer bug
London Evening Standard
Tories pledge road-building

Sunday 16th March, 2003
Observer
Potters Bar safety moves dismissed
Road diversions  [letter]
Independent on Sunday
Spain's high-speed train sinks into political mire
Telegraph
Connex staff to cover strike
Times
Welcome to congestion charge country  [National Parks]
Direct flights to Europe from isles  [Scotland]
Lorries are a growing danger on rural roads  [Ireland]

Saturday 15th March, 2003
BBC
Central Line partially reopened
Firms vie for Scottish rail deal
Financial Times *
Aviation industry could face higher taxes to deal with pollution
Guardian
Airlines face 75% green tax rise
Bus to the bus stop is a transport of delight
Buzz staff defy Ryanair's deadline
Independent
Passengers face 'green tax' on airline fuel
Telegraph
Train fare rise approaching
Drunk driver gets judge's pity
Times
Air travellers may be charged for climate damage
Airlines angered as ministers consider environment levy
Road charge has reduced traffic in zone by a fifth
Four rail rivals in battle to run Scottish services
The congestion charge reviewed  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Safety fears shut vital rail tunnel
Rail strike called off

Friday 14th March, 2003
BBC
Crash during Tube safety run
Major rail project 'on track'  [Scotland]
Financial Times *
UK rail fares may increase sharply
Guardian
Rail crash police seize engineer's papers
BAA deal saves air traffic control
National Express won't take strain of unviable trains
Telegraph
Back on the buses  [National Express]
Times
Prescott sees the wheels fall off his cycling plan
Cycling in Europe  [graphic]
Misery worsens on Tube
Learning to live with the new breed of cyclists will always be an uphill struggle  [comment]
London Evening Standard
Airline to start Stansted flights

Thursday 13th March, 2003
BBC
Tantrum toddler 'thrown off' plane
Train fire causes delays  [E Anglia]
Guardian
Train delays 'justify cuts'
BA ejects toddler in mid-tantrum
Independent
How a toddler's tantrum brought BA flight to a halt
Telegraph
[Train] Punctuality at new low
Times
Central Line could partly reopen soon
New trains are no match for reliable 1960s 'workhorse'
Rail chiefs refuse punctuality targets
Boy, 2, ordered off BA flight after tantrum
Fall in spare capacity sends oil price higher
'No show' Heathrow tops delays
Accident-prone lorries  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Rail complaints rocket
Villagers oppose airport expansion  [Gatwick]

Wednesday 12th March, 2003

BBC
Cities warned about congestion charge
Train halt delays minister
Favoured airport rail links  [Scotland]
Guardian
Shell chief delivers global warming warning to Bush in his own back yard
War fears plunge airlines into crisis
Telegraph
National congestion charge trials
Times
Congestion chaos risk 'exaggerated'
Air passengers increase as no-frills carriers cut fares
Congestion charging  [letter]

Tuesday 11th March, 2003
BBC
'Public voice' over night flights  [N Ireland]
Guardian
Budget airlines fly high in satisfaction survey
Independent
Winged: the most popular budget airlines
Telegraph
1,000 errors a day  [congestion charge]
Times
Cut-price airlines are still favourite
American airline 'close to filing for Chapter 11'
London Evening Standard
Work starts on city airport rail link
Blair `will pay congestion charges'

Monday 10th March, 2003
Independent
Rail freight link to take 10,000 lorries a day off roads?

Sunday 9th March, 2003
Observer
Traffic chaos rises as schools siphon off cash
Rail woes  [letter]
Traffic light  [letter]
Times
Safety fears as EU lets pilots fly 14-hour day
BA hands southwest routes to airport owner
O’Reilly may be forced out of joint role  [Ryanair]
Buzz faces closure if €24m Ryanair deal collapses
Revenge for Ken as Blair clocks up congestion charge fines
McCreevy slaps down €6bn Dublin metro plan

Saturday 8th March, 2003
Independent
Traffic 'rat runs' are springing up around congestion charging zone, according to study
Times
EasyJet passengers rise 44%
EasyJet performance figures  [graphic]
Accident-prone lorries  [letter]

Friday 7th March, 2003
Financial Times *
Train guards vote for action on safety role
Guardian
Rail strikes over 'Kit-Kat seller role'
Blackpool cheered by air link to London
Congestion charge 'good for bus business'
The political cost of more cuts on the railways  [letters]
Independent
Rail chaos ahead as guards vote for action in safety dispute
Telegraph
A £21bn challenge to Brown  [Network Rail accounting]
Ford fights back after bankruptcy forecast
End of the Liverpool line for Arriva
Times
Timetable scrapped as buses speed up
Motorist triumphs over clampers to win £9,500
London Evening Standard
No date for return of Central Line

Thursday 6th March, 2003
BBC
M25 tolls scheme 'scrapped'
Financial Times *
Rail companies training managers to beat strikes
Study doubts efficacy of emissions trading scheme
Guardian
Flight of fancy
Car radar could cut deaths on roads
Telegraph
BA loses out to weather and fears
Jojoba oil as good as diesel
Balfour Beatty hits back at critics of PFI quality
Times
Widening of M25 'should not wait for tolls'
London Evening Standard
Airport expansion plan criticised

Wednesday 5th March, 2003
Financial Times *
Airport proposals 'pose threat'
Guardian
Forget the war, it's the rail-bus ticket coalition
No new Beeching  [leader]
Telegraph
Nat Express appoints new finance chief
Times
Lorries are highest risk on motorways
Too-slow gritters caused M11 chaos
London Evening Standard
Terror simulation targets Tube station
Union plea on congestion charges

Tuesday 4th March, 2003
Times
'Dirty bomb' and gas attack plans tested on Tube
Network Rail chiefs could net 80% bonuses

Monday 3rd March, 2003
Financial Times *
Climate shift could harm rail safety and performance
Higher taxes urged to curb expansion of airports
The noise over UK airports
EasyCar plans unmanned rental pick-up
Guardian
BA uses no-frills tactics in new £450m restructuring
Telegraph
Delays worst in Europe  [air travel]
BA banks on self-service to help cut further £450m
Times
Delays on the Tube  [letter]
London Evening Standard
PPP chiefs 'inundated with Tube offers'

Sunday 2nd March, 2003
Independent on Sunday
Motorway tolls win industry approval
Observer
Rail network set for further cuts
Sunday Times
20mph limit looms as congestion charge speeds up traffic
Brennan told to cut costly rail plans  [Ireland]
BAA flies high on price ruling

Saturday 1st March, 2003
BBC
A future for Concorde?
Route chosen for £150m canal
Virgin train hit by fire
Congestion charge tax 'muddle'
Financial Times *
BA blames oil for rise in fares
Airlines attack planned rise in landing fees at Heathrow
Traffic in London cut by 20%, says mayor's agency
Guardian
Catch 77 - bus gets ticket at bus stop, for stopping
Airline fury at Heathrow fees
Independent
Airline fury at Heathrow price rise
Dordogne's expats rise in revolt after cheap airline takes flight
Telegraph
Fury at Heathrow increases
Street racers dice with death  [Russia]
Times
Extension to Tube gets green light
Traffic still light in London charge zone
Zero adds up to £400   [Congestion charge]
£20m formula to deduce if trains are too crowded
Airlines set to fight higher airport charge in court
BAA cleared for take-off  [graphic]
Ask not for whom Red Ken tolls, it could be for a whole world that
still believes in the right to roam in little metal boxes  [comment]

Friday 28th February, 2003
Financial Times *
Two extra runways at Gatwick proposed
Network Rail has started making job cuts
Guardian
New runway plans 'blight 350,000 lives'
Travel delays take toll of business
Darling's dilemma  [leader - aviation]
Independent
Government urged to cut fuel tax as oil price soars
Ancient heronry threatened by airport plans
Telegraph
Gatwick expansion plan
Times
Flight growth plan zeroes in on Gatwick
Threat returns to historic village
Options for Gatwick  [graphic]
AA drops historic opposition to road use charging
EasyJet 'reneged on deal with BA'
London Evening Standard
Congestion charge working, says Darling

Thursday 27th February, 2003
BBC
Airport expansion plans due
Fury as rail link is axed   [SW]
Financial Times *
Transport minister softens on road charging
London's congestion charge: does it work?
Congestion charge cameras to help combat terrorism
Tube chief's departure is symptom of deep malaise
Guardian
Job seekers to get cheap driving lessons
Darling climbs off the fence to praise congestion charge
Independent
BA considers scrapping Concorde
Telegraph
Ryanair cuts 400 jobs at Buzz
Concorde to be grounded
Builders demolish Labour's plan
Times
Poorer pupils to get free ride
Buzz staff warned 'take cuts or we close'
Don't badger us with excuses, say angry drivers
EU states could be sued for ignoring 'open skies'
Company car congestion 'perk'
Canny flyers save by buying abroad
Ferries steam into battle with airlines
London Evening Standard
M25 stays closed after lorry accident

Wednesday 26th February, 2003
BBC
Train services to be axed
Villagers win bypass inquiry fight
Financial Times *
BA may axe Concorde
Guardian
Vehicle charge to be pegged at £5
Easyjet forced to cut fares
Independent
Congestion charge leads to flood of false number plates
Telegraph
Gas guzzlers choking on the $2 gallon
EasyJet shocks with fare cut warning
Congestion charging: £1.5m per week  [fines]
[Congestion] Charge confuses taxman?
Times
Mayor pledges to peg congestion charge for decade
Road accident danger doubles for pupils at 11
EasyJet hit by trading update turbulence
Channel rail link  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Anger as rail cuts announced
Passengers escape as carriage derails
Congestion charge increase ruled out
Traffic still light as school holidays end

Tuesday 25th February, 2003
Guardian
Congestion charge curbs school run but drivers claim fines errors
Risk to environment poses same dangers as terror, warns Blair
Blair sets out far-reaching vision but where are the practical policies?
Saving the planet, at home and away
Oil rises on war fears and cold
Blair's green politics  [letters]
Fewer charter flight delays at UK airports
Independent
Congestion scheme passes back-to-work test
Telegraph
Congestion zone success
Climate key to policy
Times
Airline customers told to buzz off
Greenhouse gases mean far hotter summers
Global warming  [graphic]
Cars could run on rocket fuel by 2010
£55 a year - the cost of stopping global warming
Record punctuality for charter airlines
Charter airline delay (summer 2002)  [graphic]
Kengestion is extended (right back to 1965)
Even Victorians were in a worse jam
A good deal for idle Tube drivers
Freezing temperatures in US keep oil prices on the boil
EU seeks finish to 'national' airlines concept
Aviation pollution  [letters]

Monday 24th February, 2003
BBC
Congestion charge costs cash
New jobs at Birmingham airport
Driver 'on mobile' missed stop
Financial Times *
Blair urges worldwide cut in carbon emissions
Plans for second runway would see capacity at Gatwick airport double
London's mayor calls for roadworks regulation
Guardian
Liverpool transport goes back in time  [trams]
Downing Street to challenge Bush on greenhouse gas emissions
Independent
Blair: CO2cuts would not 'trash' US economy
Times
Blair plans 60% cut in greenhouse gas output
Blue sky at night may be polluters' delight
US-style school buses cut car journeys
Drivers benefit after lawyers agree to cut fees
Personal freedom and road charging  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Traffic still light as school holidays end
Property success on the Jubilee line

*****

Friday 21st February, 2003
BBC
Transport chiefs deny flaws
Financial Times *
Tube hires aircraft engineers to check trains
Guardian
Mayor hits back at congestion claim
Capita says congestion charge queue is growing
Independent
Paper is lying over congestion charge, Mayor says
Telegraph
Capita chief hits out at congestion charge 'fantasy'
Accident averted by accident   [rail]
Times
Congestion drivers are fined even if they pay
Tube train bolts come loose yet again
Urgent: Don't miss your Travelcard refund
Qantas warns of slump in air travel
Capita promises smoother ride
May I say something vaguely controversial? I miss the traffic  [comment]
London Evening Standard
Safety row as Tube service resumes
Tube drivers seeking safety assurances
First congestion charge fines set to arrive
Track fault 'led to derailment'

Thursday 20th February, 2003
Financial Times *
Fault which led to tube crash remains
Fines for 15,000 congestion charge dodgers
Guardian
Congestion charge is hurting, say shops
Worry over level of congestion payments
Ministers clock up a million miles on road
Trains in a sorry state  [comment]
Independent
Congestion charge cuts journey times but empties shops
Times
Copycat cities learning from capital's mistakes
From snap to scrap: How failure to pay could crush your pride and joy
Londoners find advice is bordering on the unintelligible
London's cure for traffic congestion  [letters]
London Evening Standard
'Many journey times cut by charge'
Roads charge 'keeping shoppers away'
Safety scare on Underground

Wednesday 19th February, 2003
BBC
10,000 chased for congestion fine
Congestion poster 'misleading'
Financial Times *
Thousands avoid paying London traffic toll
Guardian
10,000 motorists face first day fines for avoiding congestion charge
Dearer petrol pumps up inflation
Our decongested city is simply a breath of fresh air  [letters]
Independent
Congestion charge rakes in £1m and sways the critics
Rail union calls new strikes in pay dispute
Telegraph
National toll next says Ken
Motoring: Congestion charging
Jail sleepy drivers who kill
Times
Road toll scheme 'losing £100,000 a day'
Congestion by numbers
The ripple effect  [graphic]
Travellers' tales
Tube safety guides may have cut toll
Drivers on phone who kill face five years' jail
Channel rail link  [letter]
Buses to the rescue  [letter]
London Evening Standard
'10,000 drivers' fail to pay charge
Freight bosses slam charge 'shambles'
Tube line re-opens after crash

Tuesday 18th February, 2003
BBC
A stress-free drive to London
First congestion fines to go out
Congestion charging: in pictures
Speed limit blunder could mean payout
Financial Times *
Smooth start for London's traffic scheme
Extra buses 'pay off' as Tube escapes rush
A taste of life without gridlock wins converts to Ken's cause
Half-term launch pays off for travellers
Free-wheeling
Guardian
Whatever happened to rush hour?
In a car
On the buses
On the perimeter
On the tube
At a paypoint
Traders' beef
The rest of Britain
Chaos, mayhem, dead cyclists... well, no, the streets are empty  [comment]
Manchester opens to low-cost airline
Independent
'C' is for calm: commuters stay away as London brings in congestion charge
London has that Sunday morning feeling as drivers desert the roads
Control centre staff get to work on the charge's litmus test - sending out fines
Businesses cash in on congestion benefits
Telegraph
Third of cars deterred
£5 fee met with resignation
To Red Ken: father doing well  [comment]
Livingstone goes to market  [leader]
Times
The day the lights turned green
A quarter of the capital's drivers take a hike
Relieved Ken leaves lone snail trailing
Motorcyclists 'should have to pay as well'
Congestion by numbers
How to pay
Man on the Clapham omnibus has his day
Virgin cyclists ring the changes
Old hands learn new ways and means of travel
Edinburgh '3 years to learn from mistakes'
Congestion questions  [letter]
EasyJet swoops in for vacant capacity in France
Pop! The bubble must burst for cheap flights  [comment]
The Mirror
D CONGESTION DAY
Bouquets and brickbats as the Wizard of Westminster pulls ANOTHER fast one
RYANAIR'S WHEEL DEAL
The Sun
Ken's con-gestion charge
London Evening Standard
Charged traffic flows smoothly
Airport access road reopens

Monday 17th February, 2003
BBC
Smooth start for congestion charge
Head-to-head: Congestion charging
Why Ken's charge will do damage for years to come  [Steve Norris]
Police clamp down on drink drivers  [N Ireland]
Transport "failing"  [Panorama programme - transcript]
Financial Times *
Drivers face two months of chaos
Hard to operate but necessary, says traffic toll chief
Livingstone's gamble crucial to poll hopes
Excellent value for money - but it won't last
Tube journey fears turn into pleasant surprise
An end to gridlock  [leader]
Guardian
Thousands of drivers leave it late as congestion charge starts
Norris pledges to jettison £5 charge
Bill for outside advice on railways triples to £39m
Paying for traffic  [leader]
Dreams for cities can come true
Independent
Livingstone predicts 'difficult few days' as congestion charge begins
Councils plan new court challenge to revised airport plans
Telegraph
Ken wants bigger zone
London's deadliest enemy - Mayor Livingstone
Parcel van surcharge in West End condemned
Blind alleys on the road to paying
Congestion charging's real test: will it choke off jobs?
Tories choose Norris
Times
Fuel tax emerges as new weapon to curb air travel
Late payers spark fears of traffic charge chaos
Scooters, buses, feet and trains take the strain
London crawling  [leader]
Take Ken's £5 decongestant medicine and be glad today. It's London's
last hope
Rejection of green tax on air travel  [letters]
Heralding London driving charge  [letters]
Buses to the rescue  [letters]
London Evening Standard
All quiet as charge bites
Smithfield workers in protest march
I was first past the post!
Rail power lines collapse
Brave new world  [leader]
Central line misery  [leader]
Blue skies thinking  [leader]
Prescott is building in the wrong place  [Simon Jenkins]
 

******

Wednesday 12th February, 2003
BBC
Greenhouse gases 'at record levels'
UK 'may fail on climate cuts'
Thorny issue of congestion charges
Financial Times *
Blow to scheme as car park operator offers £5 discount
Climate change targets 'will be missed'
Guardian
Gearbox suspected in tube crash
Independent
News flash: speed cameras are making our roads safer
Telegraph
Ryanair flights offer 'avoids Hoover-style gaffe'
NCP fees reduced  [London]
Times
Minister rejects call for green tax on air travel
Britain's weather to warm up even faster
I don't hate cars, says Livingstone
MPs give short shrift to traffic charge scheme
Ryanair flies into the credit market
Retailers fear effect of mayor's congestion charge
Auditors at Midland Metro refuse to sign off accounts
It cost a pound to fail to speak to the Oz of the fortress kingdom of Congestia

Tuesday 11th February, 2003
BBC
More speed cameras for Britain
Call for end to rail privatisation  [Scotland]
Gritters to be forced out in icy conditions
Reward to catch speed trap bomber
Oliver's recipe for airport future
Guardian
BA sees zero growth ahead
Eurotunnel breaks even in cash
Banishing congestion  [leader]
Poor will be hit by car tax  [letters]
Independent
Blair signals support for 'spy in sky' road pricing
Tube line likely to be closed for several weeks
Telegraph
Estuary airport urged to replace Cliffe
Taken for a ride  [railway funding]
British Airways braced for rough ride
Eurotunnel on track with interest bill
Times
Fines may rise to deter core of speeding drivers
Drivers urged to put cheque on charges
SNP promise to 'take back' rail services
BA expects flat sales in 'tough market'
Tunnel operator calls for rail boost
Free thinking and London transport  [letter]
Congestion charge  [letter]
Tube leader  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Congestion charge profits 'overestimated'

Monday 10th February, 2003
Financial Times *
Ministers 'should back' road fee
Mobile parkers driven off street
Guardian
Ministers 'muddled over road charging'
SRA 'forcing freight from rail to lorries'
Ready, Ken?
Independent
Mayor 'should have tested traffic charge'
Rail tunnel firm ignored subsidence warnings, say residents
Telegraph
Fee 'punishes poor'
Times
Hole swallows gardens as rail link rattles East End
Old firm powers fuel-cell revolution

Sunday 9th February, 2003
BBC
Congestion scheme criticised by MPs
Independent on Sunday
Traffic charge 'is unfair to the poor'
Observer
Hard shoulder will be used to beat gridlock
Off-shore cities floated as cure for overcrowding
Sunday Telegraph
Concrete for Kent
Sunday Times
Labour’s road plans put rare species at risk
Overworked pilots snooze at controls
Dublin’s new metro is to be sunk, along with €3bn

Saturday 8th February, 2003
BBC
'Irate' passengers stuck on Eurostar
Financial Times *
Call for extension of London congestion charge
Tube head's learning trek
Independent
American freight train chief takes over the Tube
Telegraph
Speed camera is blown up
US freight boss heads the Tube
Times
Cameras catch more drivers
Long ride of cattle-train boss taking over Tube
Long and the short of commuting
It's big, it's red and it's free. And it will save London  [comment]
London Evening Standard
Prescott is building in the wrong place  [comment]

Friday 7th February, 2003
BBC
American lawyer named Tube chief
Delay to new train carriages
Financial Times *
Tory mayor would abolish traffic tariff
Guardian
Bosses' rescue bid for commuter boats
Jump in number of journeys by car
Public will pay up to £50m to ensure new trains stand idle
EU legal eagle shreds BAA's golden share protection
Monti drives home car message
Independent
Bush asks Congress to fund hydrogen cars
Train blunder costs taxpayer £100m
Thousands stranded by collapse of second-biggest French airline
Telegraph
Hundreds of new trains sidelined
Bush backs hydrogen as fuel source
Times
Safety fears over paying road charge by mobile
Another American set to take over the Tube
New trains cancelled as expansion plans shrink
Commuting? Your chance to let off steam
Turin car clubs lead drive to ease congestion
Jurys plans €34m Heathrow hotel
Golden share in BAA 'illegal'
Air Lib grounded as last-ditch talks fail
Collapse fuels budget airlines plans
Taxpayers should not feed the jams

Thursday 6th February, 2003
Financial Times *
Prescott says homes plan will need 'phenomenal' cash amount
Business support for traffic zone wavering
Darling accepts rail safety advice
Air Lib on brink of bankruptcy as talks fail
Guardian
Billions promised for house-building bonanza
Amey shudders as tram project hits £100m crisis
Independent
Capital offence
Times
£22bn plan 'to bulldoze North and concrete South'
Prescott to advance along line of least resistance
Green fields of Kent will vanish under red brick
Building land for the future  [graphic]
Tramlink backers get on board for refinance talks
Air rivals force fares down
Charging's effect on London traffic [letters]
London Evening Standard
Campaigners warn over housing plans

Wednesday 5th February, 2003
BBC
Speed camera destroyed by bomb
Exeter faces gridlock
Road rage attack on child
Financial Times *
Deal would close diesel duty gap by 2012
Guardian
Blizzards bring road chaos
Drivers sign up to pay capital toll
Tube deal leaves Livingstone to solve overcrowding
O'Leary tells Buzz unions: I'll close you down
Independent
Money down the Tube?
Telegraph
Ryanair cuts Buzz flights
London traffic falls 18pc
Strike and we close Buzz, Ryanair chief tells pilots
I got beat, Mayor says of Tube fight
Times
Traffic toll chiefs warn of lengthy disruption
New Connex trains will have no toilets
Mayor abandons Tube campaign
Tram project threatens to be PFI casualty
Ryanair chief threatens to close buzz
Uncertain trading spurs MyTravel to cut 700 jobs
Why rail will never deliver Blair's promise  [Alistair Morton]
Ryanair formula is paying off
Cuts in rail services
London Evening Standard
New warning on Tube overcrowding

Tuesday 4th February, 2003
BBC
'No benefit from Heathrow expansion'
Financial Times *
BAA points out flaw in plans for Heathrow runway
Avoiding the charge fuels the engines of innovation
Tradesmen's customers face traffic zone premiums
Guardian
Deputy takes BAA's top slot - and the flak flies
Has the buzz gone out of low-cost airlines?
Independent
Livingstone to run the PPP
Telegraph
BAA ready to 'ride out' war traffic loss
TfL makes deal on Tube privatisation
Times
Boycott congestion toll, says car group
Minister underwrites SRA
Heir apparent to take over hot seat at BAA
RoadChef wins contract to run M6 Toll services
Why a little snow led to travel chaos

Monday 3rd February, 2003
BBC
No benefit from Heathrow expansion'
Financial Times *
Arriva wins £207m interim rail franchises
Aslef demand on drivers' pay increases risk of rail walkout
Guardian
Threat of national rail strikes over pay
Independent
Rail union backs strikes in fight for national rate
Telegraph
Charge zone monitored
Rail's green light from credit agencies
Times
Train drivers threaten strike over equal pay
Rail on the right lines
London Evening Standard
Blame game over gridlock

Sunday 2nd February, 2003
BBC
Travel disruption slow to ease
Ticket staff agree pay rise  [Arriva]
Independent on Sunday
Prescott plans new homes on green sites
US motorists' chance to go armour-plated
Observer
U-turn as Darling admits responsibility for travel chaos
We get the chaos we deserve  [comment]
Prescott's homes plan will blight green land
Sunday Telegraph
To grit or not to grit
Sunday Times
London gets 2,000 anti-car ‘soldiers’
No escape in congestion charge London
Forecasts to be focus of snow chaos inquiry
Ryanair set to be global highest flier
Prescott fires up southeast building boom

Saturday 1st February, 2003
BBC
Winter travel misery continues
Snow brings chaos to London
Why can't we cope with bad weather?
Green transport system dealt blow  [Wales]
Second train collides at crossing
Jail for bus queue killer
Banned driver jailed for crash death
Killer driver gets 5 years
Financial Times *
Icy weather causes travel chaos in UK
Guardian
Ryanair swallows up ailing rival for £15m
Stranded in a winter blunderland
The wrong kind of air halts Eurostar in its tracks
Durham scheme charges ahead
Railway sickness  [leader]
Britain at a standstill  [leader]
Independent
Recriminations fly as UK freezes to a halt
For thousands, this was their longest (and coldest) day
Ryanair seizes ailing Buzz in challenge to easyJet
Telegraph
Gritting law pledge after ice chaos
Ryanair buys Buzz
Times
True grit, or lack of it, brings out best in British
Miserable night at Stansted for 10,000
Roads and railways blocked in Europe
Ryanair promises quick profits at Buzz
Ryanair makes a Buzz  [graphic]
Ryanair out to ensure expansion is painless
London Evening Standard
Fire alert brings new Tube delays

Friday 31st January, 2003
BBC
Ryanair snaps up rival airline Buzz
Rail plans 'short-change' Scotland
Railing against the train companies  [ECML voxpop]
FT *
30bn railway spending may provide few improvements
Guardian
Road charge row as tube line shuts for two more weeks
Dismay for passengers as rail modernisation hits the buffers
Independent
Rail network 'will miss target to increase number of passengers'
The £30bn question: can our railways ever get back on track?
Ryanair buys Buzz for £15m
Telegraph
SRA: We'll get private cash
Bottom line for Network Rail
Rail improvements on hold
Times
Drivers face night in cold as snow brings roads to a halt
Railways abandon £10bn plans for improved services
Rail spending hits the buffers  [graphic]
Rail project to test plan for funding
Central Line closures to continue until March
Ryanair set to order more jets
Tube congestion  [letter[
London Evening Standard
Cross-London rail project faces delay

Thursday 30th January, 2003
BBC
Rail upgrades feel financial pinch
Taking flight to attract tourists  [inbound air services to Scotland]
Financial Times *
Network Rail chiefs could earn more than £1m
Brussels warns on 'open skies'
Independent
Drivers face 1,000 new road cameras
Times
Rail chiefs abandon targets for growth despite rising demand
'Posh' shops will pay congestion charge to keep customers sweet
London Evening Standard
Cross-London rail project faces delay

Wednesday 29th January, 2003
BBC
Tube lines remain closed
Guardian
Mayor attacks tube chiefs
Telegraph
Livingstone close to Tube deal
Bottom line for Network Rail
Times
Cheating drivers will escape fee-zone fines
Rail apologists resort to wrong kind of words
Congestion charge  [letter]
Tube crash  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Four weeks to examine derailed tube train

Tuesday 28th January, 2003
BBC
Analysis: Investigating the Tube crash
Financial Times *
Livingstone backs down over Tube
Commuters face week without full Tube service
Straight run for tilting train
Guardian
Announcing the arrival (at last) of the Pendolino
Mayor and ministers close in on tube deal
Managing the tube  [leader]
London's calling for a new approach on transport  [letters]
Independent
Tube lines to stay shut for crash inquiry
Telegraph
Tube lines shut for now
Times
Mayor is urged to delay road tolls after Tube crash
McConnell gives pledge on new city bypass
Complex decisions on the railways  [letters]
London Evening Standard
LU knew about fault
Livingstone 'close to deal on PPP'

Monday 27th January, 2003
BBC
Tube shutdown hits commuters
First passengers to use tilting train
Getting trams back on track  [Nottingham]
Financial Times *
Call for halving of maximum speed on Central line Tube
Guardian
A tube train was checked for safety. Two days later it crashed
Commuters face weeks of chaos
Derailment fuels safety debate
Tourists can evade congestion charge, debt collectors admit
This charge is a charter for the rich  [comment]
Road cameras raise arrests
Whitehall backs BAA on fees
Independent
Commuters face weeks of disruption after Tube crash
Residents fail to register for congestion charge discount as confusion over scheme persists
Telegraph
Weeks of chaos after crash
Traffic 'already falling'  [London]
Times
Central and City lines stay shut after Tube crash
Alert on 'noises' failed to halt Tube crash train
'The panic welled up as the dust came through'
Tales from the Underground
Why the Tube train crashed at Chancery Lane  [graphic]
Down the tube  [leader]

Sunday 26th January, 2003
BBC
Tube headache for London's commuters
Drivers miss traffic charge deadline
Weeks of delays for Tube commuters
Search for speed camera attacker
Independent on Sunday
Motor failure caused Tube crash
Investigation to focus on maintenance of electrical equipment on the train
Accident is worst since King's Cross fire in 1987
Schools fear 'zone-dodger' rat runs
Lesson for Ken as army ants charge without congestion
Oil price soars as American stocks shrink
Observer
Vital railway projects ditched as budget cuts bite
Gridlock fears outside London charging zone
Thirty hurt in Tube tunnel horror
Airlines in a steep dive
Sunday Telegraph
Tube funding talks get heated
Saudis: No oil shortage during war
Sunday Times
SRA to unveil high-speed £6bn rail link
United mortgages its Heathrow slots
Londoners pay charge by txt

Saturday 25th January, 2003
BBC
'Sort it out' Darling tells rail bosses
Getting trams back on track
Agency to end airport row  [Exeter]
Financial Times *
Time for a solution to urban gridlock
Price to be paid for congestion charge
Tube talks 'right up to the wire'
Senior director at rail authority disciplined
Telegraph
Rail upgrades in the sidings
Times
Director quits Rail Authority

Friday 24th January, 2003
Independent
Passengers trapped in Tube 'close to disaster'
Times
Tube delay was nearly a disaster
Overcrowded? We don't know what you mean  [Tube]
KLM may forgo control of buzz
Railway capacity  [letter]

****

Saturday 18th January, 2003
BBC
RAC pledges to end battery scam
Financial Times *
Grants for rail freight facilities are cut
Railtrack investors set for one of great revolts in corporate history
Guardian
Eastward Ho! Go-ahead for 40-mile linear city along the Thames
Congestion charge faces late payment jams
Subsidy cut for freight
Car wars [comment]
Recycle cars  [letters[
Telegraph
Thames Valley toll plan
Railtrack shareholders 'put New Labour on trial'
Times
Cut in rail subsidy to cause 5 million extra lorry trips
Looming clouds of war cast shadow over an industry struggling to soar  [airlines]
London Evening Standard
No congestion charge [change] before mayor poll

Friday 17th January, 2003
Financial Times *
Train users may have to travel in shabbier carriages
Guardian
Dismay at 'thinning out' of rail services
Gladstone's platform  [comment]
Independent
Cars offer better deal than buses, study says
Analysis: London at the crossroads as 40,000 motorists await the final realisation of Ken Livingstone's big idea
The psychological gamble at the heart of this daring transport policy
Telegraph
Thousands may miss toll deadline
Norwich Airport top bidder
Times
Cuts in train timetable will worsen road jams
Rail travel costs up more than a third over past 20 years
Six Virgin services will be scrapped in northern Scotland
The shrinking railway  [graphic]
Extra security ordered for the Tube
Charter flights more punctual than scheduled rivals

Thursday 16th January, 2003
BBC
Train services to be cut
Financial Times *
Railways agency abandons passenger targets
SRA consultants' bill is £18m  [subscription only]
New setback for promised rail safety plan  [subscription only]
Fleet car managers warned of fines over insurance
Low-cost airline to serve Spain from Scotland
Guardian
New rail plan to improve punctuality - cut the number of trains
Independent
100 trains a day axed 'to improve service'
Telegraph
'Drive a 4x4, help a terrorist'  [US]
Times
Darling has doubts over congestion boundary
SUVs are a danger, says safety chief  [US]
Lining up the no-frills rivals on the net
Heathrow runways  [letter]

Wednesday 15th January, 2003
BBC
Railway fear in Commons report  [Wales]
Guardian
Congestion charge to be spent on buses
Telegraph
MPs consider Thames airport
Times
Modern trains delayed for two more years
£500 bounty puts brakes on drink-drivers
Airbus aims to overtake Boeing as number one
Rail contract worries send Jarvis tumbling
Birmingham Post
Airport decision is year away  [Rugby]

Tuesday 14th January, 2003
BBC
UK 'faces abandoned car mountain'
Financial Times *
Brakes put on pricing voters out of cars
Daily commute by train 'bad for health'
Transport holds up London's Olympic bid
Guardian
Accident-prone stretch of railway 'renationalised'
Number of dumped cars set to soar
Plans to increase UK airport capacity
Ryanair complains to OFT about higher fees
Mayor to appoint roadwork tsar
Prescott faces counterattack on the edge of town
Independent
Fears over delay in fitting train safety system
Network Rail takes direct control of maintenance work
Telegraph
Amey loses rail contract
Back to BR era
Times
Track upkeep reverts to control of Network Rail
Drivers get in a jam buying congestion charge tickets
BAA moves more passengers
Knight shift for the Tube
Countdown to the congestion charge  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Government and airlines  [Chris Mullin MP]
Airport expansion  [leader]

Monday 13th January, 2003
BBC
Airport backers unveil £2bn plan  [Severn]
Guardian
Airport plan for Severn estuary
Threat of u-turn on 'green' car loophole
Car dumpers dodge law
Germany sizes up ScotRail
Times
Heathrow third runway will blight another 200,000 lives
London car charge tickets go on sale
BoA quits as finance adviser to Crossrail
Trains like clockwork  [letter]
London Evening Standard
Transport revolution needed to back Olympic bid

Sunday 12th January, 2003
Observer
Official: commuting is bad for you
Unions revolt over London car charges
Give the charge a chance  [comment]
Scrap this unfair tax
A curse on cars
Bid to reduce greenhouse gases 'is folly'
Sunday Times
Rebel drivers pledge London charge ‘havoc’
Network Rail gives banks first call on public funds
Power switch jolts Islay’s eco-bus dream

Saturday 11th January, 2003
Times
Hit-and-run death crash driver had killed on the road before
Sports car show-off cost woman's life
German railways ready to bid for British lines
Railtrack battle fund tops £2m
All together now, you SUV drivers ... 'hit the road, jerk'  [comment]
Who is in charge of congestion?  [letters]

Friday 10th January, 2003
Telegraph
Wheels come off bike industry as Chinese buy cars
Times
Cramped passengers sold short as rail companies cash in
Pedestrians grit teeth as councils stick to roads
Traffic safety short of target
America's gas-guzzlers facing end of the road
Airlines complain Heathrow charges will squeeze industry
Proposals for a new Central Railway  [letter]

Thursday 9th January, 2003
Guardian
Tube investors to make 19%
Times
Hard core of motorists still drink and drive
Tube consortium to earn £250m over six years
EasyJet chief allays City fears as share price slides

Wednesday 8th January, 2003
BBC
Tube modernisation plans set out
Train services return to normal
Tram plans derailed  [Bristol]
Rare newt protection scheme
Question mark over station's future  [W Midlands]
Guardian
Mayor attacks PO on congestion charge
Congestion charging will hurt, but it has to be done  [comment]
Independent
New car sales crash through 2.5 million barrier
Times
Lady Macbeth: out, damned congestion charge, out
London Evening Standard
Tube's £4.4bnmove to cut delays
Travellers face more chaos

Tuesday 7th January, 2003
BBC
Freezing conditions bring travel chaos
Record year for UK car sales
Violence drives buses off estate  [S London]
Car club plan to get Cornwall moving
Financial Times *
The strain of taking the train  [US planes v trains]
Halting a cash runaway  [ditto]
Guardian
Motorists break sales record
Telegraph
Airlines suffer as BA warns on outlook
Times
C is for cars, cameras, charges, controversy ... and chaos?  [London]
Livingstone tells Samaritans: You must pay car toll
SNP calls for sale of airport
BA and KLM warn of turbulence
Gulf Air to buy new jets for budget carrier
Passengers queue for 9p ride above a capital's chaos  [Delhi Metro]
Maglev trains  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Snow brings travel chaos

Monday 6th January, 2003
BBC
Pedal power targets missed  [Scotland]
Financial Times *
Doubts that surround the mayor's big gamble  [London]
Packed Tube and trains leave buses poised to take the strain
All eyes fixed on one man alone at the wheel  [Ken]
Independent
Rail union warns of unrest over pay policy
Times
France tries to keep British freight railway on course

Sunday 5th January, 2003
Independent on Sunday
Focus: Gridlock Britain
Rail safety plan is put on hold
Observer
Blair told to scrap new runway plans
Coming to a street near you - a pile of rusty bangers
Sunday Telegraph
Another rail delay
Sunday Times
Drivers see red as cities copy Ken
Traffic goldmine
Prescott’s dithering puts key rail upgrades in mothballs
Congestion charge scheme will make £28m for Capita

Saturday 4th January, 2003
BBC
Call for road tolls debate  [Edinburgh]
Financial Times *
Stalled rail safety plans delayed again
Railway safety patchy says HSE  [subscription only]
Transport plan failing 'because of economy'  [subscription only]
Darling faces anger over creaking system  [subscription only]
Guardian
Rail safety system faces delay
Telegraph
Budget airlines fly high
BAA staff agree 8pc pay deal
Times
Charging 'will deter 68% of motorists'
Ryanair sees 64% rise in passenger numbers

Friday 3rd January, 2003
Guardian
Congestion charges: an end to jams or road to nowhere?
'The money must go to public transport'
Virgin flights without an aircraft
Times
EasyJet shares climb as aircraft deal is sealed
Congestion charging  [letter]

Thursday 2nd January, 2003
Independent
Romantic names of rail travel consigned to history
Brighton-London train derailed after rainfall causes landslide
Times
Mayor has already cut car use by commuters
Traffic charge is driving teachers out of London
Airline to cut many domestic routes  [BA]
Nuggets of excellence in no-frills industry

Wednesday 1st January, 2003
Independent
Tube Lines signs £4.4bn deal for Underground
Times
Central London motorists are put on their marks
Jarvis counts on huge profit from Tube deal
Benettons bid to run Italy's roads

Tuesday 31st December, 2002
Financial Times *
Motorists 'should not be driven off the roads'
Car-use policies 'based on wrong forecasts'
Rises in petrol prices add to pressure for tax cut
Independent
Fear and flying: a not-so-brave new world of airport security comes into effect tomorrow
Times
Ministers accused of rushing Tube's part-sale

Monday 30th December, 2002
Independent
Safety course for fast drivers would cut deaths, says AA
Times
Rail chiefs to start charm offensive on City investors

Sunday 29th December, 2002
Sunday Times
Toll trackers pave way for congestion charging
Car sales accelerate to record 2.5m

Saturday 28th December, 2002
Financial Times *
Discounts but no price war in travel industry
Railtrack shares delisted and property sold
Guardian
Grand plans for trams not seen since Victorian era
Last minute Railtrack sale raises £63m
Independent
Ken Livingstone: A politician charging towards his day of reckoning
Railtrack makes final departure from stock market
Telegraph
A21 death trap
Tennyson trail threat
Passengers escape train blaze
Times
War fears and strike to force petrol up by 4p
Motorists take the green route to bypass charge  [London]
Electric switch beats the congestion bill
Pedal power without the sweat and tears
Reliable journey times take stress off the road
Thames to the rescue
Congestion charging  [letter]
Railtrack in £63m property sale

Friday 27th December, 2002
BBC
Delays for rail passengers  [ECML]
Guardian
Ministers to sign tube handover deal
Going cheap: £99 holidays as tour operators launch price war
Rail crash widow demands death charge
Independent
Charge bosses over Potters Bar rail crash, says widow of victim
Telegraph
Widow calls for justice
Times
Three die as police try to halt driver

Thursday 26th December, 2002
Telegraph
Train delays worsen
Times
Congestion charging  [letter]

Tuesday 24th December, 2002
BBC
Get buses into gear, government urged
Financial Times
Rail operators face tougher contracts to cut confusion
Guardian
Winsor pulls out rail stops
BR really was better  [letter]
Times
Winsor publishes new rail contract

Monday 23rd December, 2002
BBC
Tories rule out rail re-privatisation
Business group backs new runway  [EMA]
Guardian
Back to school plan to slow down speeding drivers
Telegraph
A37 drivers offered lessons

Sunday 22nd December, 2002
BBC
Travellers face Christmas delays
Observer
Why cyclists have been forced off Britain's congested roads
Let's get on our bikes
So many targets, so many misses  [W Hutton]
Labour's U-turn on transport spells disaster  [letters]
Sea set to claim England's coastal treasures
Struggling airlines reject the futuristic Sonic Cruiser
Sunday Telegraph
Network Rail shunts contractors aside
Mr Bayley should throw away his inhibitions  [letter]
Rail passengers enjoy large subsidies  [letter]
Sky marshal plan row
Boeing axes Sonic Cruiser
Sunday Times
Prescott plans land tax to pay for better transport
North Pole ice cap ‘will have melted in 80 years’
Police give public radar guns to nab speeding drivers
Hooray for roads and white van man  [comment]
Scotland’s latest fleet of trains are too long for the platforms
Glasgow ‘faces LA-style rush-hour’ traffic chaos
Boeing shelves its Sonic Cruiser
£6m fund lures airlines to Euro-Scots routes
Irish rail system needs €7bn to go full steam ahead
Ryanair battles rise in charges

Saturday 21st December, 2002
BBC
Weather threat to Christmas traffic
Double train strike misery
Financial Times
Boost for travel operators as record numbers flock to the sun for Christmas
Nats faces tougher performance penalties
Independent
Strikes, fog, delays but no snow
Times
Congestion charging  [letter]

Friday 20th December, 2002
Times
BA to fight fee rises at airports

Thursday 19th December, 2002
Financial Times
Paying for air travel pollution  [letter]
Aviation pollution: action must be international  [letter]
Guardian
Are you familiar with this view?  [congestion]
Independent
Rail fares to increase by up to 40 per cent
Times
Tired drivers who kill will face longer jail terms
Rail fares rise above inflation
Price cuts on fares to the US
BA gives in to demand for London City flights
Airline's long wait for take-off  [London City]

Wednesday 18th December, 2002
Independent
Transport plan hits buffers as Darling fails to woo car users to the railways
Tube would be cheaper public than in partnership
Times
Congestion up, spending on trains £300m down
How congestion is going to get worse  [graphic]
Bus study takes Spellar on magical mystery tour
BA to cut £20m from regional airlines division
Transport troubles  [leader]
Heat turned up during 2002 as global warming picks up speed

Tuesday 17th December, 2002
Independent
Motorists set to pay for fire service reforms
Times
Rail repair firms 'pushing up prices but not quality of work'
Motorway widening  [letter]

Monday 16th December, 2002
Financial Times
Rise predicted in aviation carbon dioxide emissions
Independent
Congestion charge will cause chaos, Livingstone warned
£800m airport plan near Gatwick
The co-pilot who put the 'taxi' into taxiing  [Ryanair]
Times
Fewer trains and higher fares 'sink transport policy'
Toll 'rat runs' will carry extra 200 vehicles an hour
Congestion charge countdown  [graphic]
'I'm being charged to drive out of my own road'
Majority speed
BP seeks out new fuels for day the oil wells run dry

Sunday 15th December, 2002
Independent on Sunday
Exposed: railway near-misses at 100mph
Sunday Times
Prescott will take ‘county sized’ bite of countryside
Dangerous drivers may lose cars  [Scotland]
Revamp at BA spreads to regional operations
Traffic figures put Prestwick back in jet set

Saturday 14th December, 2002
Guardian
Wider motorway plans  [letters]

Friday 13th December, 2002
Independent
Connex to impose inflation-busting increases in fares
Train operators accused of 'sharp practice' over tickets

Thursday 12th December, 2002
Independent
Ailing Connex is given £58m handout by state
Times

Wednesday 11th December, 2002
BBC
£5.5bn transport plan unveiled
Stonehenge tunnel approved
M6 to be widened to four lanes
South West bottleneck to be eased
Financial Times
Congestion relief some time, perhaps  [leader]
Japanese offer to get Britain's rail network back on track
TGWU leader steps in to avert crippling airports strike
Ken Livingstone's biggest gamble  [leader]
Guardian
Tunnel to protect Stonehenge but critics say it will not be enough
Darling unveils £5.5bn roadbuilding 'binge'
Roads to nowhere  [leader]
Independent
Road building plans a recipe for more traffic, say critics
Northern England looks forward to a M6 without jams
£5.5 billion road and rail package announced
Mr Darling's modest little schemes, and the art of the possible  [leader]
Gwyneth Dunwoody: Wider roads will not cure our transport chaos
Big increases in rail fares on the South-east's worst misery lines
Telegraph
'Ten years of chaos'
Times
Rail loses in the drive for new roads
New roads map  [graphic]
Bullet trains just the ticket to avoid road congestion
London Evening Standard
Road and rail links set for boost
Rail company axes first class seats

Tuesday 10th December, 2002
BBC
£2bn road widening scheme planned
M6 to be widened to four lanes
Traffic bottleneck could be eased  [SW A303]
Record ice loss in Arctic
Airports expansion could take off  [Wales]
Call to halt air expansion  [Scotland]
Airport staff vote on strike action
Financial Times
Oil spill highlights shipping's murkier waters
Guardian
Overcrowded train line scraps first class
Telegraph
Road schemes revived

Monday 9th December, 2002
BBC
£100m station revamp opens  [Manchester]
Financial Times
Darling to unveil huge roads programme
Ryanair in legal threat on air traffic rescue
Independent
Towns to lose rail services as Virgin cuts back
Telegraph
Ryanair fury over Nats rescue plan

Sunday 8th December, 2002
BBC
'No blank cheques' for railways
Independent on Sunday
Virgin to cut services on trouble-hit rail network
United Airlines to file for largest US bankruptcy
Observer
On the track to nowhere
Reckless Souter must go
Sunday Telegraph
£100m 'help' denied  [SRA]
£1m for Railtrack action
Sunday Times
Labour to spend £2 billion on new roads programme
Tip-offs to police on drink-drivers can earn £500
Blairs buy £18,000 car gadgets
Taxpayers prop up ‘uneconomic’ regional airports  [Ireland]

Saturday 7th December, 2002
Financial Times
Cost-cutting drive may hit rail staff levels and services
Ryanair attacks airport fee rise
Battle over phone ban on drivers
Greece fears bankruptcy at Olympic
Guardian
Labour betrays heritage, and its history

Friday 6th December, 2002
Financial Times
EU acts on single-hulled tankers
Guardian
Ministers vote for boundless EU airspace
Times
Luton airport seeks a second runway
Mini drives record car sales
Indecision over rail funding
Vote heralds way for single sky in Europe
Train delays  [letters]

Thursday 5th December, 2002
BBC
Planning U-turn on airports
Government's Tube cash offer
Pollution call on smog anniversary
Financial Times
Tube companies given £2bn indemnity
Move to speed up planning process
Guardian
Rail network upgrades 'now unlikely'
Rail crash inquiry calls for monitors
Brown challenged on undeclared £21bn Network Rail liability
Darling issues blank cheque to tube firms
Stagecoach takes £575m hit in US
Tunnel vision  [leader]
Global warming is good for you
Independent
Grand plan for railways stalled by soaring costs
National Express finance chief shunted off
Telegraph
Lack of money for rail
Stephen Glaister: Road charges are the only way
Mr Darling, what are you doing?  [leader]
Tube bidders win protection
Brown's 'lost £21bn'
Rollason driven out  [of National Express]
US writedown rattles Stagecoach
Times
You want trains on time? Run fewer of them
Darling comes to rescue of Tube PPP
Rail accounting row escalates
PPP goes down the tubes
Stagecoach carries risky loads
KLM touts its transit advantages
BA snubs £10,000 commuter
London Evening Standard
Darling paves way for Tube changes
Scheme will cost £1.5bn - Ken

Wednesday 4th December, 2002
BBC
Europe names its 'fleet of shame'
Couple install DIY speed camera
Text SOS for stranded drivers
Financial Times
Rail chief says major projects are threatened
Honeymoon appears to be over
SRA chief defends rail authority's power
Guardian
Motorway supermarkets launched
Ken ran out of runway  [letters]
Telegraph
Rail signals at red  [transport review 3]
We've given up complaining
'I feel like a tribesman in a rainforest'
Livingstone challenge may delay plan
Compass drive for M-way superstores
Times
Flights of fancy?
Rich favour London road toll
Trees are the fall-guys for London bus crash
London Evening Standard
Hell is another airport

Tuesday 3rd December, 2002
BBC
'Worst bus route' named and shamed  [London]
Inventor looks back on road safety
Telegraph
New roads bottleneck  [transport review 2]
Ministers immune from the chaos
Newbury battle was worth it
BA goes for rivals' jugular
Times
Mobile phone firms fight earpiece ban for drivers
London Evening Standard
Bus waiting times cut - Mayor

Monday 2nd December, 2002
BBC
Buses 'must shed Cinderella image'
'No need for third runway'  [Manchester]
Sleep disorder risk for drivers
Financial Times
Congestion charge may be running into trouble
Plan for 'armed sky marshals'
Guardian
Half fares on buses urged for students and jobless
London mayor backs more runways
Airport gridlock  [leader]
Independent
Cost of train and bus use drives more into cars
Air travel is liberating, but we must pay the true price  [leader]
United Airlines talks to avoid Chapter 11
Telegraph
'Speed up Britain' 1 [transport review]
Getting us nowhere  [leader]
Getting us nowhere
Experts say 'act now'
Rail alternatives  [to air: letter]
Dangerous billions  [railways]
Stagecoach founder talks to go private
Clean-up fleet sets sail  [to Spain]
Times
Costain eyes Tube role if bidders drop out
Proposals for congestion charges  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Passengers will pay for Terminal 5

Sunday 1st December, 2002
BBC
Airport battle set to continue  [Birmingham]
Rail users warned to expect delays
Armed police 'may patrol planes'
Observer
How oil slick will bring black death to coast's way of life
Stagecoach in £500m US shock
Tussauds set to take London Eye off BA's hands
Sunday Telegraph
Car sales soar as prices fall
Virgin resorts to old trains
Early bookings lead to losses  [flights]
Stagecoach to write down £500m
Sunday Times
UK jets to get sky marshals
Jeremy Clarkson: The nit-picking twitchers out to ground Britain
Stagecoach takes axe to US operation
It's time to follow Stelios and bale out of Easyjet

Saturday 30th November, 2002
BBC
Trains 'should replace planes'
Explosive device found on speed camera
Park-and-glide plan for city  [Oxford]
Airport expansion backed  [East Anglia]
Guardian
Environmental watchdog calls for £40 tax on flights
50 years after the great smog, a new killer arises
Heathrow victory for BAA
Independent
Government is told: expansion of airports must be halted now
Telegraph
Call to end cheap flights
English Heritage calls for growth in regions
Rural retreat at risk as villagers fear future
Growth in flights will wreck climate, says commission
Passing through  [letter on interlining]
Regulator gives BAA hard landing
Times
Green tax of £70 a flight 'needed to save planet'
Growth in air travel threatens four-fold increase in pollution
The cost of a flight  [graphic]
The village at the end of another runway dilemma
Gatwick splits the Tories as MPs defy party
BAA may raise fees by 36% at Heathrow
London Evening Standard
New charges to push up air fares

Friday 29th November, 2002
BBC
Airport expansion plans face delay
Disabled activist's rail ordeal
Financial Times
Reassurance on UK 'green taxes'
Guardian
EU moves to ban ageing, single-hull ships
Independent
Gatwick ruling delays government plan for airport expansion by a year
Telegraph
Doubts over rail billions
Two hours to change platforms
Times
Hidden rail debt 'doubles public borrowing'
Regulator set to let BAA raise charges
Costs of proposed airport expansions  [letters]
London Evening Standard
Snub for new Thames airport plan
Graves plan could delay rail link
Tube strike ballot on hold

Thursday 28th November, 2002
BBC
A century of bicycle production ends
Independent
LU considers action over Tube dispute
Times
Darling puts back runways decision
Air fares set to rise  [Pre-Budget report]
Legal threat to halt more walkouts on the Tube
Delayed passengers locked on platform
China car sales set to shift into overdrive
Motoring taxes  [letters]

Wednesday 27th November, 2002
BBC
Government defeat over airport plans
'Road supremo' to cut traffic jams
Financial Times
Transport plan 'failing to reduce traffic jams'
Guardian
Roadworks crippling the capital
Where half a mile an hour is par for the course
Court setback for airports expansion
Stelios steps aside as EasyJet chairman
PFI is no busted flush, says Jarvis
Independent
Judge says airport decision 'irrational'
Telegraph
Gatwick in runway study
EasyJet shares nosedive as Stelios leaves
Jarvis expects to sign Tube contract
Times
Airport plans in turmoil over new Gatwick runway
Courts may seize cars to punish fine defaulters
Hole-in-the-road utilities face curb to ease gridlock
Jarvis Tube deal to ease concerns
London Evening Standard
Graves "desecrated" for rail line
Derailed train track "was checked"

Tuesday 26th November, 2002
BBC
Road journey times soar
Airport protests reach climax  [Church Lawford]
TUC calls for Finningley airport
Thousands grounded by air strike
Financial Times
Gridlocks push road trip times up 16% since 1998
Guardian
Safety checks cause train delays in wake of 125mph derailment
Watchdogs scrap over rail finance
Independent
Britain faces gridlock after car journey times rise 16%
Telegraph
Network Rail runs into fog over accounting status
Traffic getting slower
More delays over derailment
Times
Builder gets hump over traffic calming
Motorways in tunnels 'will ease congestion'
Increase in journey times across the country  [graphic]
Call for Tube stoppage after day's pay is lost
London Evening Standard
Derailed train track "was checked"

Monday 25th November, 2002
BBC
Safety investigation into derailed train
Financial Times
European air traffic charges set to rise
Guardian
Train derails as wheels come off
Independent
Travel chaos warning after train derails
Airport staff call off strikes after new pay offer
Telegraph
Kent airport plan backed
Times
'Safety' walkouts on Tube will hit roads
Biggest airlines back plan for new London airport at Cliffe
Devon airport stirs opposition

Sunday 24th November, 2002
BBC
Call to ban heavy lorries  [SE London]
Observer
Great Smog is history, but foul air still kills
What would Jesus drive? A disciple carrier, of course
United they fly, divided they fall - or is it hot air?
Telegraph
Tube consortia get Government indemnity
Rate rise to pay for Crossrail
Phone fines for drivers
Times
Jamie Oliver in airport protest
Lack of direct flights costs Scots £30m a year in taxes

Saturday 23rd November, 2002
BBC
Thameslink pays for delays
Guardian
Virgin muscles to the top in Brussels
Independent
Commuters to get £1m from train company
Tube drivers sent home without pay
Cuts threaten treasured Isles airstrip
Telegraph
Airport protest march
Times
French lorry drivers to block Channel routes
Transport chaos hits Central London
Oneworld airlines strengthen links to cut £5bn bill
London Evening Standard
Strike could cost £10 billion'

Friday 22nd November, 2002
BBC
Tolls 'would curb M25 traffic jams'
MPs voice concern over airport
Financial Times
Tube safety protest set to escalate
Guardian
Call to widen 50 miles of M25
Alliance comes to the aid of airline
Independent
Why London's motorists are on the road to nowhere
Telegraph
Ken threat to derail tube PPP
Drivers face more tolls
Times
Make M25 drivers 'pay by the mile'
Livingstone prepares to challenge Tube ruling
Travellers face Tube closures and jams
London Evening Standard
Train chiefs offer £1m compensation

Thursday 21st November, 2002
BBC
Airport choice for region  [SW]
Guardian
In praise of the M62
Times
Rail staff flee from runaway train
Profile of the flying classes

Wednesday 20th November, 2002
Financial Times
Don't scrap air pacts, US tells Europe
London mayor's drive against congestion
Railways warned over climate change
Guardian
New national park under threat from road scheme
Airport firms fight for market share
Independent
Cost of Forth Bridge repairs may reach £280m
Telegraph
Christians crucify gas guzzlers
Stansted security fails again

Tuesday 19th November, 2002
BBC
Travellers face more air traffic trouble
United Airlines cuts more jobs
Financial Times
American and BA apply for codesharing
MPs attack failure to test air traffic financial model
Guardian
BA ditches excess baggage for US tie-up
Buzz tries to avert pilots' strike
Independent
£2 toll puts brakes on congestion in Durham
Network Rail debt may cost extra £2.5bn
Telegraph
Statistics head acts in Rail row
BA tries to beef up American alliance
Peel to pay £184m for Clydeport
Stansted 'could expand'
Times
Buses full as worried commuters switch route
£6m to boost Scottish air links
£184m takeover bid for Clydeport
BA tries again with US airline alliance