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Action could cause tube stations to close at short notice on Friday and into Saturday, says TSSA unionCustomer service managers on London Underground are to stage a fresh strike in a dispute over terms and conditions.Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) will walk out on Friday and ban overtime until 5 May. Continue reading...

Green light created impression both bike and bus had right of way when 20-year-old Max Patrick McDowall was killed, coroner’s court hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA forensic crash investigator was “alarmed” at the design of the intersection where a 20-year-old cyclist died, because its traffic lights gave both...

Inner West council in Sydney says it needs more information before agreeing to trial as T3 train line due to close for 12-14 months from JulyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney council is demanding more details about the government’s plan to accommodate the 60,000 daily commuters who will...

Funding for drains, embankments and other measures is part £45.4bn five-year investment planBusiness live – latest updatesNetwork Rail is to spend nearly £3bn to protect the railway from the effects of the climate crisis and extreme weather, as it warned that the country’s network was having to contend with hotter summers and increased winter floods.As part of its new £45.4bn five-year investment plan, the...

Although forced to water down its original settings, the revised model will help Australia reach its decarbonisation targetsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIn bringing together a fiercely divided auto industry, the Albanese government appears to have struck a consensus model for a vehicle efficiency standard that will meaningfully bring down emissions – and Australian motorists will reap...

Bank holiday weekend and start of school holidays take place at same time, with high traffic volumes expectedDrivers are being warned to expect long delays over Easter as millions of getaway trips lead to soaring traffic volumes and congested motorways.The RAC said that more than 14m journeys on some popular routes could take twice as long as normal, as the first bank holiday weekend...

Court hears workers suffered psychological distress after losing jobs and took medication to cope Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA major union is hoping to force Qantas to pay millions in compensation to former workers whose jobs were illegally outsourced during the Covid-19 pandemic.The Transport Workers Union (TWU) is suing the airline in the federal court over...

Five-mile stretch in Surrey of UK’s busiest motorway is shut all weekend while a bridge is demolishedThousands of drivers face being stuck in gridlocked traffic this weekend due to an unprecedented closure of the M25, Britain’s busiest motorway.A five-mile stretch of the motorway between junctions 10 and 11 in Surrey was closed in both directions at 9pm on Friday while a bridge is demolished...

Nearly 750,000 passengers were caught up in widespread grounding of flights last August bank holidayAn independent review into the August bank holiday air traffic control meltdown, which affected nearly 750,000 passengers, has highlighted a “significant lack of pre-planning”.Flights were grounded across UK airports on 28 August after the ATC provider National Air Traffic Services (Nats) experienced a technical glitch while processing a flight plan....

Research looked at three London boroughs to value overall health benefits of active travel over 20 years at up to £4,800 per headPolicies to help people walk and cycle such as low-traffic neighbourhoods can create public health benefits as much as 100 times greater than the cost of the schemes, a long-term study of active travel measures has concluded.The research, based on six years...

In London, Tube and bus fares are being frozen and prices reduced during rush hour and on FridaysRail fares in England and Wales will rise by 4.9% on Sunday, adding hundreds of pounds to annual travel costs for many commuters.Campaigners said passengers would be “rightly angry” at the latest increase, above the current inflation rate of 4%, despite the government arguing that it had...

The Australian Automobile Association has found some SUVs use up to 20% more fuel on the road than reported in laboratory tests. Is your vehicle underperforming?The Crunch: what Australia’s love for SUVs means for emissions and safety – videoFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails,free app or daily news podcastA real-world testing program at the Australian...

Hrdlicka’s abrupt departure comes as airline’s owners plan to push ahead with relisting on stock exchangeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVirgin Australia’s chief executive, Jayne Hrdlicka, has abruptly stepped down after almost four years in charge, raising questions about the timing of the airline’s much-hyped relisting on the stock exchange.On Tuesday, the airline announced that Hrdlicka had...

Aslef train drivers’ set of strikes and work to rule is latest action in long-running pay disputeRail passengers face another weekend of cancelled and disrupted trains as services across the Midlands and intercity trains from London are halted by drivers’ strikes.The latest in a week of rolling 24-hour strikes called by the Aslef union will stop all trains throughout Saturday on Avanti West Coast,...

Motoring association criticises data quality and say Australia has ‘no credible plan’ to reduce incidents as nation records 677 deaths since July 2023Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe second half of 2023 was the deadliest six months on Australian roads since 2010, but there is “no credible plan” to make roads safer, the industry claims, as it...

Exclusive: EU states accuse TfL of huge data breach over clean air zone penalties, with many given to compliant vehiclesEU motorist’s £11,000 run-in with London Ulez rulesHow Belgian MP turned sleuth to solve Ulez fine mysteryHundreds of thousands of EU citizens were wrongly fined for driving in London’s Ulez clean air zone, according to European governments, in what has been described as “possibly one...

Driver was unaware he had to register French hire car with TfL’s collection agent even though it was emissions compliantThousands of EU citizens ‘wrongly fined for driving in London Ulez’How Belgian MP turned sleuth to solve Ulez fine mysteryChristian Ducarre received three fines totalling nearly £11,000 after driving his French hire car to London to attend his son’s wedding. The car, which was fully...

Trains north of Preston affected as weather warnings are issued for more wind and rainA rail company has advised customers to not attempt to go north of Preston on Tuesday afternoon because of cancellations caused by Storm Jocelyn.Avanti West Coast is among the train providers warning members of the public that they will not be able to travel by rail in large parts of...

Disruption expected on Monday as cancellations and delays issued for rail, sea and air with heavy rain and high winds forecastTrain services in Scotland are expected to be suspended until around noon after “a wild night”, Network Rail says.The railway has recovered quickly this morning following Storm Isha with trees and debris cleared across routes in England and Wales, and route proving trains reporting...

Three additional mulch samples from park above Rozelle interchange tested positive for bonded asbestos, NSW government saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAsbestos has been found in additional samples of garden mulch taken from the Rozelle parklands in Sydney’s inner west, with the state government still unable to say where else in the city the contaminated material may...

Exclusive: Documents show shift in transport policy influenced by unfounded fears about loss of freedom of movement in ‘15-minute cities’Ministers decided to prioritise driving over active travel because of worries among ministers about “15-minute cities”, documents seen by the Guardian show.They indicate that a significant shift in transport policy was guided at least in part by conspiracy theories. Continue reading...

Testing reveals ‘low-risk’ contamination in samples taken from mulch near Rozelle playground, Transport for NSW saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn expansive park built above Rozelle’s multibillion-dollar spaghetti junction interchange has been closed after asbestos was found in garden mulch around a children’s playground – with the contractor involved...

Government had rejected campaigners’ demands for new safety measures on basis of outdated researchThe government is reviewing quad bike safety regulation in what campaigners described as “an embarrassing climbdown” after ministers repeatedly claimed that the introduction of roll bars could do more harm than good.Ministers had previously said that research by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) showed that roll bars could increase the...

Exclusive: NSW government says it is open to all options even though new rolling stock, now due in 2026, will have reclining seats onlyThe permanent withdrawal of sleeper carriages on Sydney-Melbourne trains may be averted after new rolling stock enters service, thanks to the increasing popularity of intercity rail.New Spanish-built trains ordered by the previous Coalition government were initially meant to enter service in...