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Welcome to the latest Spotlight on Transport - brought to you by the Rural Services Network and the Rural England CIC in association with Calor.
The vulnerability service aims to disseminate information about three key rural issues: fuel poverty, broadband and rural transport.
Latest headlines:
31 July 2019
Bus services to some rural villages in Suffolk are to be cancelled after a lower budget forced the council to reduce support. (East Anglian Daily Times)
17 July 2019
An 'Uber'-style bus network could be launched in Darlington and Teesside to ease transport woes in more rural areas. (Darlington & Stockton Times)
2 July 2019
MPs showed their support for local bus services and backed calls for a National Bus Strategy at an event held in the House of Commons. (Campaign for Better Transport)
4 July 2019
Plans to slash subsidies for almost two dozen bus services in Suffolk have been scrutinised by a local MP. (Suffolk Free Press)
20 June 2019
The cost of transport is putting significant pressures on those on lower incomes, and poor services can leave people isolated. (Third Force News)
23 June 2019
Passengers have voiced concerns at the state of rural bus services that make them late for work and leave them facing 13-hour days. (Cambridge Independent)
Rural domestic violence victims 'lack support'
17 July 2019
Fewer transport links and difficulty in accessing services means ‘victims and survivors are being let down’. (The Independent)
16 July 2019
Moves have been agreed to make home to school transport in North Yorkshire fairer, more consistent and more efficient. (North Yorkshire County Council)
18 June 2019
A new report urges changes to the transport system to make journeys easier for people with mental health conditions. (The Independent)
20 June 2019
Somerset County Council is to spend more than £590,000 on replacing minibuses and people carriers to transport vulnerable people around the county. (Somerset Live)
18 June 2019
Renewed calls to resolve school bus issues in a Warwickshire village look to have foundered because the county council needs to be consistent. (Leamington Courier)
17 June 2019
A community transport service that rose from the ashes of a previous group has been given charitable status. (Littlehampton Gazette)
1 July 2019
A key transport service in the Ryedale area is embarking on a massive fundraising campaign to buy a new minibus. (Scarborough News)
27 June 2019
Parish and Town Councils have their say on Buckinghamshire's roads, pavements and road safety initiatives. (Bucks Herald)
12 July 2019
Redditch Borough Council’s Dial-A-Ride celebrated 30 years of service with a tea party for more than 200 people. (Redditch Advertiser)
20 June 2019
Crooks have damaged two “lifeline” minibuses which transport residents to hospital and doctors’ appointments. (Harwich & Manningtree Standard)
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Articles in this newsletter are included for information only and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Rural Services Network, Rural England CIC or Calor.
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Buses in crisis How rural communities have been most damaged by cuts |
Integrated transport How to integrate transport into new developments (pdf) |
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