Rural Transport
Transport is vital for the quality of life and economic health of rural areas, yet it faces challenges such as infrequent public bus services and less Government funding compared to urban regions.
11 Mar 2019
Changes to rural school transport
Parents in North Yorkshire, England’s largest county, risk losing their entitlement to free door-to-door school transport from September, according to the Yorkshire Post. The county currently spends £24.1 million per...
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11 Feb 2019
The State of Rural Services Report launched in Parliament
Basic mobile calls are not possible across main networks in a third of rural homes. The report also finds that rural residents are losing out as bus services are scrapped....
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11 Feb 2019
Countryside being let down by mobile phone giants
The Telegraph and Mail both reported on Rural England’s biannual State of Rural Services report, which fund that a third of rural households are unable to make a basic mobile...
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04 Feb 2019
Bus fares predicted to soar
PoliticsHome.com reported on new analysis from Labour showing that bus fares are predicted to rise as providers secure higher profits despite cuts to services. The figures show that average bus...
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21 Jan 2019
Students walk ‘dark and dangerous’ route in the face of bus cuts
Parents and students in North Hampshire are protesting proposed cuts to school bus services that would see pupils walking three miles across ‘unlit heathland and a busy A road’ in...
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07 Jan 2019
Call for rural taxis to replace buses
The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) has published a report calling for a ‘planned network’ of rural transport to replace the ‘patchwork of different forms and types’ that currently exists,...
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17 Dec 2018
Cancer mortality rates higher in rural areas
Living in a rural area means a patient is 5 per cent more likely to die of cancer than a city dweller, according to a recent study by Aberdeen University,...
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17 Dec 2018
Lessons for rural transport provision
Rural bus services have suffered as funding pressures have grown, but there is good practice and evidence of what works out there, finds Brian Wilson. The Campaign for Better Transport...
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12 Dec 2018
Podcast Episode – The village with no bus and no shop
Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly allowed the Rural Services Network...
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26 Nov 2018
Rural roads are the biggest blackspots
New analysis from the road safety charity Brake has found that, on average, a cyclist or motorcyclist is killed every hour on UK roads, according to the website Motor1. The...
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