Birmingham Mail - Tag - department for transport

London Mayor Boris Johnson: David Cameron 'getting interested' in new Thames airport plan

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:50:00 GMT

The Government is getting "increasingly interested" in the idea of a new airport in the Thames Estuary, London mayor Boris Johnson said today.

Road named third best

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THE stretch of the M5 between its junction with the M6 has been named the third best road for punctuality.

Job fears in travel hotline cutbacks

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A TRAVEL information hotline for people without access to the internet is due to be scaled down after the Government pulled the plug on funding.

Rail shake-up in the offing

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

DRAMATIC changes to long-distance rail services to Birmingham could be introduced when a new franchise begins next year, the Department for Transport has revealed.

Trees to line rail route between Birmingham and London

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THE Government has pledged to plant at least two million trees along the proposed route of the new high speed rail line between London and Birmingham.

Delay to Hagley Road improvements costs taxpayer £300,000

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT

AN EIGHT-year dispute over improvements to a busy Birmingham road junction has cost taxpayers £285,000 plus interest.

Planned £200mph train between London and Birmingham under threat

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

By Jonathan Walker

Plans for disabled access black cab fleet

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

TAXI drivers who refuse to pick up customers in wheelchairs could be sent on disability awareness courses under government proposals to make every black cab in Birmingham accessible to people with disabilities.

West Midlands drivers worst abusers of disabled parking system

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

NINE out of ten disabled drivers in the West Midlands say they have suffered from people borrowing ‘blue badges’ off friends or relatives

Axe threatened line from Walsall to Wolverhampton 'booming, say campaigners

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:40:00 GMT

PASSENGER use on a doomed Black Country rail link which looks set to be axed by December has grown massively, campaigners fighting to save it claimed today.