4 h. ago 'Active bystander' training to help passengers stand up to harassment on public transport

Sessions rolled out as deputy mayor says ‘everyone should be able to use public transport without fear of abuse’

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35 h. ago Daybreak is a magical time in a big city, no matter how tired you are | Adrian Chiles

London, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham – I have favourite early-morning memories from each of themI’ve had enough of city living. London has been my home on and off since I came to university in 1986. I’m tired of it. But there’s one bit I still love. That’s when I find myself right bang in the middle of town early in the morning. I feel the same way about all the other cities in which I ply my trade: Birmingham, Cardiff and Manchester, mainly. At about 6am, all cities have a similar character.I write this in a cafe on Old Compton Street in Soho, in central London, at 6.30am. Here more than anywhere, it feels as though you’re in the eye of a storm. There aren’t many people about because the people, millions of them, are all jammed up on the roads and crammed on to public transport, getting in each other’s way, trying to get here. So for another hour or so we have it to ourselves. “We” being the early starters and a few late finishers. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago US rock star Jack White goes unnoticed as he travels on public transport in between gigs

Rock star Jack White, 49, said he took the train from Birmingham to Glasgow ahead of his gig at the Barrowland Ballroom - and some fans were surprised that he used public transport

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4 d. ago New Bee Network and Metrolink ticket system available in two weeks

It's set to be a huge change to how we use public transport - but how do you use it?

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5 d. ago Lothian bus and vehicle apprenticeship scheme now open to interested applicants

The award-winning public transport operator’s apprentice programme lasts four years

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5 d. ago Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo

Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be mutedLaura Spinney is a science journalist and the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the WorldOnce, we all respectfully listened to what epidemiologists said. We queued up for vaccines, observed distancing lines and confidently asked unmasked passengers on public transport to cover their faces. A tyrannical virus ruled over us, and we did everything in our power to limit its ravages.Five years on from the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s the masked passenger who is suspect, nobody notices the scuffed distancing lines and trust in vaccines has taken a tumble. A different narrative has invaded the conversation: it wasn’t the virus that ruined our lives, but the response.Laura Spinney is a science journalist and the author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the WorldDo you have an opinion on th...

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8 d. ago Germany’s access all areas pass allows unlimited train travel and public transport – for just £1.60 a day

Hamburg to Munich and Cologne to Berlin: £48 buys a month of travel in central Europe’s largest nation

Economics

8 d. ago Schools are closed and public transport has stopped as rare cyclone approaches Australian coast

Schools are closed, public transport has stopped and desperate householders are getting around shortages of sandbags by buying sacks of potting mix as a region of eastern Australia is lashed by wind and rain from a rare approaching tropical cyclone

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9 d. ago Forget hotels and bland holiday homes: We're travelling the world and sleeping in weird places, from an Iraqi monastery to a 'hard sleeper train in China' with three

Here to offer an alternative to hotels and holiday homes are intrepid travellers Dennis, 34, and Teresa, 33, who are currently on an adventure journeying from Germany to Australia.

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9 d. ago It’s official: London’s public transport is now the most expensive in the world

It’s official: London’s public transport is now the most expensive in the world  Time Out London

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1 week ago Brits cancel plans and avoid public transport to ward off getting sick

These are the top things Brits do during the winter months to avoid catching a cold - or worse

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2 w. ago Children's play centre buzzing with miniature bus in Bee Network livery

Playkidds in Swinton knocks £1 off price of entry for families who come via public transport

Society

2 w. ago Rome’s buses, metro under fire as Holy Year tourists flock to city

Services are often late and there are problems with lifts and security

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2 w. ago London to have 'most expensive public transport' as prices increase this weekend

Transport for London's (TfL) new prices are set to take effect on Sunday, March 2nd 2025, in a new bid to use the collected funds to improve "key transport projects in the future" - but commuters are not happy at all.

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3 w. ago Hundreds of new homes to be built on land next to the M4 in Cardiff

Cardiff Council's planning committee approved the plans despite concerns from local councillors about public transport, noise and air pollution

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3 w. ago The disturbing new trend among Japanese incels that lets them 'get off on feeling superior'

The creator, who goes by @sandyinjapann on TikTok, routinely uses her social media platform to raise awareness about 'butsukari otoko' that literally translates to 'bumping man'.

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3 w. ago Incel men are deliberately ramming into 'weaker' women to 'get off on feeling superior' on Japanese public transport in disturbing new trend

The creator, who goes by @sandyinjapann on TikTok, routinely uses her social media platform to raise awareness about 'butsukari otoko' that literally translates to 'bumping man'.

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