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02.10.26 - 07:18
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UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children (The Guardian)
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Planned rule change forms part of Burnham's bid to crack down on the 'little charges that add up'Airlines will be blocked from charging parents extra to sit with their children on planes, according to government plans.The new rule would require airlines to seat passengers aged under 14 next to their parents or an accompanying adult free of charge. Passengers will also no longer need to pay to tweak the name on their flight booking if they need to correct a mistake. Continue reading......
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01.10.26 - 22:54
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How poor public transport policy is putting the brake on cities | Letters (The Guardian)
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David Andrews suggests a tram network could be the answer to London's clogged streets, while V Narayanan says unused cycle lanes are a waste of valuable road spaceYour analysis of slowing buses in global cities sets out the mechanism exactly, and the remedy follows from it (London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised, 23 September).Transport for London's own calculation that a 10% fall in speed costs 6% of demand and Imperial College London's finding of the same decline across 15 cities show what happens to buses as the traffic thickens around them. Retiming the lights will not reverse it, and London is already trying. The phrase to notice in the article is one used by TfL: signals will give more buses priority “where possible”. Continue reading......
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