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Interest in finding an alternative to public transport is growing as people think about returning to the office.

While the STM is strongly urging passengers to wear a face mask or face covering at all times, it won't be mandatory, said chair Philippe Schnobb.

To celebrate 15 years of Google Maps, the popular mapping program gets a redesign, a host of new features, and an installation in New York's Madison Square Park.

●Electric air mobility pioneer used the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud to develop prototype in two years ●“Reinvent the Sky” industry solution experience provides full data security in a single, standards-based environment ●Dassault Systèmes enables companies of all sizes to create new categories of sustainable air mobility systems that will change how the world travels

German-Luxembourg cross-border commuters Luxembourg and Germany have concluded a mutual agreement (Verständigungsvereinbarung) for Covid 19 related home office activities (für Corona bedingte Home Office Tätigkeiten) on 3 April 2020,...

Alexis Martin was serving 21 years to life behind bars

Social distancing rules will ‘kill cities’, experts warn – and the future of mass transit hangs in the balance

This is the second feature in our Life after lockdown series, which looks at how Covid-19 could change Australia for good

Before the pandemic struck, Sara Blazey made the same three-hour commute to work, three days a week, for the better part of 12 years. The 63-year-old family lawyer from the Blue Mountains works for a domestic violence legal advice hotline in Parramatta and it used to be that she would wake at 7am, drive seven minutes to Hazelbrook station and from there catch the 7.17am train to Parramatta before making the same one-and-a-half hour trip home in the evening.

With the pandemic, all that would change. Domestic violence support services such as the one Blazey worked for were declared “essential” services, meaning they could keep operating despite restrictions. To ensure they could do so safely, the organisation did what some commentators long thought impossible and began to transition its employees into working from home.

MORNING BRIEFING: Commuters and HSC students have been advised to avoid the M1 at Berowra after a road worker was hit by a utility early this morning, causing lane closures, and a man dies in a blaze at a Maitland home.

Remote work is rising as organizations react to the coronavirus. The technology is ready, but the real hurdle might be our real-world workplace habits.

In response to a federal enforcement action for excessive train engine idling, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR) will spend more than $2 million to reduce diesel locomotive emissions throughout the MBTA’s commuter rail system.

Instead of banning cars from city centers, this automaker recommends elevated roads for electric bikes & scooters to ease congestion and emissions.

A Dutch landscape architecture firm is proposing a clever way to help animals navigate the urban environment -- using the same infrastructure human city-dwellers rely on to get from place to place.

The Navy was deployed to evacuate train commuters stranded at the Nallasopara station in Mumbai due to flooding of railway tracks between Nallasopara and Vasai Road stations, officials said on Wednesday.

Following a request from the Western Railway, the Western Naval Command deployed high-chassis vehicles that could traverse the flooded areas and reach the stranded commuters, a Defence spokesperson said this morning. Mumbai has been experiencing heavy rains for the past 48 hours resulting in water-logging in several areas which has severely hit road and rail transport also.

The Western Naval Command has been maintaining rescue teams and emergency equipment to provide assistance to Mumbaikars in emergent situations, the spokesperson said.

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Motorists who travel from Mumbai to Thane are in for good news as the traffic of Mumbai city is going to unclog. With these bridges, motorists are likely to face fewer traffic problems in the city.

In order to beat the slow-moving traffic on Eastern Expressway, commuters can use the internal flyovers constructed over LBS Marg near Castle Mill and MG Road at Naupada.

Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray inaugurated the two bridges on Sunday which was built by MMRDA under intercity flyover project plan.

The time taken to exit the city using the new flyovers will be lesser as compared to the existing one, which is currently over clogged because of the movement of heavy vehicles and ongoing Metro and Kopri bridge widening work.

Noise and view barriers have been installed on the two newly inaugurated bridges.

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Commuters on Britain's railways may have to book allotted times to travel to stop overcrowding once coronavirus lockdown measures start to ease. Rail operators are said to be considering a new app.

Fellow rush hour commuters at Notting Hill Gate reported hearing the woman yelling 'help me' after ending up under the carriage. The London station has been closed after the incident.

There is currently no service between South Kensington and Ealing Broadway / Richmond/ Wimbledon and between Earl's Court and Edgware Road.

A passenger who was caught on video pulling an emergency lever on a London Tube during a furious row claims she did it because she was being racially abused.

Commuters cooked in 97F heat inside crammed Tube carriages tonight on their way home from work. They wiped sweat from their brows and undone their shirts ahead of the sticky, stuffy journey.

Commuters have been suffering in recent weeks as the capital battles through a heatwave that has seen temperatures approach 104F (40C) on the Underground.

Thousands of commuters were left angry and stranded amid chaotic scenes in London this morning, as travellers complained of being trapped in Victoria station.

London commuters faced more chaos today as the Jubilee Line was shut down due to 'temporary unavailability of trains' - a day after Extinction Rebellion protesters

Passengers endured disruption between London Paddington and Slough this evening after the victim was struck by a service at Hayes and Harlington station in West London.

Forecasters have warned that temperatures could drop to -4C in some parts of the UK and several yellow weather warnings are currently in place. Snow is seen this morning in North Lanarkshire.

The coronavirus pandemic has affected more than half a million people worldwide, with more than 28,000 deaths recorded.

The Saharan Bubble that has scorched continental Europe in recent days is finally starting to yield some UK sunshine with temperature highs of 75F (24C) in Boscombe near Bournemouth today.

The second-hottest day in UK history is causing chaos for commuters up and down the country as they face being stranded on sweltering services while they struggle to get home from work. 

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said it is balloting 10,000 Tube staff for strikes and other forms of action in London. The union said more than a year of negotiations have failed.

The London Mayor has said Britons in the capital need to stay indoors to 'protect the ones they love' amid the coronavirus outbreak. Commuters were seen lining up to board the Tube today.

NHS nurse Michael Underwood slammed Transport for London and Mayor Sadiq Khan and compared his journey to 'jumping off a cliff.

Charlotte Awbery, from Romford, east London, belts out the lyrics to Shallow, leaving prankster Kevin Freshwater very impressed after he stops her on the Underground.

CCTV footage shows the moment the knifeman, 26, had walked up behind unsuspecting James Knox, screaming 'Allahu Akbar!' and 'Long live the Caliphate!' as he stabbed his victim repeatedly.

Gatwick Airport looked almost empty after passenger numbers on planes, trains and the London Undergound slumped due to coronavirus.

A loosening of certain restrictions designed to fire up the flagging economy will be accompanied with a roll-out of revamped social distancing guidelines, particularly on Britain's public transport.

Emergency planners have already been warned London's transport system could be overwhelmed by demand when the coronavirus lockdown is eased in some form.

Commuters on Britain's railways may have to book allotted times to travel to stop overcrowding once coronavirus lockdown measures start to ease. Rail operators are said to be considering a new app.

London commuters faced chaos this morning with disruption between Waterloo and Clapham Junction, on top of severe delays on two tube lines, the overground, TfL rail and Thameslink.

An image uploaded on Reddit shows the woman's shoes and bags taking up nearly two empty seats of a packed Sydney train.

Rail passengers jumped out of seats after being confronted with the unwanted guest on a Sydney train earlier this month.

Adam Gray spent eight months travelling the London Underground during the morning commute to capture the candid portraits, using nothing but his iPhone.

Commuting to work is a costly drag, but millions of us have to do it every day. The solution? Join the increasingly popular weekday tenant club.

Those living in Grays and commuting to the capital pay a combined annual cost of £15,008 for their mortgage and season ticket, research from Zoopla found.

Rasika Dhavse summaries a study on bus transport systems from India's Auto Fuel Policy report of 2002.

The need for integrating land use with mobility has never been fully addressed within the profusion of plans for Bangalore. The revision of the Master Plan for 2031 may provide a good opportunity to develop a comprehensive mobility strategy, says Shrimoyee Bhattacharya and Sujaya Rathi.

Commuters had a tough time in West Bengal as more than 49,000 private buses and mini buses remained off road Monday demanding a rise in fare.

All it took was a little geometry to perfect the adult man’s alternative to a backpack. The Evernote messenger bag features a triangular shape that offers stability and keeps the bag upright when you set it down.

What’s the best way to commute in NYC? We had five Queens residents take various modes of transportation, including Uber, a cab, the ferry, a bike, and the subway to see which one came out on top.

Subway commuters traveling between San Francisco and Oakland got tired of looking each other in eye. So, the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency redesigned their train cars to give commuters more space.