Super car. But soon there'll be nowhere to drive it
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The future of road travel in the UK has been brought into question by statistics from the National Traffic Forecasts which indicate that the volume of traffic on the roads could rise by 51% in the period to 2017. The government has warned that new roads will be constructed only as a last resort. Radical new measures to tackle traffic congestion will inevitably attract strong opposition from the road lobby and from ordinary people who are accustomed to travelling by car. The government has taken care to emphasize that it has no desire to limit car ownership.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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Rail operators embark on a hazardous journey
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The UK's new private rail operators believe that they will be able to make a profit if they can boost passenger numbers and reduce staffing levels. They are planning to invest in rolling stock, realising that new carriages will boost capacity by 10% and reduce running costs by 15%. Many marketing programmes are planned, with West Coast, for example, seeking to quadruple revenues to 1 billion pounds sterling in 15 years. However, rail operators face strong competition, high fixed costs and considerable problems with reducing staffing levels.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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Rail passengers squeezed by cost cutting
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The privatised rail network in the UK is offering an increasingly poor service to passengers. Private train owners are being forced to abandon some services because of staff shortages, and it has become common for trains to be made shorter, thus increasing overcrowding. The privatisation of the rail network was intended to improve upon the often low standards of British Rail, but this has not proved to be the case. Indeed, South West Trains, one of the first privatised lines, has performed extremely badly.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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