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1. 51. Metroshuttle set for expansion

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 30 June 2008 FREE Metroshuttle buses in Manchester city centre will be rolled out to towns across the region.

2. 52. Drivers in a jam '10 minutes a day'

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 31 August 2008 THE majority of motorists in Greater Manchester are spending at least 10 minutes a day stuck in traffic jams, according to new research.

3. 53. Fine ahead for road diggers

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 May 2008 UTILITY companies who dig up Greater Manchester's streets will now be fined if they do not carry out the job properly.

4. 54. Threat to buses waiting too long

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 12 August 2006 TRAFFIC wardens are threatening to slap tickets on buses - for waiting too long at city centre stops.

5. 55. Black box takes its toll on lorries

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 August 2006 SITTING on the dashboard in the cab of a a lorry, the small black box looks just like a car radio. But the device is not there for the driver's entertainment - more than 500,000 have been fitted to lorries in Germany to drive the world's first satellite-tracking road toll system.

6. 56. Tickets threat to halt bus wars chaos

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 06 September 2006 BUS drivers were threatened with parking tickets as traffic ground to a halt for the second day running in Manchester's bus wars. Parking attendants were drafted in to help free up the gridlocked city centre. They were told to slap fines on any buses waiting for more than two minutes.

7. 57. Drivers face road toll countdown

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 31 January 2003 MOTORISTS could be paying to drive on all roads around Greater Manchester within eight years.

8. 58. Going off the rails

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 July 2003

   AFTER ferrying thousands of passengers across Manchester without a hitch during last year's Commonwealth Games, the city's public transport system was hailed a resounding success. Now there are predictions that, without investment,& chaos is& looming as Alan Salter reports.

9. 59. Park and ride scheme gathers speed

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 November 2003 A JAM-busting park and ride scheme was launched in Manchester at the weekend. Despite a slow start, by late Saturday morning a steady stream of shoppers were arriving at the Siemens staff car park off Princess Road, Chorlton, to be bussed into the city centre.

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