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1. 511. The questions, and the less-than-full answers

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 February 2005 Here are the questions we asked under the Freedom of Information act.

2. 512. Road charging 'only alternative to gridlock'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 09 June 2005 TRANSPORT Secretary Alistair Darling has fleshed out proposals to head off "gridlock" on Britain's roads by replacing existing taxes with a hi-tech system of road charging.

3. 513. Train passengers' wish list

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 July 2004 NEW railway tracks and a seat for every passenger are top of a shopping list to sort out the railways. Train passengers should also be able to buy tickets without having to wade through a confusing choice of discount rates - and get plenty of warning about engineering work and cancellations.

4. 514. The end of free parking

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 12 January 2007 DRIVERS will have to pay to park on Manchester city centre streets in the evenings and on Sundays. They face being charged for using marked bays from 8am to midnight, seven days a week.

5. 515. Fuming over bus war

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 May 2006 BUS wars in Manchester are being blamed for damaging the environment. A leading environmentalist has written to the government expressing his "profound concern" about the pollution.

6. 516. Thumbs down to `guinea pig' city car trial

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 June 2005 A PAY-AS-YOU-GO car trial in Manchester would prompt an outcry from business - and `Big Brother' complaints from civil liberties groups.

7. 517. Thumbs down to 'guinea pig' city car trial

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 June 2005 A TRIAL of pay as you go car taxing in Manchester would cause an outcry from businesses - and complaints about `big brother' tracking drivers from civil liberties groups.

8. 518. Britain's parking enforcement 'a mess'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 June 2006 PARKING policy and enforcement in Britain is "inconsistent and confused", a report from MPs said today.

9. 519. Tom gears up to solve city workers' problems

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 February 2007 DRIVEWAYS and garages across Manchester could soon be rented out as a solution to the city's chronic parking problems.

10. 520. 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.

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