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1. 1. First toll motorway opens

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 09 December 2003 BRITAIN'S first toll motorway is due to be opened officially by the Transport Secretary today.<BR>

2. 2. 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.

3. 3. Mystery of Lynn's capital punishment

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 27 October 2003 A DRIVER has received more than a hundred fines for unpaid London congestion charges - even though she has never taken her car to the capital. Lynn Bradbury has been told her Vauxhall Corsa SXI has been spotted in the city at least three times a week since February. Now the 52-year-old teacher hopes to give transport bosses a lesson in common sense before they send bailiffs to her Oldham home.

4. 4. Double the money in city parking charges

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 14 October 2003 MANCHESTER council will double its income from car parking to £1m over the next two years. The money will be raised by a combination of more spaces throughout the city, higher charges and more efficient policing.

5. 5. A taste of life in the bus lane

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 September 2003 IT WAS supposed to "raise awareness of the environmental impact of traffic on our roads". In the event, it raised awareness of Manchester's rainy reputation. Weeks of planning for "In Town Without My Car Day" went by the board when it poured with rain and the barriers blocking the way into Albert Square were lifted with more than two hours to go.

6. 6. 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.

7. 7. Hole load of trouble

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 25 June 2003 GOVERNMENT plans to fine companies who take too long digging up the roads are not working, says Manchester MP Graham Stringer.

8. 8. Victim of car clone rogue

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 10 May 2003 GAIL Brunskill is being driven to despair by a catalogue of fines for flouting London's congestion charge - although she has never visited the capital.

9. 9. £3 to drive on toll road

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 May 2003 MOTORISTS will be charged '3 for driving on Britain's first toll motorway, with the aim of relieving congestion on the M6.

10. 10. Women bikers on road to good deal

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 May 2003 MORE women are transferring from four wheels to two as the prospect of congestion charges increases.

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