Olympic organisers expect 1 million extra visitors to London to make some 3 million journeys on public transport - on top of the usual 12m daily public transport journeys.
Liberal Democrat MSP Alison McInnes saw her amendment, which supported community transport and demand-responsive transport schemes in areas where public transport availability was limited, fell.
Metro, West Yorkshire's public transport provider, said a faster service would encourage commuters to use public transport.
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Other organisations like the public transport company, Translink, encourage their staff to combine walking with using public transport.
Organisers anticipated Monday's one million extra visitors in London would make some three million journeys on public transport - a 25% increase on the city's daily staple 12m public transport journeys.
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Other aims include offering more opportunities to the long-term unemployed, improving the transport infrastructure and creating better public transport.
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It said he would use "new policies to further improve the transport and ensure that the public transport system is open to all Londoners".
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From a solar-paneled rickshaw they explore the cuts being made in transport -- nearly the whole public transport system is run on natural gas (CNG) and the Metro system is expanding to take 17 million cars off the road reducing emissions by 160 millions tons.
He added that 70% of the current planned transport spending programme will be invested in public transport, helping to cut the number of single car journeys.
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While the bridge will not be closed completely to traffic, Transport Scotland hope commuters will make greater use of public transport to help minimise congestion.
Discussions are ongoing between Wrightbus and Transport for London, the organisation that has responsibility for public transport in London.
The charity also wants a greater proportion of funding put towards community transport because many people were unable to manage the walk to their nearest method of public transport.
Indeed, in addition to car sharing, the industry is increasingly working on developing complex multi-transport solutions, such as monthly tickets that let people in cities mix and match public transport with bicycle-sharing schemes and car-sharing schemes, Mr Leo explains.
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Green MSP Patrick Harvie said the new bridge was "the most expensive SNP press release in history" and warned Scotland would end up with two bridges for private cars, when the transport minister of the day was forced by angry motorists to open the old bridge to more than just public transport.
David Begg, a transport academic, who is convener of the city's transport committee, has well-advanced plans for an ambitious public-transport infrastructure programme.
However, Matt Hemsley, spokesman for the transport charity Sustrans Cymru, criticised the M4 relief road as "poor value for money", saying investment in public transport would do more to ease congestion.
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Councillor David Begg, convenor of Edinburgh's transport committee, chaired a meeting earlier this month of Scottish councils to discuss how to finance public-transport improvements with revenues from a road-pricing ring around Edinburgh.
Public transport is excellent in Prague, with a well-integrated Metro, tram and bus system.
The basic fare across public transport is 50p, but the Istanbulkart smart card gives discounts.
Western Greyhound said government cuts to public transport funding were affecting operators and passengers.
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This balance could change this is what public transport executives seek to effect.
Like Tokyo, the city is easy to access through extensive and efficient public transport.
In the Bristol area, snow and ice has badly affected roads and public transport.
You can select walking, driving or bicycling navigation -- sadly no public transport yet.
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Others disagree and say the WPL has got people onto public transport and improved their lives.
It said the public transport firm's latest survey showed it was meeting punctuality and reliability targets.
Ms MacIntosh said public transport would be the easiest option for users of the city centre.
Among politicians, there are few more enthusiastic users of public transport than David Jones.
They have accelerated progress in fields as diverse as agriculture, citizen media, healthcare, and public transport.
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The organisation which supervises public transport services in South Yorkshire is to shed 60 jobs.
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