Boardman, who won gold at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, has delivered a 15-point plan to transform the city region and encourage more people to ditch the car in favour of two wheels or two feet.

The Department for Transport has this morning announced the names of the three bidding consortia which will vye for the contract to run services on the WCML, which runs from London to Glasgow and Edinburgh with many services through Manchester.

Last year more than 30,000 people were caught without a tram ticket across the Metrolink network. That amounts to almost a hundred people a day.

Greater Manchester’s first ever mayoral election is fast approaching and Stephen Morris, candidate for English Democrats, is campaigning hard for victory.

A second Transport Fund for Manchester will be “critical” following this week’s budget announcement.

More than 250 Metrolink drivers have gone through intensive training ahead of the opening of the Second City Crossing tram route.

News means work could start on the line this winter – and be operational by 2020.

The bus gate only allows buses, cyclists, and taxis through, while general traffic must find another route.

The Green Party’s key Manchester candidate Ben Godfrey has said that electing Green councillors would help Manchester City Council find the ‘creative’ responses that it needs to austerity problems.

Manchester Piccadilly played host to one of the biggest shake-ups to northern train services in the last decade on Friday.

Tony Lloyd’s commitment to addressing air pollution could extend life expectancy in Mancunians, according to a University of Manchester academic.