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Ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games – Free to view transport supplement

Issue 2 2012, Supplements / 1 May 2012 / Jonathan Fox, Bernard Garner, David Emmerson

This free to view special supplement looks at transport arrangements ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games, and is sponsored by Telent and European Friction Industries (EFI):

• DLR – meeting the challenge of 2012
  (Jonathan Fox, Director, Docklands Light Railway (DLR))
• Olympic plans in place for Newcastle
  (Bernard Garner, Director General of Nexus)
• Transport planning for London 2012
  (David Emmerson, Head of Rail Contracts, Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA))

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Transport for 2012 on track

Issue 2 2006, Past issues / 23 June 2006 / Hugh Sumner, Director of Transport, Olympic Delivery Authority

A year on from London being awarded the Games, the UK transport industry has already made impressive progress.

Every year is important in a host city’s cycle of preparations for the world’s largest sporting event but a good start is crucial. In a busy first year for the London 2012 team there have been an encouraging number of key milestones reached from the creation of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to the progress and completion of a range of transport construction projects.

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