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• London taxi-maker raises $400m to develop greener cabs

  20-05-2016 15:30
  
  Hybrid TX5 model of black cab is expected to be ready for sale by end of next yearThe Chinese firm that makes London’s black cabs has raised $400m (£275m) to fund the development of a fleet of greener hybrid taxis ready to roll off the production line next year.Under measures introduced by the former mayor of London Boris Johnson, all London cabs must be capable of running with zero emissions from 2018 in an effort to clean the capital’s air. Continue reading...
  
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• Liverpool airport passengers rescreened due to faulty scanner

  20-05-2016 14:19
  
  John Lennon airport says there is no threat to safety after technical glitch forces scores of people to leave and re-enterLiverpool’s John Lennon airport insisted there is no threat to passenger safety after scores of holidaymakers were evacuated over a faulty security scanner.Dozens of passengers were told to leave the busy airport’s departure lounge following a technical glitch with a passenger scanning machine on Friday afternoon. Continue reading...
  
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• Campaigners ask government to spend more to boost cycling

  20-05-2016 13:00
  
  Groups say extra spending would show government is serious about getting more people on bikes, as statistics show declineCampaigners have demanded that the government boost spending to match its stated commitment to cycling after official statistics showed an apparent decline last year.Road traffic figures published by the Department for Transport show that in 2015 cyclists travelled 3.2bn miles in Britain, down from 3.5bn in 2014, as general traffic rose.Continue reading...
  
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• Eurostar sales fall after terror attacks in Europe

  20-05-2016 11:34
  
  Train operator hopes football fans travelling to Euro 2016 will make up for tourists staying away over security fearsEurostar said passenger numbers had fallen in the wake of the Paris and Brussels terror attacks, as people from the US and Asia were afraid to travel to Europe.The high-speed rail operator linking the UK to mainland Europe said tourists from further afield were choosing other destinations. Continue reading...
  
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• Why air pollution in schools is such a big deal and what to do about it Ian Colbeck

  20-05-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - About 3,000 British schools are in areas where air quality is poor, with those in poorer communities suffering moreFormer London mayor Boris Johnson has been accused of holding back negative findings from a 2013 report on the citys air pollution.The report stated that 433 of Londons 1,777 primary schools were in areas where nitrogen dioxide concentrations breached EU limits. Nitrogen dioxide, or NO2, is an air pollutant that when inhaled can aggravate respiratory diseases such as
  
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• Virgin set to introduce 14 daily London to Harrogate trains from 2019

  20-05-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - Virgin Trains promised 14 daily trains between London and Harrogate took an important step forward on Thursday after they were granted vital track access.
  
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• UKs Rail Delivery Group launches drive to highlight PlusBike portal

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -UK-based Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has launched a new campaign to highlight the portal PlusBike, which can be used by people to obtain more information about cycle-friendly train travel.
  
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• UK minister points to driverless car future for Britain

  20-05-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - DRIVERLESS cars will become a
  
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• Uber joins race for driverless cars

  20-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - US car-hailing company Uber joins the race for driverless car technology, confirming it is testing a vehicle on the streets of Pittsburgh.
  
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• Uber hits the road with self-driving car

  20-05-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Taxi-booking group races to compete with Alphabet, Tesla and GM
  
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• Trolleybus is so last week - Leeds is driving into the future says council leader

  20-05-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds must look to the future - and not to the past or over the Pennines and down the M1 -as it bids to build a modern, sustainable transport network that will make the city a national and global economic gateway.
  
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• Trade union accuses ScotRail of

  20-05-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - SCOTRAIL bosses have been accused of an
  
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• 'Sticky car' could reduce crash injury

  20-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Google patents a sticky coating for driverless cars that could reduce damage done to pedestrians in the event of a collision.
  
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• SPEECH: 'We need a sustainable railway'

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Rail Minister Claire Perry sets out her vision for a sustainable railway
  
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• Save our buses! - Locals plead for cuts to be stopped

  20-05-2016 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -BUS protesters have pleaded with councillors not to slash the subsidies for services they say are vital to fending off social isolation for many in the city.
  
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• S&C travel discounted as passenger numbers decline sharply

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Northern introduces Settle-Carlisle Line Day Ranger to reduce the cost of travelling on the line, against backdrop of sharply declining passenger numbers.
  
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• Sadiq Khan calls for rethink over HS2 terminus at Euston

  20-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan has called for the High Speed 2 redevelopment of Euston station to be put on hold until a less disruptive plan is found.
  
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• Recap: EgyptAir flight MS804 crashes with 66 people feared dead in suspected terrorist attack

  20-05-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Searches are continuing after the Airbus A320 disappeared in the early hours of Thursday morning while it was en route from Paris to Cairo
  
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• Rail campaigners set to tackle Tendring train issues - including franchise decision

  20-05-2016 02:00 via clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - TRAIN campaigners will debate the top rail issues affecting the areaincluding the impending franchise decisionat a meeting this weekend.
  
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• Prestwick Airport is headquarters for UK's first spaceplane design company

  20-05-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - THE UK's first specialist spaceplane design and operating company has been launched at Glasgow Prestwick airport.
  
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• ORR opens consultation into route-based regulation

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Railway regulation could change in CP6 so that Network Rail regulates each individual route, as part of proposals in a new Office of Rail and Road (ORR) consultation. Under the proposals, which featured in the ORRmp;rsquo;s 2016-17 business plan last month and are now being include in the PR18...
  
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• No sightings of EgyptAir MS804 in first hours after disappearance

  20-05-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The disappearance of EgyptAir flight 804 over the Mediterranean Sea earlyMay 19 came as Egypt had begun making progress in shoring up international travel to the country in the aftermath of the suspected inflight bombing of a Russian Metrojet Airbus A321 shortly after departure from Sharm el Sheik on Oct. 31, 2015.read more
  
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• New standards developed to increase number of railway apprentices

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - New apprenticeship standards have been announced today to increase recruitment into the rail industry. The National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR) employers group has developed level 2, 3 and 4 apprenticeship standards for rail engineering operative, technician and advanced technician. They are...
  
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• Ministers set course for the final frontier (in Cornwall) Subscription

  20-05-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - You have to admire the optimism of Patrick McLoughlin. The question of a third runway at Heathrow lurks deep in the long grass and HS2 remains a throbbing headache but still the transport secretary came to the Commons and spoke about driverless cars and space tourism as if they were just round the corner.
  
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• McLoughlin overrules planning inspector to give Birmingham tram extension go-ahead

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The Birmingham tram extension from New Street to Centenary Square has gained planning permission after transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin overruled the planning inspectors decision. McLoughlin said he disagreed with planning inspectors ruling, which was made following a...
  
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• Hunt for EgyptAir jet enters second day

  20-05-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Terrorism not ruled out as news emerges of sharp turn before crash
  
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• Heathrow expansion 'could create 5,000 jobs in Northern Ireland'

  20-05-2016 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - Heathrow could create up to 5,000 new jobs in Northern Ireland if an expansion bid gets the go-ahead, the London airport's chief executive has claimed.
  
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• Have your say on changing times on the buses in Leeds

  20-05-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The times they are a-changing on Pudseys buses and people in the town are being encouraged to have their say about what lies just around the corner.
  
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• GWR explains blue and grey Mk 3 decision

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - A full rake of Mk 3s in blue and grey, to match 43002 Sir Kenneth Grange, would not comply with Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) rules.
  
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• GTR seeks new injunction to stop Aslef ballot

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - A legal injunction has been sought by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to stop Aslef balloting its drivers over the introduction of 12-car driver-operated only (DOO) trains. GTR today issued papers at the High Court to challenge the ballot of Southern and Gatwick Express drivers, which is open...
  
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• GTR seeks injunction against ASLEF ballot

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Govia Thameslink Railway issues papers at the High Court challenging a ballot of drivers on Southern and Gatwick Express over the use of 12-car DOO working.
  
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• Greg Mulholland: After trolleybus fiasco, lets get Leeds on track for future

  20-05-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - SO the NGT trolleybus saga, the latest failed episode in Leeds public transport, has come to an end bar the recriminations.
  
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• Govia returns to High Court over union's DOO ballot

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Govia Thameslink Railway is returning to the High Court in the continuing and increasingly bitter dispute between the company and unions over driver-only operation on Southern and Gatwick Express. GTR is seeking an injunction which would prevent ASLEF continuing with a strike ballot of its driver members on Gatwick Express, while heated exchanges are continuing in the dispute between the company and the RMT over the extension of driver-only operation on Southern. GTR said around
  
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• Future of the A55 now in the hands of North Wales AM after cabinet reshuffle

  20-05-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Carwyn Jones, First Minister for Wales, today named his Welsh Government cabinet
  
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• EasyJet maps out future with prototype smart shoes

  20-05-2016 02:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Budget airline easyJet has come up with a bright idea to help its customers explore the destinations they are being flown to.
  
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• Driverless cars: the slow, sad death of joyous driving, one satnav at a time Gaby Hinsliff

  20-05-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - You dont have to be a petrolhead to dread the moment when driving for pleasure is no moreThey found him in a sort of trance, a happy smile on his face, his eyes still fixed on the dusty wake of their destroyerGlorious, stirring sight! murmured Toad, never offering to move. The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel!And that, to quote the great motoring authority of Toad Hall, is roughly how I feel about the impending death of driving. Continue reading...
  
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• Cycling boom is punctured by surge in internet traffic subscription

  20-05-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A sharp rise in the number of delivery vans feeding Britains internet shopping habit may be forcing cyclists off the road.
  
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• Container shipping lines mired in crisis

  20-05-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Companies led by Maersk grapple with freight rates at record lows amid sluggish growth in global trade
  
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• CalMac vows to do better as it retains £900m ferry deal Subscription

  20-05-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Caledonian MacBrayne has promised to improve lifeline ferry services after retaining a £900 million contract.
  
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• Bus timetables in Northampton were changed because free parking made town centre too busy

  20-05-2016 02:00 via northamptonchron.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A bus company changed its timetables because free car parking was making Northampton town centre too busy.
  
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• BTP acts against trespassers

  20-05-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - British Transport Police has taken action against eight people trespassing to see Flying Scotsman on its Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy-Edinburgh run on May 15.
  
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• Brexit could damage Hitachi expansion at Newton Aycliffe warns MP Phil Wilson

  20-05-2016 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo - Hundreds of jobs at £82m factory could be put in jeopardy if Britain leaves the EU, company bosses have warned.
  
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• Bret could damage Hitachi expansion at Newton Aycliffe warns MP Phil Wilson

  20-05-2016 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo - Hundreds of jobs at £82m factory could be put in jeopardy if Britain leaves the EU, company bosses have warned.
  
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• A1 Western Bypass in Gateshead - how many drivers have been caught by the speed cameras there?

  20-05-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - We have obtained figures showing that thousands of drivers are being caught speeding on the A1 roadworks in Gateshead
  
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