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• Stop stalling on bike plans, Sadiq. Political timidity gets you nowhere

  08-03-2017 09:15
  
  Cycle schemes have stagnated for 10 months, writes the former cycling commissioner. Will new cycling delegate Will Norman get London up to speed?Under its first two mayors, London became important for the whole country as a leader in cycling. But Will Norman, Sadiq Khan’s new walking and cycling commissioner, starts work with the capital’s cyclists in a gloomy mood. Not just because of the deaths of three cyclists – and two pedestrians – in a single week last month, but b
  
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• Yellow taxis 'have lower accident rate than blue ones'

  08-03-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Singapore study suggests colour plays a part in whether vehicles are more prone to road accidents.
  
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• Worlds brightest bicycle light produces 60,000 lumens

  08-03-2017 01:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - We might be tantalisingly close to the start of British Summer Time, but that hasnt stopped one adventurous cyclist from equipping his MTB with the worlds most powerful bicyclelighta giant panel of LEDs producing 60,000 lumens. See the bicycle light in action Ian Laurie was part of the team in 2013 that conquered Mount Ventoux on a Boris The post Worlds brightest bicycle light produces 60,000 lumens appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Woman fined over 600 for taking four minute train ride with no ticket

  08-03-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A train passenger was fined more than 600 after not buying a 1.90 ticket on a four-minute journey.
  
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• Wagons equipped with energy-harvesting smart sensors

  08-03-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - EUROPE: Leasing company VTG is equipping its entire European wagon fleet with Nexiot...
  
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• Vauxhall takeover: Peugeot boss says no plans to shut plants

  08-03-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Carlos Tavares says selling outside Europe and boosting performance will protect future of Vauxhall.
  
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• Ukraine rail blockade creates headache for Kiev

  08-03-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Move to halt trade with separatists could cost country $3.5bn and up to 75,000 jobs
  
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• TfL scraps standing only escalators - despite trial being deemed a 'success'

  08-03-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Transport for London has scrapped its controversial standing-only escalators scheme after a six-month pilot that sparked a commuter revolt and acheived only "mixed" results.
  
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• Strike date announced on York-Harrogate rail line

  08-03-2017 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -YORK and Harrogate rail commuters are facing travel disruption next Monday because of a 24-hour strike by members of the RMT union.
  
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• RAF jets escort plane to Birmingham airport

  08-03-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The civilian aircraft had lost communications while in UK airspace, the Ministry of Defence says.
  
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• Nissan and Hitachi warnings spark plea for assurances to protect North East jobs

  08-03-2017 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -Concern about the impact of Brexit on Nissan and Hitachi was on the agenda at Westminster meeting with Business Secretary Greg Clark
  
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• List of train cancellations to London Liverpool Street from Stansted Airport and Cambridge

  08-03-2017 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - More than a dozen train services between London and Stansted Airport and Cambridge have been cancelled this morning.
  
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• KBRS to revamp ScotRail's Class-320 trains

  08-03-2017 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - German company Knorr-Bremse RailServices (KBRS) has secured a contract from leasing company Eversholt Rail to refurbish 22 Class-320 trains operated by ScotRail.
  
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• John McDonnell: No need for trade-off between care and HS2

  08-03-2017 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - Labours shadow chancellor John McDonnell has argued that now is not the time for further austerity, as he insists the country can afford to look after its elderly and invest in crucial transport schemes.
  
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• IAG to announce details of foray into low-cost, long-haul market

  08-03-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- International Airlines Group (IAG) expects to formally announce details of its new low-cost, long-haul operations out of Barcelonas El Prat Airport imminently.read more
  
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• HS3 ambitions may side-track Crossrail 2 plans in Spring Budget

  08-03-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Plans for Londonmp;rsquo;s Crossrail 2 network may be at risk of being eclipsed by ambitions from northern cities for the east-west HS3 link, senior MPs from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of London have today warned. It is anticipated that progress being made with Crossrail 2 could be...
  
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• Hit Rail and AlmavivA to offer new IT systems for European railways

  08-03-2017 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -Dutch company Hit Rail and Italian ICT services provider AlmavivA have agreed to collaborate to develop new interoperability solutions for the railway industry in Europe.
  
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• Greater Anglia's first refurbished Class 170 to re-enter service

  08-03-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The first of Greater Angliamp;rsquo;s (GA) refurbished Class 170 trains is to re-enter passenger service in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Arriva Traincare undertook the upgrade project at its Crewe facility under contract to Porterbrook Leasing, who are investing mp;pound;5m into upgrading...
  
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• Greater Anglia deploys battery vacuum cleaners

  08-03-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: Back-pack battery powered vacuum cleaners supplied by Makita are being used by passenger...
  
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• FIRST PICTURE: Completed Mk 5A bodyshell for TransPennine Express

  08-03-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - First image of first completed boyshell of new Mk 5A locomotive hauled stock released by TransPennine Express
  
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• DHL expands green urban delivery with City Hub for cargo bicycles

  08-03-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - DHL Express is piloting a new City Hub concept that will enable increased use of cargo bicycles for inner-city deliveries. The City Hub is a customised trailer which can carry up to four containers for the DHL Cubicycle, a customised cargo bicycle which can carry a container with a load of up to 125 kg (one cubic meter in volume). A DHL van delivers the trailer into the city center, where the containers can be quickly loaded on to two Cubicyles fo
  
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• Could a Swansea Parkway rail station create a new age of the train in south west Wales?

  08-03-2017 01:00 via southwales-eveningpost.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A new Swansea Parkway rail station could unlock the "vast, untapped potential" of the region, Gower's MP has said.
  
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• Container shipping: volatility, uncertainty and disruption

  08-03-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Customers have got the price rises they asked for but stability may not last
  
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• Caerphilly street is 'most polluted' in UK outside London

  08-03-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A road in Caerphilly county is the most polluted street in the UK outside London, a health agency says.
  
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• British Airways to cut legroom on some short-haul flights

  08-03-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Extra seats will be added on some A320 and A321 aircraft from next year
  
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• Boeing rolls out first 737 MAX 9

  08-03-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Boeing rolled out the first 737 MAX 9, the second variant of the re-engined 737, at its Renton, Washington facility March 7.read more
  
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• Berlin Brandenburg airport replaces top management

  08-03-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) has appointed Engelbert Ltke Daldrup as its new CEO, replacing Karsten Mhlenfeld, effective immediately. read more
  
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• ADA receives first metro trainset from Alstom

  08-03-2017 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine -Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) in Saudi Arabia has received the first of the 69 metro trainsets for Riyadh from Alstom.
  
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• 1,400 rail users have contacted police text service since launch in 2013

  08-03-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A text number which rail passengers can use to report non-emergency incidents has received 1,400 messages in Scotland since it was launched, police chiefs have said.
  
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