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• Want to be a safer driver? The technology and psychology that can help

  16-06-2017 10:43
  
  More than 1 million people worldwide are killed on roads each year. Psychologists are working on ways to nudge drivers towards being saferImagine a world inhabited by rational people, motivated to serve the common good, whose perceptions stay the same and whose decisions are logical. The reality, of course is that people are guided by emotions, beliefs and biased perceptions. These human characteristics result in major social problems such as obesity, debt, climate change and more than 1.2 milli
  
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• United expands executive leadership roles

  16-06-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- United Airlines has expanded the roles for three members of its executive leadership team as the Chicago-based company continues to elevate customer experience and to address operational performance.read more
  
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• TSA to trial computed tomography scanners at airport checkpoints

  16-06-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be trialing computed tomography (CT) scanning technology this month at two airport checkpoint lanes, one in Phoenix and another in Boston.read more
  
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• Transport Minister comments on Network Rail appearance at Rural Economy Committee.

  16-06-2017 02:00 via wired-gov.net
  
  Other News Sources - Humza Yousaf, Minister for Transport and the Islands said:Network Rail has confirmed that full energisation will enable the first electric passenger services on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk High line to run from October 2017. This has inevitably resulted in a knock on impact on the testing, approvals and driver training programme for the new ScotRail Class 385 trains.
  
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• Transport for the Norths Chief Executive steps down

  16-06-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Transport for the North (TfN) has announced that Chief Executive David Brown will be leaving the organisation in September to take up a new post as Managing Director of Arriva Rail North Ltd which operates the Northern rail franchise.
  
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• Train complaints: is it time for a rail ombudsman?

  16-06-2017 02:00 via conversation.which.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Complaints about rail services have risen once again, according to latest data from the rail regulator. Punctuality and reliability of services were the most common complaint made by passengers. So how can we get trains on track?
  
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• TfN boss to take charge of Northern Rail

  16-06-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Transport for North's chief executive David Brown will leave the organisation to join Arriva Rail North as its managing director in September, it has today been announced. Moremp;nbsp;to follow...mp;nbsp;
  
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• Southern rail: RMT demands immediate publication of Gibb report

  16-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Department for Transport says report on Southern rail franchise will be published
  
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• Shaun Ryder voices trams in Manchester for BBC Music Day

  16-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Commuters and 24 Hour Party People are being welcomed onto trams by Shaun Ryder for BBC Music Day.
  
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• Scotland hits its greenhouse gas target - but emissions increasing

  16-06-2017 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - MINISTERS have been urged to widen their efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland despite hitting climate change targets.
  
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• Rail link still key, says MP Cat

  16-06-2017 02:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Fleetwoods re-elected MP Cat Smith has vowed to keep the return of the towns rail link high on the agenda after retaining her seat in the General Election.
  
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• Rail a growth industry and UKs economic backbone

  16-06-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - RDG Chairman calls rail the economic backbone of the country, and that in uncertain times rail has the power to create secure jobs.
  
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• Pedal-ins and car burials: what happened to America's forgotten 1970s cycle boom?

  16-06-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Bicycle madness once saw US bike sales outstrip cars, and spawned ambitious plans for 100,000 miles of cycle paths. Then the music stoppedThe bicycles biggest wave of popularity in its 154-year history, gushed Time magazine in 1970 at the start of Americas five-year love affair with the bike. Some 64 million fellow travellers are taking regularly to bikes these days, more than ever before, the report continued, and more than ever they are convinced that two wheels are better than
  
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• New station arrives for Britains oldest electric railway

  16-06-2017 02:00 via brightonandhovenews.org
  
  Other Regional Press - The new station for Volks Railway on Brighton seafront was due to be lowered into place by crane today but wind delayed the move.
  
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• New M6 Toll owner urged to help keep the West Midlands moving

  16-06-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -New ownership of pay-as-you-go motorway offers chance for better deal for local commuters
  
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• New cycle superhighway 'will block' major Birmingham junction

  16-06-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Councillors worried that plans to restrict turning off busy A38 will clog up neighbouring residential streets
  
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• More than 100 students left without school transport in Monmouthshire

  16-06-2017 02:00 via freepressseries.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - MORE than 100 students were left stranded when a major school transport provider stopped trading.
  
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• More Class 387s as GWR steps up electrics to Didcot

  16-06-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - GWR's electric fleet will increase to 88 vehicles (22 trains) in early July.
  
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• M6 Toll sold to Australian investors

  16-06-2017 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -IFM which co-owns Manchester Airport and Anglian Water is behind the deal to keep the toll motorway in private hands
  
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• M6 Toll is sold to investment group IFM

  16-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The loss-making road was put up for sale for nearly 2bn last year.
  
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• Heathrow delays: BA and American Airlines passengers told they may have to travel without luggage

  16-06-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Passengers today faced chaos at Heathrow Airport as they were warned they may need to travel without their bags after a system failure.
  
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• EasyJet confirms interest in Alitalia

  16-06-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- UK low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet has confirmed it is among the parties that have expressed an interest in troubled Italian flag carrier Alitalia, which is separately facing strike disruption June 17.read more
  
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• David Brown steps down as boss of Transport for the North to lead Northern Rail

  16-06-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Mr Brown will take up the role of managing director of Arriva Rail North which runs the Northern Rail franchise
  
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• CILT launch 'Driving the Future' in partnership with ITN Productions

  16-06-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - CILT and ITN Productions have launched Driving the Future, a news and current-affairs style programme that explores ideas, challenges perceptions and provides a professional voice to demonstrate how the work within and around the supply chain directly impacts people, society, the environment, business profitability and economic growth. Fronted by national newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky, the programme looks at examples of best practice and showcases
  
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• Chinas bike-sharing start-up Mobike raises $600m

  16-06-2017 02:00 via ft.com
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• British Airways technology chaos will cost 80m

  16-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Willie Walsh, chief executive of BA's owner, apologises again for a
  
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• British Airways owner flags 80m hit from IT failure

  16-06-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - British Airways owner International Airlines Group (IAG) has said a major IT failure that caused travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers last month will cost the company in the order of £80 million.
  
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• British Airways computer failure will cost 80million

  16-06-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Willie Walsh, the chief executive of International Airlines Group, gave the estimate during the airline giant's annual general meeting. During the event, the company also apologised to customers.
  
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• Borders Railway's pulling power flagged up by report

  16-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A report says the line between Tweedbank and Edinburgh is attracting new workers, homeowners and tourists.
  
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• Bombardier pay dispute ends as workers accept new deal

  16-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A long-running pay dispute is over at Bombardier, one of Northern Ireland's biggest employers
  
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• BA faces 80m cost for IT failure that stranded 75,000 passengers

  16-06-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - New apology comes as thousands of passengers fly without checked-in bags from Heathrow
  
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• Andy Burnham says he will 'lead by example and use public transport at least once a week

  16-06-2017 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Greater Manchester's mayor made the pledge during the UKs first Clean Air Day but said he won't 'punish' the public by hiking parking fees
  
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• Alastair Dalton: Scotlands new rail chief relishing the challenge

  16-06-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - The new man at the helm of the ScotRail Alliance made his first public appearance this week - with no half measures....
  
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• Adonis urges supply chain to 'not be distracted by headlines' and push on with HS2

  16-06-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The peer leading the National Infrastructure Commission has this week pushed the industry to press on with major projects like HS2 and not be mp;ldquo;distracted by headlinesmp;rdquo;. Speaking at the National Infrastructure Forum, Lord Adonis, chairman of the Commission, highlighted the need for...
  
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