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• Elon Musk: Tesla electric lorry to be unveiled in late October

  14-09-2017 13:39
  Electric Semi truck will be ‘tentatively’ ready for first test rides and is ‘worth seeing in person’, but can batteries and self-driving trucks really replace diesels?Tesla is set to launch its first electric lorry, which is expected to be able to drive itself, in late October as the company attempts to break into the commercial market.Chief executive Elon Musk said that the “Tesla Semi truck” is “tentatively scheduled” for unveiling and first test
  
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• Farewell, competitive commuting: TfL paints zones where tube doors open

  14-09-2017 02:19
  Transport for London trials green paint to indicate where to board in bid to ease congestion – but has provoked the ire of some combative passengers Seasoned London Underground commuters have complained green platform markings indicating where carriage doors will open have ruined their “competitive advantage” at being first on trains. The trial on the Victoria line at Kings Cross station is designed to reduce congestion by encouraging people to avoid green areas on the platform
  
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• Winter is coming the solar-powered cycling jacket that glows in the dark

  14-09-2017 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  Green Miscellany - At £270, the Solar-Charged Jacket by Vollebak is expensive, but what it claims to be able to do is amazing; the jacket stores sunlight to glow in the dark. With just two hours charge it can still be glowing up to 12 hours later. And even on cloudy days, daylight is bright enough to charge it up.At 230g the jacket The post Winter is comingthe solar-powered cycling jacket that glows in the dark appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Windsor project could create M25 rail route

  14-09-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk - PLANS have been published for a new railway connecting the Great Western Main Line with Heathrow Airport and London Waterloo via Windsor, which could be a link creating a future M25 rail route encircling Greater London.
  
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• Why Commonwealth Games could get trains and tram lines open early

  14-09-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - If bid is successful West Midlands Mayor Andy Street says Camp Hill Chords and other projects need to be finished by start of 2022 Commonwealth Games
  
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• Watford Junction redevelopment high on the agenda at Network Rail meeting

  14-09-2017 02:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Watford MP Richard Harrington met with the chairman of Network Rail this week to discuss the redevelopment of Watford Junction station.
  
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• Using your car inside your home

  14-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Will we want to use cars inside our homes in future? Engineers at the French manufacturer Renault think we may.
  
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• Transport policy will give cities power over automakers

  14-09-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Local authorities will have a big say over who will produce tomorrows cars
  
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• Tram-train: where did we go wrong?

  14-09-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Andrew Braddock, chairman of the Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA), argues against the not invented here syndrome that has kept the UK from implementing a tram-train scheme quickly and successfully.
  
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• Train catches fire causing 'significant disruption' to commuters

  14-09-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• The bicycle umbrella it actually exists

  14-09-2017 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  Green Miscellany - Like a bicycle, the umbrella is a design of such beautiful simplicity that it no longer needs to evolve, but that doesnt stop people trying to make improvements. For more than three millenniapeople have protected themselves against rain with umbrellas, but its only recently that some have suggested they should be adapted for use by cyclists. Following the launch a The post The bicycle umbrellait actually exists appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Thameslink completes significant signal testing

  14-09-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Martin Chatfield, project director for high capacity infrastructure on Thameslink, gives RTM an update on the project's signalling works and testing.
  
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• Tesla plans to reveal electric lorry in October

  14-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Elon Musk's electric automaker is expanding beyond cars to commercial vehicles.
  
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• Schoolboy, 11, 'left on Usk bus stop' for not having pass

  14-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The boy's mother says she is
  
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• Record breaking summer figures for Eurotunnel

  14-09-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -(Image Source: Travel Weekly) In August 2017, Le Shuttle Freight transported 127,729 trucks, an increase of 1 compared to the month of August 2016, setting a new historic record for a month of August. Since 1 January 2017, Le Shuttle Freight has transported more than 1,080,000 trucks. Passenger vehicle traffic increased by 3 compared to the month of August 2016, with 361,902 vehicles transported, closing a Summer 2017 during which Eurotunnel set ne
  
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• Rail whistleblower taken to court over video release

  14-09-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - A whistleblower who raised serious concerns about passenger safety on the rail network in Kent has been taken to court by his former bosses at Southeastern Railways, for releasing a video of a traveller who fell between a train and the platform.
  
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• RAIL HERITAGE: the unique buildings at York Central that define city's railway past

  14-09-2017 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press -Consultation over access to the huge York Central site behind York Railway Station ends today. Once a decision is made over the route of any access road, attention will turn to drawing up a masterplan for the site. But conservationists are keen that in the rush to develop York Central, the important railway heritage to be found there should not be forgotten. STEPHEN LEWIS reports
  
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• Plane catches fire as man's journey from London to Athens turns into 33-hour odyssey

  14-09-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A tourist whose flight from London to Athens turned into a 33-hour odyssey involving four British Airways planes, one of which caught fire, says he will never fly with the airline again.
  
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• Pilot shows how WiFi data can improve Tube journeys

  14-09-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -(Image Source: Rail Business Daily) Tube journeys could be improved through TfL harnessing WiFi data to make more information available to customers as they move around London, new research has shown. The four-week TfL pilot, which ran between November and December last year, studied how depersonalised WiFi connection data from customers' mobile devices could be used to better understand how people navigate the London Underground network, allowing
  
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• Petition launched by woman saved from 'creep' by Merseyrail guard soars towards target in just one week

  14-09-2017 02:00 via chesterchronicle.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Ellie Ward, from Ellesmere Port, started a campaign to fight plans to 'get rid of the train guards'
  
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• Parliamentary enquiries to be held over Swansea Bay lagoon and rail electrification decisions

  14-09-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - The Welsh Affairs Select Committee will also examine Brexit's impact on jobs in Wales
  
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• On our bikes - on Cycle to Work Day

  14-09-2017 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  Peterborough Telegraph - Today, Wednesday September 13, is Cycle to Work Day, which encourages adults across the UK to get on their bike and give cycle commuting a go for one day.
  
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• Norwich South MP Clive Lewis hits out at Greater Anglia over rail strike

  14-09-2017 02:00 via eveningnews24.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - MP Clive Lewis has launched a savage attack on train bosses claiming any changes to staff roles would be about extracting yet more shareholder profit at our expense.
  
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• North Wales MP could have flown to Brazil in time it took to travel to London by road

  14-09-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Delyn MP David Hanson says journey to Westminster was worst he has experienced in 25 years after 'everything that could go wrong did'
  
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• No due diligence done on BTP-Police Scotland integration plan

  14-09-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - No due diligence has been carried out on controversial plans to integrate British Transport Police into Police Scotland, it has emerged.
  
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• New 'real world' diesel tests fail to prevent rush hour pollution peak

  14-09-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Exclusive: new tests are intended to close loopholes but cars can still emit excess fumes in slow traffic, data showsNew real world emissions tests fail to prevent high levels of pollution from diesel cars during rush hour, according to new data.Diesel vehicles are the main cause of the UKs widespread levels of illegal air pollution, with the VW cheating scandal exposing the fact that virtually all diesel cars emitted far more toxic fumes than in official laboratory based tests. S
  
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• Network Rail passengers keep retailers on track in London

  14-09-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Retailers in Network Rail stations cashed in on a substantial sales rise this spring as 64m passengers visited shopping outlets over the period.
  
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• Life-size mock-up carriage is helping Bombardier get up to speed

  14-09-2017 02:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - The Derby train maker is to build 111 new trains for Greater Anglia in a contract worth £900m
  
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• Lack of communication main reason key Leeds transport projects failed

  14-09-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - A lack of communication with vital partners and the public was a key reason for the failure of Leeds New Generation Transport and Supertram projects, a report has this week revealed.
  
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• India train derailments highlight dire state of network

  14-09-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Country looks to shunt colonial-era rail system into the 21st century
  
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• How London's taxis could go electric

  14-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Theo Leggett takes a look at an electric taxi that its makers say could play a big role in cleaning up public transport.
  
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• Hardened London commuters upset over green Tube markings

  14-09-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Commuters on the London Underground say green markings at Kings Cross station show 'the best places to stand to board trains' meaning their years of experience count for nothing.
  
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• Green zones reveal secrets of seasoned London Underground travellers Subscription

  14-09-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - It is one of the tricks of the London Underground: knowing where to stand on the platform to be first on the train.
  
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• Ford has been carrying out important driverless trials with a person actually disguised as a car seat

  14-09-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Ford has found a rather unusual way to test out how driverless cars communicate with people, and how the average passerby reacts to a vehicle with nobody at the wheel.
  
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• Emissions stickers for driving in France

  14-09-2017 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  Green Miscellany - All cars travelling in the cities of Paris, Lyon or Grenobles are now required to carry anti-pollution stickers which indicate the age and environmental classification of the vehicle. The round stickers correspond to six different vehicle classes defined according to air pollutant emissions. In certain French cities the correct sticker must bedisplayed by everyroad vehicle, including all cars, motorcycles, commercial The post Emissions stickers for driving in France appeared f
  
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• Edinburgh trams inquiry: Awkward questions blocked by firm

  14-09-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - A council official who asked difficult or awkward questions of senior staff running the citys trams project was asked not to attend future meetings, the inquiry heard yesterday.
  
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• EasyJet lets passengers book partner flights

  14-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The UK airline is to let customers use its website to book long-haul flights with other carriers.
  
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• EasyJet launches new booking platform for connecting flights

  14-09-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- UK-based LCC easyJet will enable passengers to connect with partner airlines through a new booking platform. read more
  
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• EasyJet launches long-haul plan to connect airlines

  14-09-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Low-cost carrier teams up with Norwegian and WestJet to combine passenger tickets
  
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• Drivers hit with largest weekly fuel price increase since January

  14-09-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -This has left pump prices at a four-month high
  
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• Drivers fined nearly £10m for not having a valid MOT

  14-09-2017 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -DRIVERS in West Yorkshire have paid out almost £10 million in fines since 2012 for not having a valid MOT certificate, new figures have revealed.
  
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• Driven to despair the hidden costs of the gig economy

  14-09-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Signing up with the likes of Uber or Deliveroo offers flexibility, but the isolation and stress can take their toll
  
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• Digital railway: new supply chain relationships

  14-09-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Stuart Calvert, head of the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) initiative at the Digital Railway Programme, outlines the companys latest developments and explains the importance of creating a new relationship with the supply chain.
  
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• Did Plymouth have a Pyramidical railway?

  14-09-2017 02:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  Plymouth Herald - This little bundle of papers looks pretty insignificant, but tucked in its pages there is some information about an unusual railway systemthe Pyramidical or Serpentine railway, writes Debbie Watson
  
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• Crossrail 2 delays could cost £18bn if Crossrail mistakes are repeated, warn London business leaders

  14-09-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - London business leaders will warn today about the risk of losing a "decade to indecision and delay" that could cost up to £18bn if a firm commitment is not made to Crossrail 2.
  
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• Court battle 'inevitable' over TfL decision on Uber licence

  14-09-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A battle between Uber and black taxis over the app-based giant's licence to operate in London is heading for the courts, it emerged today.
  
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• County will bid for £280m of major transport improvements

  14-09-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - THE county will bid for more than £280m of transport improvements to the north and west of the city, including the long-awaited dualling of the A40, to deal with proposed housing growth.
  
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• Committee says council should "get on" with building new bus station

  14-09-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -A meeting of Cardiff council's joint scrutiny committee said there was no need to send the decision back to cabinet for review
  
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• CHAMBER SUPPORTS A 'CROSSRAIL FOR THE NORTH'

  14-09-2017 02:00 via bqlive.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on the government to seriously explore the construction of the so-called 'Crossrail for the North' rail line.
  
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• Cardiff bus station student flats plan unchanged

  14-09-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The city's transport hub plans will not be changed despite concerns about a lack of office space.
  
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