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  • The Guardian view on expanding Heathrow: just say no | EditorialThe debate about where to build extra airport capacity has been a giant distraction. The climate demands drawing a line under aviation’s growthBritain finally confronted the point of a decision on a difficult question that it had ducked for far too long. Or, at least, that is how the Airports Commission presented its endorsement of an extra runway at Heathrow. The airwaves reverberated with the voices of the sort of men who never shrug off a boyhood Airfix fixation, arguing with burning intensity about whether the precise spec and coordinates of the Heathrow proposal, and its Gatwick rival, ha...
  • Heathrow expansion risks deepening London's air pollution crisisA third runway could throw air quality standards and UK climate targets to the wind The UK government's Airports Commission has recommended that a new runway at Heathrow should go ahead, but only with a legally binding commitment to control air and noise pollution.If the government decides to act on Howard Davies' recommendation (and doing so would be a political minefield) Londoners will be forgiven for treating any air quality guarantees with a heavy pinch of salt. Continue reading...
  • This Heathrow report got Cameron off the hook. But it won’t be the last word | Simon JenkinsHoward Davies thinks a trickle-down effect from the airport will benefit the whole country. This clearly cannot beGovernment inquiries are Britain’s bullfights. They are expensive, ritualised, interminable and the cause of lavish corporate expenditure. They all have the same ending: a man in a suit pirouetting over a pile of bleeding meat.The bleeding meat of Wednesday’s Davies report is London’s environment, apparently in need of yet more air, noise and traffic pollution at levels that should be unthinkable within the built-up area of a 21st-century metropolis. Continue reading...
  • Are we on the brink of an electric car revolution?Electric car sales have fallen far short of predictions, but the global push to cut carbon emissions and improved techology could see them poised to hit the mainstream, says Renault-Nissan’s head, Carlos GhosnCarlos Ghosn, the fast-talking head of the Renault-Nissan alliance, is not keen to be drawn on targets for electric car sales. A 2011 prediction of 1.5m Renault-Nissan electric vehicles by 2016 turned out to be wildly optimistic. The group just passed the 250,000 mark.Ghosn was not alone. President Barack Obama predicted 1m electric cars in the US by 2015: in January the total was 280,000...
  • Cameron warned of Commons defeat if he fails to back Heathrow expansionSir Howard Davies’s independent airports commission report makes strong recommendation for third runway at HeathrowTory grandees are warning David Cameron that he will face a heavy parliamentary defeat if he fails to back a third runway at Heathrow airport, in line with the morning’s recommendation by Sir Howard Davies’s independent airports commission.The prime minister and the Tory chief whip, Mark Harper, have been told that the pro-Heathrow contingent in parliament – comprising a sizeable number of Tories, the Labour party, the SNP and the DUP – has a clear Commons majority. Continue readi...

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  • ScotRail to cut Sunday train timetablesSCOTRAIL bosses are reducing the number of trains that will run on Sundays because of a shortage of available drivers. The train operator is to publish a new reduced timetable for Sundays which will come into force from this weekend.

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  • Heatwave causes delays on East Coast Main LineOn the hottest day of the year train passengers on the East Coast Main Line have expressed their frustration at delays, after speed restrictions were imposed because of the risk of tracks buckling.

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  • London's first double-decker electric-only bus plannedA double-decker London bus powered solely by electricity will be tested in October, Boris Johnson has said.
  • London buses to test automatic speed-limiting technologyNew technology that can limit the top speed of buses on different roads will be tested on two routes in the capital in a bid to increase road safety. The Intelligent Speed Application (ISA) uses GPS technology installed on buses. It tracks the vehicles' positions on a digital map showing the speed limit for the roads they are travelling on and restricts their engines accordingly. More than 1,800 people have been killed or badly hurt by London buses over a five-year period. Road hazards Transport for London (TfL) said ISA would come into force on 47 London buses from next month. It said the...
  • Stagecoach expansion yields profit boost, despite falling US revenuesThe train, coach and bus operator Stagecoach has cashed in on growing demand for public transport, despite huge falls in oil prices – and expects the recently won East Coast mainline to generate significant profits. UK rail operations for the company behind one half of the West Coast rail franchise, jumped 8.7 per cent in the year to end of April – the most impressive rise across its business portfolio. Stagecoach did suffer, though, in its North American division, where the plunging oil prices had a bigger impact on pushing gas-guzzling citizens back into their cars. Its chief ...
  • Oyster Card-style ticket machines arriving on Greater Manchester busesTransport chiefs are to spend £1m installing ‘smart-ticket’ machines on up to 1,000 buses - which will make it easier for passengers who also use trams and trains. Companies are being asked by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) to bid for a contract to fit the card-based machines in vehicles owned by around 30 small-to-medium sized bus operators. Up to 1,000 electronic ticket machines could be installed as part of the five-year £1m contract. TfGM bosses want smaller operators equipped for a ticketing system, which will work across various modes of public tanspor...
  • Yusen Logistics upgrades Heathrow air freight capabilityYusen logistics is invested in relocating and upgrading its key UK air freight gateway at Heathrow as a result of the continued expansion of its UK air freight operations. The NYK group’s freight forwarding and logistics subsidiary said the new facility was now fully operational and provided “fully integrated, ultra-high security warehousing space with temperature controlled processing capability”. It said the facility fulfilled the stringent requirements for food and pharmaceuticals – both rapidly growing parts of Yusen Logistics’ business. It said the facility...
  • Logistics academy to be opened in LiverpoolOne of the largest logistics training schools in the country has opened its doors in Liverpool. The City of Liverpool College has launched the academy working with key partners including international training firm Transline Group. The academy will also work with key employers including Stobarts, Royal Mail and B&M. The new academy will provide apprenticeships and professional qualifications and training which will help students get the skills they need to pursue a career in the industry or upskill those currently working in logistics. The College’s existing logistics provision enjo...
  • New shipping minister hails ‘innovative’ Port of TyneThe Government’s new shipping supremo has made South Tyneside his first port of call. Ports and Shipping Minister, Robert Goodwill MP, paid his first official visit to the UK port by dropping in at the Port of Tyne, in South Shields, on Thursday. While on a tour of the 600 acre estate, the Minister learned about developments at the port, such as the rapid progress that is being made on a £25 million investment project The Port is currently investing in the construction and refurbishment of 329 metres of quays, which comprises a 125 metre extension to the existing Riverside Quay ...
  • New cruise terminal and riverside berth confirmed for Hull portA cruise terminal and riverside berth have been confirmed as part of plans to transform Hull, the city council has said. Cabinet members approved a decision to find a private sector developer for the project. The new terminal and riverside berth
  • CILT welcomes the airports commission’s final reportLeading logistics and transport professional body, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), has responded to the publication of today’s Airports Commission’s final report. The Commission has recommended the Heathrow North West Runway option, which was also preferred by the CILT, primarily on transport and logistics considerations. CILT therefore reminds the Government that its preference was based upon strict conditions to be laid down to guarantee that the environmental impact of this option is minimised.  The Commission's recommendations go a long way tow...
  • Wincanton wins national contract with HalfordsHalfords, the UK’s leading retailer of automotive and cycling products, has appointed Wincanton as sole operator of its national transport contract. The contract will go live this summer and will see Wincanton operate more than 80 vehicles as it oversees the distribution of the retailer’s goods from its flagship operational base in Coventry, as well as sites in Redditch, Bury, Mossend, Portbury and Greenford. Halfords awarded the contract to Wincanton after working together to establish improved ways of working. During this period Wincanton also demonstrated its expertise in chan...

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  • Heathrow plan involves rail upgrades, but no HS2 spur The Airports Commission has supported proposals to build a third runway at Heathrow, in the face of rigorous opposition from environmental groups and politicians, including Boris Johnson. The Commission envisages direct railway connections from the west and south but rules out a spur from HS2 at Old Oak Common, saying there is no robust business case and that such a link would be
  • Majority vote for RMT strike at First Great Western Four out of five RMT members on First Great Western have voted in favour of a strike in protest at what the union says is a lack of 'very basic assurances' about the new Intercity Express Trains, which are being manufactured by Hitachi. The RMT is now considering its next move.

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