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Saturday, 07 April 2018

BBC News

• How the internet is clogging up city streetsTraffic in New York is slowing down. Jams are endemic in Manhattan, especially in its business districts. Daytime traffic in the busiest areas now moves almost 20% more slowly than it did five years ago.

Financial Times

• Humans wanted for self-driving cars as hazards riseFatalities highlight false sense of security and boredom risks for trainers
• Russian ride-hailing app returns to take on Uber in LondonWheely looks to raise $20m, five years after failing to dislodge Addison Lee

The Guardian

• What's life like for a female easyJet pilot?Marnie Munns, one of very few female captains, is working with young women to change perceptions

The Independent

• London Euston: Third fire in a year closes West Coast main lineTens of thousands of Friday evening rail travellers faced delays of several hours following a complete shutdown of trains serving London Euston.

Times Online

• Mock terror attack turns rail awards into a train wreck [Subscription]Prizewinning rail companies have sent back their awards in protest at a ceremony that presented a mock terrorist attack as entertainment. The organisers of the UK Rail Industry Awards have issued an apology after staging spoof killings as a joke, in a year when rail staff have been at the forefront of saving terrorism victims and recovering bodies.

City AM

• Space tourism is "tantalisingly close" for Sir Richard Branson after Virgin Galactic's successful supersonic rocket-powered flightSir Richard Branson has said space is "tantalisingly close" for the entrepreneur, after Virgin Galactic's successful test of its new space tourism rocket yesterday.
• Uber appoints former Acromas travel head and YouGov chairman as non-executive directors in board shakeupUber has appointed former travel head of Acromas Susan Hooper and media entrepreneur Roger Parry as non-executive directors to its UK boards.

London Evening Standard

• TfL Tube strike April 2018: Londoners braced for 24-hour walkout in dispute over driverTube passengers are facing the prospect of major disruption as a strike hits part of the Underground network next week.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Train times from Nottingham to London to get slower under new timetable plansNottingham City Council is to seek an early meeting with Mr Grayling following confirmation of the plans

Other Regional Press

• Passenger numbers increase on Conwy Valley lineThe popularity of Conwy Valley train services has increased according to Welsh Government statistics.
• BATTLE: Residents raise funds in fight with Network Rail TRACKSIDE residents have raised £8,000 to obtain ‘crucial’ noise data to guard against what they call Network Rail’s ‘dirty tricks’ and fight for more protection ahead of the arrival of more trains next year.
• Virgin could build a 200mph train-line in HampshireA HIGH speed train-line which can reach speeds of 200mph could be operating in Hampshire in as little as five years, a county councillor has revealed.
• Cash boost for ScotRail's smartcard customersLoyal ScotRail customers are set to bank £89 each as part of a £1million reward fund.
• "It's a monstrosity": Railway bridge plans move forward - despite residents' anger An unpopular multi-million pound project to build a ramped pedestrian railway bridge at Wareham is continuing to move forward.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• New independent appeals process to protect passengers issued with penalty fares New rules coming into force today (6 April 2018) will offer a greater level of protection for rail passengers issued with a penalty fare, where they make an honest mistake, Rail Minister Jo Johnson has announced. Fare dodgers will continue to receive tough penalties, but those with a genuine reason for not having a valid ticket will now be able to challenge a penalty with an independent committee, not connected to the rail companies. Once an appeal is received, the clock will stop on the 21 day deadline for the payment of a penalty fare, until the outcome is resolved. The process will also...

Transportxtra

• Approving a third runway at Heathrow is the was option. But it would also be wrongGiven how long the debate about Heathrow expansion has worn on, it may be tempting for politicians to think “let’s just get on with it”.
• Approving a third runway at Heathrow is the was option. But it would also be wrongGiven how long the debate about Heathrow expansion has worn on, it may be tempting for politicians to think “let’s just get on with it”.

Aviation Industry

• Chicago O'Hare's terminal expansion debt to drive up airline costs Chicago O’Hare International Airport’s (ORD) $8.4 billion terminal modernization program will bring much-needed improvements and expansion to the busy airport, but the overhaul will come at a significant day-to-day cost, Moody's Investors Service warned.
• American orders 47 787s, cancels A350 orderAmerican Airlines announced April 6 it is ordering 47 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and canceling its order for 22 Airbus A350s. The oneworld airline is also deferring delivery of 40 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbodies. read more

Other News Sources

• In pictures: VSS Unity takes supersonic flight towards space tourismVirgin Galactic’s ambition to launch tourists into space has moved forward with the first supersonic flight of VSS Unity, a reusable spaceplane built by The Spaceship Company. The flight, which took place in California on April 5, 2018, starts the final phase of Unity’s flight test program before the vehicle is delivered Virgin Galactic for […] The post In pictures: VSS Unity takes supersonic flight towards space tourism appeared first on The Engineer.
• East-West Pennines link to be top priorityIMPROVING the Central Pennines Corridor from East Lancashire to West Yorkshire will be a key priority of the new Transport for the North agency set up this week.
• Tenby station rail cops will cut crimeTENBY railway station is to have police community support officers as part of a Welsh Government-funded pilot scheme which aims to cut crime on the rail network.