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Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Financial Times

• London’s $8.5bn traffic jamDamage to economy, particularly in London, rising faster than in France, US and Germany

The Guardian

• BlaBlaCar: the car-sharing website that gets you to Paris for under £33Drivers arent allowed to profit from BlaBlaCar, which has really taken off in Europe. Colourful characters thrown in for freeBy the time we arrive in Paris, it is nearly midnight. Alain rolls open the sliding door of his enormous yellow van, Amanda and I stumble out and the three of us fling our arms around each other amid promises of imminent reunion. Amanda burrows into her rucksack and fishes out a pair of novelty Bob Marley socks. These she presents, quite solemnly, to Alain, who is visibly moved. We part, laughing sadly like old friends.Only were not old friends. We met for the first time...

Mail Online

• Heart risk for the women who live near busy roads: Air pollution increases chance of dying by up to 38%  A new study examining the impact of roadway proximity to the risk of a sudden heart attack found that living near a major road had as much of an effect as smoking, diet and obesity.

Other Regional Press

• 77% drop in motorists ignoring new bus gateTHE number of motorists illegally driving through a controversial bus gate has fallen by almost 77% since its introduction.