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Doubts are raised over electrifcation plan for Northern rail route
DOUBTS have been raised about the completion date for flagship plans to electrify the trans-Pennine rail route.
Monday, 08 December 2014
Financial Times
- Milan uses telematics to curb traffic jamsInsurer and ‘black box’ maker in combined public transport push
The Guardian
- How GPS and smart card data is used to reduce city transport congestionCalifornia-based Urban Engines have developed a system of data analysis to help spread the flow of traffic in Singapore and Sao Paulo
- Paris mayor announces plans to ban diesel cars from French capital by 2020Anne Hidalgo’s anti-pollution drive could also see pedestrianised zones and only essential vehicles allowed at weekendsThe mayor of Paris on Sunday announced radical plans to ban diesel cars from the French capital by 2020 as part of an anti-pollution drive.Anne Hidalgo also said parts of central Paris would severely curtail private car use by creating semi-pedestrianised zones, beginning with an experiment on weekends which could be “rapidly” extended to include weekdays. Vehicle use inside these zones would be limited to the cars of residents, and emergency and delivery vehicles. Buses, taxi...
The Independent
- Stop building schools, hospitals and care homes near pollution blackspots, say MPs A ban on building schools, hospitals and care homes near air pollution blackspots must be introduced to help cut thousands of deaths connected to the “invisible killer” of traffic fumes, MPs say today.
Mail Online
- How many people does it take to fix a road sign? 22.... And it will take council more than two years Pen-pushers at Somerset County Council have said that they need to consult 22 bodies before they can repair the road sign that has languished in the undergrowth outside the village of Tarnock.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Residents fears over new homes road plan CAMPAIGNERS battling against a proposed housing development are up in arms over an attempt to use a tiny street as an access route.
The Shields Gazette
- Anger over ‘needless’ barriers installed on Jarrow estateANGRY residents say barriers placed on the roadside of a South Tyneside estate are making drivers lives a misery.
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- Farage: is immigration to blame for traffic jams in the UK?Ukip leader Nigel Farage blames high levels of immigration and congestion on the M4 for missing a reception to meet supporters in Port Talbot ahead of the party's first Welsh conference.
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