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Friday, 19 December 2014

BBC News

• City centre to be pedestrianisedParts of Birmingham city centre are to be pedestrianised in a radical rehaul of the city's roads.
• VIDEO: A night on the SOS busThe bus that deals with drunk people on the worst days of the year
• Council to reduce gritter fleetHighland Council is reduce its number of gritters as part of a modernisation of the fleet which will help it save £600,000.
• Bus drivers vote for strike actionLondon bus drivers vote in favour of strike action over pay disparities among the capital's 18 bus companies.

The Scotsman

• 43% of drivers back zero drink drive limitNEARLY half of UK motorists back a “zero tolerance” drink drive limit, according to a poll published today by road safety charity Brake.

The Telegraph

• Low petrol prices could cause Christmas chaos on the roadsThe RAC said plunging fuel prices meant 12 million cars are expected on the roads over Christmas, which could cause disruption

The Mirror

• Petrol price crash will fuel a high street spending spree as it saves drivers £3.3MILLION The average fall at the forecourts from 122.93p a litre to 116.32p from mid November to mid December is one of the largest cuts in 25 years

Birmingham Mail

• Traffic chaos feared as Spaghetti Junction and Paradise Circus road works beginCommuters set for huge disruption as £11.4 million road improvements get underway

Derby Telegraph

• CarolineJones published Christmas traffic 2014: M1 to be among UK's worst-affected roads...JOURNEY times on major roads across the UK will take more than twice as long this Christmas compared to other times of the year, according to forecast data. Transport information provider Inrix said the busiest days for drivers would be Friday, December 19, Tuesday, December 23 and Saturday, December 27. It said there could be up to 20 million cars on the roads throughout the Friday afternoon, as drivers leave work early or set off to spend the festive season away from home. Inrix said...

Yorkshire Post

• Tumble in petrol prices ‘carries warning’PETROL PUMP prices in Yorkshire fell by 6.5p last month as the cost of filling up on fuel across the nation witnessed one of the biggest falls for 25 years.

Other Regional Press

• CitizenNews published Great Christmas getaway could plunge Gloucestershire roads into...It's set to be a perfect storm tomorrow in what is being dubbed the Great Christmas getaway.Travel experts INTIX predict 20million will be hitting the roads on the same day as thousands of workers will be hitting the bars of their respective towns and cities for a pre-Christmas livener.Schools across the county are due to close for the holidays, and a number of factories will begin their festive period shutdown.The Highways Agency will be suspending, or will have completed, almost 400 miles of...
• Work to resurface Watford ring road to begin in the New Year Hertfordshire County Council will plough £500,000 into resurfacing the A411 Exchange Road and Beechen Grove.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Changes to school transport proposed for Northern IrelandA highly anticipated report into government provision of school transport in Northern Ireland has been published by the Department of Education. The Independent Review of Home to School Transport is aimed at cutting the cost of providing transport for Northern Irish schoolchildren, which currently stands at around £100 million per year. The present system provides free transport for all children whose nearest school is over two miles away for primary pupils, or three miles away for secondary pupils. They are eligible regardless of whether they attend their nearest school or not. The ...

Other News Sources

• New link ‘answer to road nightmare’, Blackburn residents told ANGRY residents living near an industrial estate have been told a £3 million link road could end their air quality, noise and road safety nightmare.

EIN News Subscription

• Many drivers want 'zero tolerance' on drink driving, a survey for road safety charity Brake shows … of 1,000 drivers by road safety charity Brake and insurance company … has some of the safest roads in the world, but there … off the top of the European road safety rankings, and without critical progress … after any amount of alcohol.â€� Road Safety Minister Robert Goodwill said: “Britain …