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Friday, 22 May 2015

The Herald

• Motorists in Scotland face fines for pavement parking under proposed law changeMOTORISTS will be fined for parking on pavements if proposals which would hand pedestrians legal rights to footpaths are approved.

The Telegraph

• Motorway speeders caught by stealthAA president Edmund King blamed the jump on a new generation of smaller digital cameras painted grey instead of bright yellow

London Evening Standard

• Boris Johnson rejects one-to-one meeting with Uber boss in row over cap on minicabs Boris Johnson has ruled out personally meeting the UK boss of car booking app Uber as the company criticised the Mayor’s plan to cap the number of minicabs in London.

Wales Online

• Cardiff 'just can't cope' with the traffic from 1,200 new homes planned for the north of the city, inquiry toldA planning inquiry is being held into plans by South Wales Land Developments for 1,200 homes at the Churchlands development east of Lisvane in north Cardiff

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• DHL delivers electric racing cars for the first-ever FIA Formula E DHL Berlin ePrixDHL today announced the successful delivery of 40 electric racing cars, spare parts and lithium-ion batteries to the iconic Tempelhof complex in Berlin, Germany, for the eighth stop of the FIA Formula E Championship. The delivery was made possible with DHL’s industry leading logistics solutions as the Official Logistics and Founding Partner of Formula E. 'With six winners from seven races, Formula E has already proven that it can deliver thrills on the track. DHL’s role has been to ensure that the championship runs just as successfully off the track and that the organizers can foc...
• Palletways expands to Eastern EuropePalletways has announced that it will be expanding its distribution services into Poland and the Baltic countries, including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.  Services to the four countries are due to commence from next month - and the move expands the firm's coverage to a total of 18 countries throughout the continent. UK managing director of Palletways Luis Zubialde said this expansion will serve to open up new opportunities and international markets.  Rachael Alpha, managing director of Palletways Europe, added that this comes as part of a wider strategy to enhance geographical pres...

Other News Sources

• Safer Lorry Scheme to be covered at FTA Fleet EngineerThe London Safer Lorry Scheme (SLS), vulnerable road users and commercial vehicles, and the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be covered at the ...
• FTA concerned over journey time reliability for road freight operatorsThe Freight Transport Association has expressed concern over the discrepancy between industry opinion and government statistics following ...