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Friday, 26 June 2015

BBC News

• France cracks down on Uber serviceFrance's interior minister orders the closure of the low-cost car-sharing service UberPOP after a day of protests by taxi drivers.

Financial Times

• Hollande wades into Paris Uber disputeFrench president condemns clashes but labels car service ‘illegal’

London Evening Standard

• Boris Johnson fails to take any action on three of London's most dangerous junctions Boris Johnson has failed to take action on three of London’s five most dangerous junctions - despite them being blacklisted by Transport for London.
• Letters to the editor: Restricting cars will clean the air As I have long argued, tackling London’s polluted-air crisis requires a radical strategy that has to start with reducing car use, which  involves not just pedestrianising Oxford Street but taking cars off other main roads such as the northbound section of Park Lane.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Transport Minister believes behaviour change is key to easing A1 and A19 traffic Robert Goodwill said the Government's £3.8m sustainable transport pot could help deter car use on two of the North East's busiest roads

Yorkshire Post

• Boris seeks to build bridges with cabbiesBoris Johnson bit his tongue as he met newly “badged” black cab drivers today, saying “I promise not to say anything rude”.
• Rise in number of Yorkshire road deathsMORE than 150 people were killed on Yorkshire’s roads last year, amid the first national rise in road casualties since 1997.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• More people, more cars, more deliveriesThe rapid pace of growth and change in consumer behaviour in cities around the world is providing urban logistics with a serious challenge, and a necessity for innovation. ITN Productions has partnered with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) to produce a news style programme examining how the UK can overcome these challenges and thrive. http://www.ciltuk.org.uk/News/ITNProductions.aspx Hosted by Natasha Kaplinsky, ‘Urban Logistics – Delivering the Consumer Driven Supply Chain’ was premiered in front of over 100 delegates at the CILT Annual Logistics C...
• Fleets set to become “corporate technological leadersâ€� says ChevinA range of breaking technologies means that fleets are set to become the most advanced department in almost any corporate setting over the next few years, says Chevin. Developments such as autonomous cars, increasingly sophisticated route planning and telematics, the further potential of mobile devices, the arrival of 'big data' – and enhancements to fleet software to handle these – will all play a role. Managing director Ashley Sowerby added: 'Travel back a generation and the fleet manager was often condescendingly seen in the corporate world as a jumped-up mechanic who looked a...