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Friday, 31 July 2015

The Guardian

• Uber denies misleading passengers with 'phantom cars' on appResearchers say the app shows cars present in the user’s vicinity even when there are noneUber has denied claims its application misleads users by displaying “phantom carsâ€� which don’t actually exist.The claim was made by Alex Rosenblat and Luke Stark, a pair of researchers from the Data & Society thinktank. In an article for Vice’s Motherboard, Rosenblat wrote that the phantom cars are just one way that Uber’s passenger app can be “deceptiveâ€�. Continue reading...

Birmingham Post

• Six of the world's best amphibious cars If you live somewhere that has the tendency to become flooded, why not try a car that is at home on land and on water?

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph commented Turning on bus lane is fraught with problems - reader's letterI HAVE great concerns about the Uttoxeter New Road bus lane. It is very dangerous for cars turning left at both Albany Road and Trowels Lane. There are no markings on the road, buses are travelling at 40mph, and the hold-ups are unbelievable. To get out without using the bus lane is impossible. Even trying to turn right is very difficult due to uncaring motorists who never give way any more. A friend has been fined £60 for going to care for someone on Trowels Lane. Her only fault was...

Daventry Express

• Motorists warned of a further 20 months of roadworks on the M1 between junctions 16 and 19Drivers have been warned to brace themselves for a further 18 months of delays on the M1 after more information was released about the new Smart motorway scheme.

Other News Sources

• BRIDGE TO NOWHERE: Line of long-delayed £7m Blackburn link road now visible to motorists THIS is what the road which links Blackburn’s £12 million “bridge to nowhereâ€� to somewhere will look like.
• M23 to become 'smart motorway' in scheme to ease congestionWork will start within three years to create an extra lane and install interactive signs to increase capacity and improve traffic flow
• Motorists may 'lose out' on benefits from new roads fundThe government is being urged to amend the formula to include council-managed roads and recognise road usage rather than how many miles of a road a council manages
• UPS triples delivery miles on 'green' fuels US delivery giant UPS has tripled the number of miles it drove on sustainable fuels in the last year, according to the firm's 2014 sustainability report.