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Friday, 15 July 2016

BBC News

• Tesla Autopilot needs rethink urges US consumer groupUS group Consumer Reports has called on Tesla to disable the automatic steering function in its electric cars.
• VW failure to compensate UK owners 'deeply unfair'MPs criticise Volkswagen's failure to compensate UK owners of cars affected by the diesel emissions scandal.

Financial Times

• MPs criticise UK response to VW scandalPossible conflict of interests cited for Department for Transport

Birmingham Mail

• Jaguar Land Rover prepares to go off-road – autonomously Self-driving systems will read the terrain and find a way through

Daily Post (North Wales)

• A494 super-highway housing development will 'bring back lost community' Campaigners who fought £71m road scheme say new homes will revive the area where properties were compulsory purchased

Manchester Evening News

• Does this video show how easy it is for motorists to accidentally drive onto tram tracks? The footage shows a driver turning on to Metrolink tracks in the city centre... and having a near-miss with an oncoming tram
• New cab comparison firm launches in Manchester - and the aim is to be bigger than Uber Karhoo lets people pick between black cabs, minicabs and executive cars

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• ORR’s first annual assessment of Highways England: Good start to delivery but future planning needs focusThe Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published its first annual performance assessment of Highways England, the government-owned company responsible for England’s strategic road network. The report found that Highways England has made a good start on delivering £15 billion of investment in England’s strategic road network by 2020-21. The company now needs to implement a more robust internal planning process to make sure that future targets are met. Laid in Parliament yesterday, the Annual Assessment of Highways England’s Performance April 2015 – March 2016, fou...

Other News Sources

• Improved roadworks information vital so operators can plan ahead, says FTAThe Freight Transport Association agrees that Highways England has made a positive start in its first year but the association would like to see ...