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Air pollution 'neglected for road safety', researchers claim
Air pollution in UK cities has failed to improve because politicians prioritise road safety and economic growth instead, research suggests.
ScotRail say 900,000 journeys made fraudulently each year
An estimated 900,000 rail journeys each year in Scotland are made by people who deliberately avoid paying their fare, according to train operator ScotRail, which revealed the figure as it launched a crackdown on fare dodgers.
Trial could see end to train tickets and automatic best prices for each journey
A 12-month Chiltern Railways trial will be launched later this year on journeys between Birmingham and London
Tuesday, 30 August 2016
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- Air pollution 'neglected for road safety', researchers claimAir pollution in UK cities has failed to improve because politicians prioritise road safety and economic growth instead, research suggests.
- Driverless Roborace car speeds around DoningtonA prototype racing car, testing self-driving technology for the forthcoming Roborace contest, takes a lap around Donington Park's circuit.
Financial Times
- Alphabet executive quits Uber boardDrummond’s exit highlights growing rivalry in areas such as driverless cars
Mail Online
- Transport planners 'neglecting air quality in favour of road death prevention' There has been little improvement in air quality over the last 20 years as transport planners concentrate on preventing road deaths, according to a new study.
London Evening Standard
- Uber driver takes sleeping woman on 35-mile detour across LondonA woman who fell asleep in an Uber car woke up to find she had been taken on 35-mile detour and charged £85 for a journey that should only have taken a few minutes.
Manchester Evening News
- Crackdown on 'boy racer commuters' under Manchester Airport tunnelNew figures reveal 60 per cent of drivers in A538 tunnels are speeding as they head towards affluent Cheshire suburbs
The York Press
- Lorry ban on level crossing may be vetoed due to new data A MOVE to ban lorries from the centre of a North Yorkshire town could be scaled down, after businesses objected and new data showed pollution problems are not as bad as feared.
Other Regional Press
- Drivers facing more misery as number of utility roadworks rises by thousands in Oxfordshire DRIVERS are facing more misery on the roads after utility companies carried out thousands of extra roadworks.
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