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Tuesday, 06 December 2016

Financial Times

• Electric city shuttles mark a shift in directionVW’s service will be a clean competitor to Uber and buses, writes John Gapper

Times Online

• Call to phase out all fossil fuel transport [subscription]A date should be set by the Scottish government for phasing out cars running on petrol and diesel, an environmental group has said.

Bolton News

• INQUEST: Death of budding young police officer could have been avoided�if motorway�had been lit THE death of an aspiring young police officer could have been avoided if there had been better lighting on the M61, an inquest heard.

London Evening Standard

• English language tests for minicab drivers hit disabled pupils' transport serviceThe boss of a transport firm which takes about 230 disabled children to school each day says his company will be forced out of London by TfL's new language test.

Yorkshire Post

• YP Letters: Leeds public transport and a chronicle of failure YP Letters: Leeds public transport and a chronicle of failure Public transport in Leeds has had many false starts. 18:0618:15Monday 05 December 2016 0 HAVE YOUR SAY From: Tony Young, Cross Bank, Skipton. ONCE again your headline ‘Motorists face over £2bn bill for jams by 2025’ (The Yorkshire Post, November 30) highlights the determination of Leeds City Council to keep their heads firmly in the sand. It is now well known that Leeds is the largest urban area in Europe without a transit system. What is perhaps less well known is how man

Other Regional Press

• Extra lane on M1 will ease queues for Meadowhall shoppersExtra lane for drivers using motorway link to Stocksbridge bypass

Green Miscellany

• Cars to get zebra crossing projectorCars of the near future will be equipped with their own zebra crossing projector, according to Mercedes. The German car maker has developed high-tech headlights that comprise�one million pixels, each of which can be illuminated or dimmed�independently. The car’s�cameras and radar look out for other road users and then tailor the headlight beam accordingly. For�example, the light would be dimmed… The post Cars to get zebra crossing projector appeared first on ETA.

Other News Sources

• Major M25 junction 10 and A3 Wisley improvements reveal flyover and roundabout optionsHighways England said the scheme will lead to reduced delays on the A3 and safer roads after holding its first public consultation on the plans on Monday