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Friday, 23 March 2018

BBC News

• South Heywood Link Road: Green belt housing plans backedThe proposals include the construction of a road linking Heywood to the M62 and 1,000 houses.

The Scotsman

• Alastair Dalton: Walkers competing with cars for more space in cities They are greener and perhaps safer than other cars, but if the future of our most popular form of transport is electric self-driving models, they still pose one major problem.
• Aberdeen bypass will now be delayed by up to another six monthsThe flagship £745 million Aberdeen bypass road will delayed by up to six months.

Times Online

• Tighter identity checks to curb hire-car terror attacks [Subscription]Motorists could face airport-style identity checks before hiring cars after a series of terrorist attacks using vehicles.
• Storm of criticism after Aberdeen bypass delay blamed on weather [Subscription]The completion of the long-awaited Aberdeen bypass has been delayed for at least another six months, the Scottish government admitted yesterday.

City AM

• Westminster is trying to bench pollution with a high-tech vertical garden right off Piccadilly Circus.The over 13-feet tall moss seating structure is called a CityTree and can hold up to 1,682 pots of moss — these have the ability to absorb as much pollution as 275 trees can. They are additionally outfitted with solar panels for energy and rainwater collection abilities for autonomous self-irrigation.

Birmingham Mail

• Abandoned cars is costing this council - and local taxpayers - millions The council removed 232 of these and destroyed 178 of them

London Evening Standard

• Petrol and diesel car ban in parts of east London WILL go ahead this yearPetrol and diesel cars will be banned during peak hours in parts of east London from July 2018.

Forbes

• After Uber Fatality, Autonomous-Vehicle Pioneer Points To Lethal Record Of Human-Driven CarsAurora's Chris Urmson argued yesterday that self-driving cars remain a solution to the unacceptable number of fatalities and injuries caused by human-piloted cars.