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Wednesday, 19 January 2022

BBC News

• Coventry to get 130 electric buses in dealCoventry is to get 130 electric buses in 2023 in a deal agreed by National Express.
• Nottingham to Lincoln: Firms' views sought on rail improvementsA consultation has begun on plans to improve rail routes between Nottingham, Newark and Lincoln.
• US airlines warn of impending 5G flight disruptionAirlines say the start of 5G mobile phone services on Wednesday will hit aircraft navigation systems.
• Oil prices hit seven-year high after attackAn attack on fuel trucks in the Middle East and hopes for a global economic recovery have driven up prices.

Financial Times

• AT&T and Verizon limit 5G service near US airports after carriers’ outcryWireless groups frustrated with Federal Aviation Administration after airlines warn of chaos
• Why 5G wireless service is causing turbulence for US airlinesCarriers worry over interference with altimeters, but telecoms groups say there is no safety problem

The Guardian

• Tesla driver charged with vehicular manslaughter over fatal Autopilot crashMisuse of Autopilot, which can control steering, speed and braking, is the subject of investigations by two federal agenciesCalifornia prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.The defendant appears to be the first person to be charged with a felony in the United States for a fatal crash involving a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system. Los Angeles county prosecutors filed the charges in October, but they came to light only last week. C...

The Herald

• Travel: A new gentler London rises from the ashes of lockdownsWE all know what Samuel Johnson said about London. And it’s gloriously, life-affirmingly, true: it is impossible to be bored with one of the world’s great cities.

The Independent

• Part of London’s Crossrail to open – three-and-a-half years lateCommuters will be able to travel through London on the much-delayed Crossrail scheme before the end of June, the project team has said.

City AM

• Tesla shareholders call on judge to make Musk repay $13bn for SolarCity dealTesla shareholders have called on a judge to make Tesla’s chief executive Elon Musk repay $13bn for the 2016 acquisition of solar panel company SolarCity. The claimants argued that Musk, SolarCity’s 22 per cent shareholder, strong-armed Tesla’s board to buy the cash-stripped company founded by his cousins Peter and Lyndon Rive, Reuters reported. As a [...] The post Tesla shareholders call on judge to make Musk repay $13bn for SolarCity deal appeared first on CityAM.

Manchester Evening News

• Why next-day train tickets from London to Manchester after 2.35pm just got £100 more expensivePassengers looking to travel from London to Manchester after 2.35pm will see the cost of their ticket rocket after the operator cut the last off-peak service as part of timetable changes.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Decision on ‘devastating’ cuts to North East bus services delayed as Government talks continueA vote on “devastating” cuts to vital North East bus services has been delayed as talks with central Government continue.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Plan for major underground terminal at East Midlands Airport to shorten travel times to NottinghamAmbitious plans to create a new underground rail terminal at East Midlands Airport are designed to shorten travel routes between the region and Nottingham.

Wales Online

• Transport for Wales to start selling rail tickets in convenience storesThe pilot is being launched in 90 different locations within the South Wales Metro area

Other Regional Press

• Teesside Airport boss wants to 'sweat the asset' after tough time for the aviation industryManaging director Phil Forster revealed hopes for KLM to return to three flights a day from April
• Heathrow Airport: Fury over proposed London Underground 'premium fare' on Piccadilly LineTransport for London has faced backlash against a proposed ‘premium fare’ on the Piccadilly line, which could see travellers charged an extra 60 per cent for journeys to Heathrow Airport.
• East Midlands Airport: Strong recovery anticipated after Omicron restrictions saw December passenger numbers fallManchester Airports Group (MAG) – which owns and operates East Midlands Airport – is confident of a strong recovery in 2022 after Omicron restrictions on travel were removed last week.
• Southend Pier: New electric train spotted on test runOne of the new electric trains planned for Southend Pier has been spotted making one of its first journeys along the iconic attraction. 
• £1m rail station revamp: Pictures show work in progressPictures show how work is progressing on the £1m revamp at the entrance to Weymouth railway station.

New Civil Engineer

• How HS2 plans to use virtual reality to increase reliability of assets and railwayHS2 Ltd has announced that virtual reality and sensors for real time monitoring will be built into High Speed 2’s (HS2's) infrastructure, including rails, bridges and overhead power lines to increase reliability.
• Unwanted anniversary marks year of National Highways planning delaysTransport secretary Grant Shapps and the country’s major roads operator National Highways are today marking an unwanted anniversary. That is because it is exactly a year to the day since Shapps last made a planning decision on time in relation to a National Highways development consent order (DCO) application.

Railway Gazette

• DB Cargo places diesel-battery hybrid locomotive orderGERMANY: DB Cargo has awarded Vossloh Locomotives a framework contract for the supply of 250 diesel-battery hybrid locomotives, with a firm order for an initial 50 to be delivered from 2024.

Transportxtra

• Are transport specialists practising self-seception?One of the key topics explored at the Local Transport Summit just before Christmas was how the beliefs and expectations of ‘transport professionals’ in planning for the future compare with those of other members of society, and in particular those without a ‘transport way of thinking’. LTT is taking that discussion forward with a series of contributions over coming weeks. To begin, Steve Melia raises a further potentially significant dimension by questioning whether the ‘transport experts’ are a

Other News Sources

• Maritime Transport brings in Chris Lewis as it bolsters all-male management teamMaritime Transport has appointed four men to “strengthen its management team”, including Chris Lewis (pictured), who recently quit as chief executive of the port of Felixstowe.
• Stadler awarded €4bn combined tram-train orderThe contract has been awarded by seven German and Austrian partners following a Europe-wide call for tenders.
• Greater Anglia application to demolish train station thrown outPlans to demolish an historic railway station one stop from Norwich have been quashed. 
• HS2: Government hails 'incredible momentum' as Old OakCommon work continues