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Sunday, 26 April 2009

Financial Times

• BAA faces smaller bids for GatwickThree rival consortia are poisted to submit bids for the second largest airport in the UK, which are expected to be in the range of £1.4bn-£1.5bn

The Guardian

• Poor air 'killing thousands' in LondonPollution kills thousands of people every year in London, far more than previous estimates, an official report will warn this week. The capital's poor air quality leads to at least 2,905 premature deaths annually, and

The Herald

• Fresh concerns about Edinburgh tram projectAn MSP raised fresh fears about the future of Edinburgh’s planned tram network after a decision was taken to shelve a multi-million pound extension to it.

Times Online

• What is it like to drive an electric car? Would you buy an electric car? Do you know what it’s like to live with one? The government is pretty confident that a cash incentive will be enough to persuade people to abandon the conveniences of the internal combustion engine. From 2011 motorists will be able to apply for a grant of up to £5,000 towards the cost of buying an electric car. No sooner had the government announced its latest “green” brainwave, however, than the flaws began to emerge.
• Rich take extra hit on company carsDIRECTORS who had planned to choose a new top-of-the-range Mercedes, Porsche or Bentley as their company car may want to think again after the budget.

Mail Online

• Migration Impossible: Illegal immigrant clings to roof of 186mph Eurostar in desperate bid to enter Britain Migration Impossible: Illegal immigrant clings to roof of 186mph Eurostar in desperate bid to enter Britain

London Evening Standard

• Transport thugs will have to earn free travelA scheme to cut anti-social behaviour on public transport was launched by Boris Johnson

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Construction boss will help to drive forward transport plansLeading north-east builder Stewart Milne has been appointed transport champion of a regional economic development body.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• High speed freight and passengers service A high speed ferry service between Dover and Boulogne that will carry both passengers and freight will prove "popular as well as competitive", according to the operator.French firm LD Lines has stated that it is confident that the concept, which will start operating from May 29th 2009, will be a success.Nick Stevens, spokesperson for LD Lines, said: "The motorway link at the Port of Boulogne will provide motorists and freight drivers fast access to the entire French motorway system."The 11,000-tonne Incat 112-metre Wave-Piercing Catamaran is the largest ever...

Other News Sources

• Towards Low Carbon TransportGovernment launch vision for ultra-low carbon vehicles.
• Dramatic 51% fall in car production
• Cell Phones and Driving: The Effectiveness of ProhibitionWashington law makers attempted to make roads safer and reduce car accidents by banning texting while driving. A year after the ban was introduced many people are looking at whether the restrictions had the intended effects.
• New cars lose 65% of value in three yearsNew £2,000 car scrapping payments may be a false economy, with many new cars losing up to 65% of their value within the first three years

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