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Monday, 14 March 2016

BBC News

• Google car crash 'not a surprise'Last month's crash involving a Google self-driving car and a bus was inevitable, US transport chief tells BBC.

Financial Times

• Uber competitor to offer drivers sharesCo-founder of Viber plans to launch Juno by luring disgruntled drivers

The Guardian

• HS2 denies claims that its trains are at risk of derailing at top speedsResearch commissioned by high-speed project found that 360km/h proposed limit would cause significant instability issuesHS2, the contentious rail project that will offer a high speed link from London to cities in the north of England, has been forced to deny claims that its trains are at serious risk of derailment when travelling at top speed.

The Herald

• Bus fairness campaign calls for Scotland-wide smartcard schemeA SCOTLAND-WIDE smartcard for the entire transport network would help give travellers a fairer deal and tackle the decline in bus journeys, according to campaigners.

The Scotsman

• Scots rail network facing ‘crippling’ strike over control staffA TRANSPORT union is to ballot its members on taking industrial action which it says would bring Scotland’s rail network to a halt.

Mail Online

• Number of drivers using black boxes to cut insurance bill up by almost 40% because motorists can save up to �1,000 on premiums� Installing a black box can help to track stolen cars and have resulted in a 40 per cent drop in crash risk as drivers are more careful. The number of live devices on the road rose by 39 per cent in 2015.

The Mirror

• Privatising Network Rail could be REALLY bad news for train passengers Unions have claimed if Network Rail was privatised it would lead to a 15% increase in fares

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• £15 million train station revamp will create 'welcoming gateway' to Bradford city centre BRADFORD Forster Square station is in line for a complete transformation under a new £15 million project unveiled by transport bosses.

London Evening Standard

• Bird strike leaves huge dent in passenger jet as it lands at HeathrowThis is the huge dent left in the nose of a passenger jet after a bird struck the plane as it landed at Heathrow Airport.
• HS2 trains 'could derail while travelling at top speeds'Trains on the HS2 line could derail when they reach their top speeds, it has been reported.
• Sir Bradley Wiggins warns London's cyclists: Stop riding dangerously or face crackdownSir Bradley Wiggins today called on London's cyclists to obey the rules of the road and avoid jeopordising the capital's two-wheeled revolution.

Wales Online

• The Welsh train station where passenger numbers have risen by 2,100% New analysis has revealed how the rediscovered popularity of train travel coupled with investment has transformed the Welsh rail network

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds still playing a frustrating waiting game over trolleybus decisionLeeds is still in the dark about the fate of its trolleybus plans – nearly 18 months after the completion of a public inquiry into the scheme.

Bucks Free Press

• All speed cameras will be upgraded, say police Police have announced they intend to upgrade all of the fixed speed cameras on south Bucks roads,�in a move which could prove unpopular�with motorists.

Doncaster Free Press

• All change: How Doncaster Bus Partnership may transform servicesFalling passenger numbers, high levels of dissatisfaction and ageing fleets are just some of the reasons why Doncaster needs a bus partnership, council and travel chiefs have said.

Get West London

• Hounslow Council accused of 'throwing in towel' over Heathrow expansionCriticism from Conservatives comes after council promotes 'opportunity of a third runway'
• Heathrow Airport laser attacks on rise as report reveals sky high numbersThere is a worrying increasing trend of the attacks, which can cause temporary vision loss associated with flash blindness to airline pilots

The Shields Gazette

• Commuters facing delays after police called to deal with disorder on trainMetro services were hit by delays after police were called to reports of disorder on a South Shields-bound train.

Other Regional Press

• Call for ‘fairer deal’ for Scotland’s bus passengersA new campaign for a fairer deal for bus travellers is calling for the introduction of a Scotland wide smart card system for public transport.
• Driverless cars to be trialled in KentA �15 million project is being set up to allow vehicles with no driver to communicate with each other wirelessly.

Airportwatch

• School transport system is fair to all - Letter Let me state firmly at the outset that, as a member of the grammar school transport review task group at Lincolnshire County Council, I strongly supported no change.

Railway Gazette

• Belfast Transport Hub planning underwayUK: Northern Ireland public transport agency Translink is developing plans for an extensive...

Other News Sources

• TfL chief says Sadiq Khan's fares costings are 'perfectly legitimate'Mike Brown throws life-belt to Labour candidate on fares