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Tuesday, 07 May 2019

BBC News

• Boeing admits knowing of 737 Max problemThe firm says it uncovered a problem with its 737 Max jets a year before the first fatal crash.
• Fraudsters 'stole £7m' from holidaymakers in 2018Victims of bogus airline tickets or fake accommodation lose £1,380 on average, research suggests.

ITV News

• End of the line for InterCity 125 trainsInterCity 125 High Speed Trains are being phased out after more than 40 years. The trains were used on the lines between Paddington, Reading, Newbury and Bristol.

The Guardian

• The Guardian view on London and England: a deep divide... One of these pervasive yet hardly noticed differences is in the quality of public transport. Londoners have an integrated system which mostly works. Buses, tubes and suburban rail services will take you almost anywhere you might want with a simple and comprehensible fare structure ...
• Human Jam: the hair-raising stories from HS2's exhumation of Euston's deade’ve found four times more headstones than expected,” the archaeologist tells me. What, I ask, are they going to do with them? “Some people have suggested we turn them into paving stones,” she says. “Which we don’t want to do, because we all know when headstones were last used as paving stones, don’t we?”

The Independent

• How Blablacar boss plans to dominate the long-distance transport marketIf you live in the UK, the chances are you have never heard of BlaBlaCar, the French ride-sharing company that has been growing exponentially across mainland Europe and beyond since its launch in 2006.

The Scotsman

• Air departure tax cut at heart of climate dilemma – leader commentThe Scottish Government must navigate a careful path towards the twin goals of improving the economy and reducing carbon emissions.
• Airport business gateway close to take offDevelopers have promised to create 12,000 new jobs with plans for offices, shops, leisure space, hotels and homes next to Edinburgh Airport.
• Campaign to raise awareness of risk to cyclistsThe majority of motorists are not aware that driving too close to cyclists can result in three penalty points, a survey suggests.

Times Online

• Chris Grayling accused of misleading MPs over Stagecoach rail ban [subscription]Chris Grayling has been accused of misleading parliament over disqualifying Stagecoach from bidding for train franchises. Statements made by the transport secretary in the Commons appear to be at odds with his own department’s documentation.
• Cycling is key to balancing gas emissions, says Labour [subscription]The Labour Party has promised to spend 10 per cent of the transport budget on cycling infrastructure.
• Councils accused of preying on motorists [subscription]Drivers in Scotland are being fined by councils who are “playing the percentages” and using unwarranted penalties to boost revenue, it has been claimed.

Other Regional Press

• Roadworks for cycle improvements affecting busy Bridgwater route start tomorrowIMPROVEMENTS to cycle and footway provision between the Wylds Rd/ The Drove junction and the A39 Bath Road, Bridgwater start tomorrow (Tuesday, May 7).
• MP brands HS2 as disgraceful HS2 has been branded an “affront to the Welsh taxpayer” by Plaid Cymru’s Transport Spokesperson Jonathan Edwards MP, after new analysis showed costs spiralling to over £150bn.

Aviation Industry

• US House Democrats urge TSA to allow collective bargaining All 18 Democratic lawmakers from the US House Homeland Security Committee have called on TSA to continue allowing collective bargaining for its frontline workforce, following comments from TSA administrator David Pekoske that he has “not made a decision yetâ€� on whether to allow the practice to extend beyond the current agreement’s expiration in December 2019. read more
• More questions raised on Boeing’s handling of MAX AOA disagree mistake New questions are being raised over the development and oversight of the Boeing 737 MAX after revelations the manufacturer knew about a misconfigured angle-of-attack (AOA) disagree annunciator alert message on the aircraft in 2017, but did not fix it or tell operators about the problem until after last October’s crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX 8—the first of two to strike the model in five months. read more

EIN News Subscription

• An environmental impact label for safer, greener roads … standardisation agreement under CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation. The … widely accepted reference for assessing roads from a sustainable perspective. … freight transport, road transport is the most important transportation network in the EU. It …
• Siemens and TÜV SÜD Partner to Strengthen Digital Safety and Security for the Energy SectorHOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Siemens and TÜV SÜD have come together to address the growing risk of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure by collaborating to provide digital safety and security assessments, as well as industrial vulnerability assessments to help global energy customers identify asset risk and cybersecurity solutions.
• Airbus to Build Multimission Satellite for MEASATAirbus has been selected by MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”), the leading Malaysian operator, to build MEASAT-3d, a new multimission telecommunications satellite to replace capacity and augment its core business in Malaysia, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
• Clearing the Air: Boeing Helps Airlines Cut EmissionsAs aviation’s global fleet doubles over the next 20 years to meet passenger and cargo demand, the industry has committed to capping the growth of carbon emissions by 2020 and then cutting them to half of what they were in 2005 by 2050.
• Amsterdam to Ban Gasoline and Diesel Vehicles Completely by 2030 to Curb Air Pollution - The DriveThe Dutch are one of the most bicycle-friendly cultures in the world, yet the Netherlands’ air pollution levels are higher than European standards permit, due mostly to heavy traffic in the country’s two largest cities, Amsterdam and Rotterdam.