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Report suggests buyers of polluting vehicles should subsidise electric cars Up to £1,500 could be added to the cost of new petrol and diesel cars in order to subsidise electric car purchases, under proposals being considered by the government.
Heathrow boss urges Government to back 20-second coronavirus test [subscription]
The Virolens test was successfully trialled for three weeks at Heathrow and does not need to be administered by healthcare professionals
Thursday, 10 September 2020
BBC News
- App tells if office workers are not socially distancedA social-distancing app which alerts someone when a colleague is too close is being used by Network Rail.
- Loganair job losses could hit Scottish airportsThe flight operator said staff at five Scottish airports may be affected by the 68 potential redundancies.
- Covid vaccine: 8,000 jumbo jets needed to deliver doses globally, says IATAShipping a coronavirus vaccine will be
- Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary calls UK travel quarantine 'a shambles'Michael O'Leary says the UK needs to embrace testing at airports to help revive international travel.
Department for Transport
- Action taken to improve resilience of railway following Stonehaven tragedyGovernment publishes Network Rail’s interim report on 12 August’s tragic derailment of a passenger train at Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.
- Using behavioural insights to increase uptake of electric vehicles in the UKFeasibility study on developing a range of behaviour informed measures to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles.
- Rail infrastructure resilience interim report, following the derailment at Carmont, near StonehavenInterim report to the Secretary of State for Transport regarding rail infrastructure resilience after the derailment at Carmont, near Stonehaven, on 12 August 2020.
Financial Times
- US and European airlines cut schedules as passengers fail to returnUnited says capacity to fall 70 per cent as Ryanair reduces forecasts for passenger numbers
The Guardian
- Petrol and diesel cars could cost up to £1,500 more under proposalsReport suggests buyers of polluting vehicles should subsidise electric cars Up to £1,500 could be added to the cost of new petrol and diesel cars in order to subsidise electric car purchases, under proposals being considered by the government.
The Telegraph
- Heathrow boss urges Government to back 20-second coronavirus test [subscription]The Virolens test was successfully trialled for three weeks at Heathrow and does not need to be administered by healthcare professionals
Times Online
- Direction of travel is not something investors relish [subscription]t was a familiar story, but no less painful for all that. Some of Britain’s biggest travel and leisure companies came under the cosh yesterday as investors fretted over lockdown restrictions. Those two sectors bore the brunt of the original lockdown earlier in the year, with many airlines, bars and restaurants deprived of income.
City AM
- One in five Londoners will not go back to pre-Covid levels of Tube usageA little more than one in five Londoners do not believe they will use the Tube at the same frequency as they did prior to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey.
- Hammersmith Bridge: Government thinks TfL inflated £140m repair estimateThe government is refusing to fund repairs for the closed Hammersmith Bridge because it believes the £140m price tag has The post Hammersmith Bridge: Government thinks TfL inflated £140m repair estimate appeared first on CityAM.
The Mirror
- Lift taxes on plane travel to tackle climate change, says Climate Assembly studyThe huge report makes a series of recommendations about how to curb carbon emissions
Sky News
- People who fly the most should be taxed more, climate assembly concludesThe public should be encouraged to examine their lifestyles, their homes and how they travel, according to participants in the UK's first citizens' assembly on climate change.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- MP Imran Hussain speaks out about treatment of cabbies in Bradford BRADFORD Council has offered to meet with an MP to discuss concerns he has raised over its treatment of cabbies in the district.
The York Press
- Train service opens new Travel Centre in York stationLONDON North Eastern Railway (LNER) has officially opened a new Travel Centre at York Station.
- York's new e-scooter company revealed - fleet on road in weeks A FLEET of 100 electric scooters will be installed at the University of York within weeks.
Wales Online
- We put anger at UK government on M4 relief road to Welsh SecretaryThe UK government minister said he wanted to persuade Mark Drakeford to go ahead with the M4 relief road
Carlisle News & Star
- Railway group buys highest stationENGLAND’S highest mainline railway station building has been bought by a railway support group.
Other Regional Press
- £3m bid from council to redesign roadsA bid worth £3.45 million has been submitted to redesign roads in Hampshire.
- Covid fears after pupils ‘squished together’ on busesAn asthmatic dad concerned about the spread of coronavirus on his son’s 'packed' school bus is calling for safer transport for pupils.
- Face mask rules: British Airways, easyJet, Jet2, Ryanair, TUI and Virgin Atlantic give update UK airlines such as British Airways, easyJet, Jet2, Ryanair, TUI and Virgin Atlantic have provided an update on the face mask rules on their flights.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Nissan achieves breakthrough in carbon fibre parts productionA material used in airplanes, rockets and sports cars may find its way into more mass-market cars thanks to a new production process developed by Nissan. The new process speeds up the development of car parts made from carbon fibre reinforced plastics, or CFRP. Lightweight yet extremely strong, the material can be used to make cars that are safer and more fuel efficient. It can also lower a car's center of gravity when applied to upper body parts, making it more agile and exciting to drive. Nissan aims to use the new process to mass-produce CFRP parts and introduce them in more cars for cust...
Rail Technology Magazine
- Welsh Government call for backing of South Wales Main Line major upgradePlans for new train services and stations in south-east Wales have been outlined by the Welsh Government, who have called on the UK Government to “play its part” in delivering developments to Wales’ railway.
- New electric train fleet revealed for Birmingham's Cross-City Line The electric train fleet set to transform travel on Birmingham’s Cross-City Line has been revealed to rail passengers in the West Midlands. A sneak-peak was provided for some members of the public, where they witnessed the dozens of new state-of-the-art electric trains to the route, which...
- Contract awarded by Network Rail to strengthen bridges Three contracts have been awarded by Network Rail to carry out strengthening work to three railway bridges across the Wessex route in the South of England. The contract with Dyer and Butler, part of M Group Services, includes all aspects from design to delivery at three locations which are...
- Major station improvements and electric vehicle charging hubsFollowing the announcement of Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR) programme to develop numerous stations, today (9 Sept) on World Electric Vehicle (EV) Day, GTR welcomed Secretary of State Grant Shapps to open rail’s largest dedicated EV charging hub at Hatfield station, which features a...
Railnews
- DfT reveals rejected rail restoration bids The Department for Transport has named the schemes which have failed to qualify in the first round of its railway funding competition. They include proposals for new or improved services in many parts of England and Wales.
Other News Sources
- Burchell quits Arriva for energy sector roleArriva has announced that Chris Burchell, managing director of the group’s UK rail division, will leave his role in October to join energy supplier SSE where he will take on the role of managing director of distribution.
- From the experts: the future of the UK’s transport system is still “uncertain”The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the foundations over which the UK transport sector was based, leaving its future uncertain. In a recent webinar, we found out why experts believe it’s too soon for the industry to make long-term plans.
- Robert Courts is new UK minister for shipping and aviationA political reshuffle has resulted in Robert Courts becoming the UK’s latest minister for the Department of Transport.
- Brighton residents asked to get on ferries for covid testsPEOPLE living in Brighton are being asked to get on a ferry to the Isle of Wight for a Covid test, it has been claimed.
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