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Monday, 21 September 2020

BBC News

• Coronavirus: Rolls-Royce considers tapping investors for £2.5bnThe jet engine-maker is reportedly in talks with sovereign wealth funds to raise money.

Department for Transport

• Rail franchising reaches the terminus as a new railway takes shape New system will end franchising model and deliver a simpler, effective model through high performance targets and simplified journeys.

Financial Times

• The model plane that might be the future of flyingThe Flying-V raises the prospect of fewer emissions and more space (even though it’s only three metres wide)
• Airlines pine for roar of jet engines over the AtlanticBig carriers face growing threat on what was one of the busiest and most lucrative routes

The Telegraph

• School run blamed for return of morning rush hour

Times Online

• Shipping makes £1bn pitch to cut emissions [subscription]The government has been urged to provide a £1 billion funding package for the shipping industry to ensure the UK hits its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
• Richest 10% cause same emissions as bottom half, say estimates [subscription]The richest 10 per cent in Ireland produces almost as much emissions as the bottom 50 per cent of the population, a new report has estimated.
• Collapse in air travel from US costs Britain £11bn, says Heathrow [subscription]Ministers will face further pressure to approve coronavirus testing at airports today as new research shows that the collapse in air travel between the UK and US will cost the economy £11 billion this year.
• Sales of eco-friendly cars overtake diesel [subscription]Sales of green cars have jumped above diesels for the first time, bolstering claims that traditional fossil-fuel vehicles are in terminal decline.

City AM

• Tory mayoral candidate calls for TfL to sell Tube station naming rightsLondon’s Tube stations could be renamed through lucrative advertising deals if Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey gets elected. Bailey’s proposal, The post Tory mayoral candidate calls for TfL to sell Tube station naming rights appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Kids stranded at bus stops as covid rules mean they can't get on, say parentsTransport chiefs have admitted that restrictions mean 'capacity on public transport vehicles cannot be guaranteed'

Edinburgh Evening News

• Safer cycling and quieter roads in Edinburgh sound good to me – Daniel Johnson MSPEdinburgh’s Spaces for People project has caused problems that need to be fixed, but it also has some good ideas, writes Daniel Johnson MSP

London Evening Standard

• Rail franchising ’ended’ to create ’more effective structure’ in major shake-up of networkMinisters today ended the rail franchising system after 24 years during which passengers have suffered endless delays, cancellations and overcrowding.

The York Press

• "Let's stop pitting cars against people" FROM reading the many articles, letters and comments in The Press recently, one might be forgiven for thinking that traffic flowed freely across the city until The Groves' trial closure.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Tipton railway bridge going to allow Metro extensionWork on part of the Metro extension will accelerate next month when the demolition of another major structure along the route begins.

Cambridge News

• Cambridge's self-driving shuttle bus trial delayed due to Covid-19A report also found it would not be compatible with the Guided Busway

East Anglian Daily Times

• SEND pupils missing school because of transport disruptionParents of children with special needs have faced major disruption over the first weeks of school, including missing entire days, as their transport has failed to show up.

Other Regional Press

• New Forest council backs bid to reopen Totton to Hythe lineCAMPAIGNERS have gained a powerful ally in their bid to secure the re-opening of a Hampshire rail route.
• Rail disruption after points failureUrgent repairs to railway equipment is set to cause delays all day.

Business Live

• Rail franchising "ended" as Government gives operators 18-month supportRail franchising has been "ended" by extending measures introduced to keep trains running after the coronavirus outbreak, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.

New Civil Engineer

• £1.2bn investment in 520 routes needed to improve UK road safetyA £1.2bn investment to upgrade 520 routes is needed to improve the UK’s road safety record, according to a report on the state of the nation’s roads.
• Network Rail seeks views on Western Rail Link to HeathrowNetwork Rail is seeking views on its approach to the proposed Western Rail Link to Heathrow project.
• Ex-HS2 chief exec Simon Kirby to head up consultant NicholsFormer chief executive of High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) Simon Kirby has been appointed managing partner of the Nichols Group, NCE can reveal.
• Rail industry ’disappointed’ by government net zero snubRail has a key role to play in the helping the UK reach zero carbon, according to Railway Industry Association policy director Kate Jennings.

Other News Sources

• ’Privatisation no longer working’: UK rail franchising ends after a quarter of a centuryThe government has today ended rail franchising after more than two decades in a bid to bring together the UK’s ’fragmented’ rail service.