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Wednesday, 11 November 2020

BBC News

• Detectives and noxious locks take on bike thievesHelena Maersk is on her first bike hunt. Normally, she sells electric bikes. But one night in July, while she partied in Camden, her bike was stolen.
• Finchampstead man builds 'Twitter speed bot' over safety concernsGareth Rees built the bot to prove the case for improved safety measures on the road where he lives.

Financial Times

• Pandemic-hit companies dash for cash after market rallyAmerican Airlines, Carnival and Lufthansa among groups to raise capital
• Lyft weighs getting into delivery business as it works to bounce backRide-sharing firm’s revenue and rider numbers improve but remain below pre-pandemic levels
• Malaysia’s state and budget airlines confront the same crisisMalaysia Airlines and low-cost local rival AirAsia Group both seek debt relief

The Guardian

• Farage's anti-cyclist article shows car users fear loss of control - Peter WalkerBike-friendly measures introduced during lockdown have led rightwing populists to revive much-disproved myths

The Scotsman

• ScotRail to cut hundreds of trains a day as passenger slump continuesScotland’s main train operator plans to reduce services by 10 per cent from next month, The Scotsman has learned.

Times Online

• Ban on night flights demanded to cut noise [subscription]Commercial aircraft should be banned from operating overnight at airports because of concerns that excess noise can damage residents’ health, the government has been told.

City AM

• Ryanair back at 80 per cent passenger capacity by summer, O'Leary predictsRyanair boss Michael O’Leary today said that he expected the airline’s passenger numbers to return to 75 per cent to 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels next summer.

Birmingham Mail

• Bus 'hit squad' fining passengers who don't wear face coverings £200Police commissioner claims 90 per cent of travellers are wearing masks as second wave of coronavirus hits
• Ryanair boss forecasts fares will be cut to help airlines recover from lockdownMichael O'Leary also said hopes for the sector now rested on the successful introduction of a vaccine against the virus

Liverpool Echo

• Contactless points appear at Merseyrail stations ahead of 'exciting new developments'New contactless points have started popping up at Merseyrail stations as part of 'exciting new developments' coming to the train network.

London Evening Standard

• The number of bikes stolen in London has trebled since the start of the pandemic, show Met figuresThe number of bikes being stolen in London has almost trebled since the start of the covid pandemic, it was revealed today.

The York Press

• Transport services in York continue to provide help through lockdown TRANSPORT services in York are continuing operations throughout the nationwide lockdown and tier systems to support the elderly and disabled residents in the city.

Reading Evening Post

• Reading's radical idea to stop drivers breaking 20mph speed limitReading Borough Council has urged the Department of Transport to let it pioneer a new way of catching speeding drivers

Other Regional Press

• Revolutionary ‘Wavewalker' barge begins work on new Dawlish sea wallA revolutionary ‘Wavewalker’ barge – the only one of its kind in Europe – is being used as part of the work which today begun on the second section of new Dawlish sea wall
• Luton Airport passenger numbers nosedive by 82 per cent as Covid lockdown grounds flightsAirport remains operational for essential travel with bosses joining aviation industry demands for government financial support

Train Operators

• Testing of new trains continues – getting them ready for passenger serviceRigorous testing continues with Greater Anglia’s new fleet of commuter trains in the build-up to them starting to enter passenger service later this year

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• PD Ports secures £230m investment to bring advanced waste-to-energy plant to the Tees ValleyPD Ports, owner and operator of Teesport, has entered into an agreement with Wentworth Clean Power Limited (WCP) to bring a £230 million, state-of-the-art, waste-to-energy project to Teesside.  WCP, developers of advanced waste-to-energy projects in the UK, together with its partners, will develop, finance and deliver the project on Dockside Road, to the south of Teesport Commerce Park.  The advanced project, which will be named the Teesport Renewable Energy Centre, will sit on a 9-acre footprint and create between 250-300 full time jobs during construction, with a further 40 p...

Transport Network

• £500m bus partnership fund open to bidsThe Scottish Government's £500m Bus Partnership Fund to deliver bus priority infrastructure has opened for applications.
• CIHT calls for sustainable transport targets in planningTransport professionals have called for sustainable transport to be at the heart of the planning system through local targets, ‘rather than an afterthought’.

Aviation Industry

• Community groups write to government calling for end to night flightsA growing body of evidence shows a link between night noise from aviation and adverse effects on sleep and health. The World Health Organisation recommends 7 – 9 hours of …

Other News Sources

• Transport for Greater Manchester roll out AI controlled traffic junctionsWorking alongside Vivacity Labs, TfGM is hoping that the new smart junctions will help reduce congestion, as well as protecting vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians.
• Work ramps up on £1.2bn upgrade to historic rail route linking Edinburgh and LondonNETWORK Rail has said it is ‘ramping up’ work on a £1.2 billion project to upgrade a historic rail route which links Edinburgh and London.
• Airport Covid tests won't work, says Ryanair's Michael O'LearyRyanair CEO Michael O'Leary has dismissed calls for airport Covid tests as 'a complete waste of time'.
• Huge fall in number of bus journeys made in Herefordshire FEWER local bus journeys are made in Herefordshire than five years ago, as service coverage in the area is squeezed.