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Transport Secretary encourages UK to switch to electric vehicles
A new government-backed app will help drivers to see which electric vehicles best suit their lifestyle.
Transport noise linked to increased risk of dementia, study finds
Large survey involving two million adults found links between road and rail traffic and Alzheimer's in particular. Exposure to noise from road traffic and railways is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind.Research has consistently linked transport noise to health conditions including heart disease, diabetes and obesity, but studies on transport noise and dementia were scarce and small, and findings inconsistent.
Gatwick Airport: Public consultation begins on 500m plans for second runway
A PUBLIC consultation has begun on plans to bring Gatwick Airport's emergency runway into routine use.
Thursday, 09 September 2021
BBC News
- Rail services to return to East Lothian village for first time since 1964Rail services are to return to the East Lothian village of East Linton for the first time in more than 50 years.
- CCTV records car driving down Birmingham railway tracksPolice say the act has resulted in damage to the railway totalling more than 23,000.
ITV News
- Northern trains cancelled after tracks "buckled in heat"Trains have been delayed, diverted and cancelled due to tracks "buckling in the heat" during today's hot weather.
Department for Transport
- Transport Secretary encourages UK to switch to electric vehiclesA new government-backed app will help drivers to see which electric vehicles best suit their lifestyle.
Financial Times
- New test system no quick fix for UK lorry driver shortage, hauliers warnIndustry welcomes planned shake-up for getting HGV licences but still seeks easing of visa rules
- Why eastern European truckers are not planning to return to the UKPoor working conditions, tax changes and Covid combine with Brexit to create enduring labour shortage
- EasyJet rejects takeover approach and plans £1.2bn rights issueLow-cost carrier says it received “low premium” approach as it laid out plans to strengthen balance sheet
The Guardian
- Transport noise linked to increased risk of dementia, study findsLarge survey involving two million adults found links between road and rail traffic and Alzheimer's in particular. Exposure to noise from road traffic and railways is associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to the largest study of its kind.Research has consistently linked transport noise to health conditions including heart disease, diabetes and obesity, but studies on transport noise and dementia were scarce and small, and findings inconsistent.
Times Online
- Jab passports not what I believe in but theyre right, says Zahawi [subscription]Nadhim Zahawi has admitted that the governments plan for vaccine passports goes against everything I believe in but urged MPs to support it anyway.
- Road and rail noise linked to dementia [subscription]The noise from living next to a busy road or railway could raise the risk of dementia, research suggests.
- PCR tests for vaccinated travellers to be dropped in review of traffic light system [subscription]Costly PCR tests for vaccinated travellers could be scrapped as part of a review of the traffic light system.
Daily Record
- Scots train ‘packed like sardines’ as user warns of risk to public healthMany people were pictured without masks and no social distancing in place on the busy Inverness to Edinburgh Scotrail service.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- 23 Bradford train fare dodgers fined hundreds of poundsTHESE are the 23 people who have been fined hundreds of pounds each for skipping train fares - some costing as little as 3 - in Bradford.
Other Regional Press
- Richmond: Equipment belonging to Network Rail blamed for rail disruptionDisruption to rail journeys across south west London on Wednesday morning was caused by a piece of maintenance equipment belonging to Network Rail obstructing the line.
Train Operators
- New train washer installed at Colchester depotTrains in East Anglia are set to sparkle after Greater Anglia installed a new carriage washer machine at Colchester depot.
New Civil Engineer
- Deadly stretch of M1 smart motorway to undergo safety upgradeNational Highways has agreed to upgrade a notoriously dangerous stretch of the M1, after a number of breakdown collisions resulted in serious injuries and fatalities on the road since it was converted to a smart motorway.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Nexus to receive four additional Metro trains from StadlerTyne and Wear Metro owner and operator Nexus has placed an order for four new Metro trains with Swiss train builder Stadler.
Railnews
- Network Rail sets out new strategic targets THURSDAY BRIEFING: Network Rail sets out new strategic targets ++
Railway Gazette
- Battery electric multiple-unit demonstratedGERMANY: Alstom has demonstrated its prototype battery-powered Talent 3 electric-multiple unit in Sachsen, with the companys President for Germany, Austria & Switzerland Mьslьm Yakisan emphasising that the company has the clear goal of becoming the international leader in alternative drive technologies for rail travel.
Other News Sources
- Gatwick second runway protesters rally against airport's expansion proposalsCampaigners chanted 'Gatwick is big enough' next to a noise monitor in Charlwood
- HS2 is set to trial fibre optic technology to detect ground movementOne of HS2s construction sites is trialling a far-reaching fibre optic technology that can detect minute ground subsidence movements in embankments, to prevent landslides and sink holes.
- Network Rail begins second phase of its Network Operating StrategyNetwork Rail has published its second phase of the decade-long Network Operating Strategy, which aims to provide a better experience for passengers and freight users.
- Gatwick Airport: Public consultation begins on 500m plans for second runwayA PUBLIC consultation has begun on plans to bring Gatwick Airport's emergency runway into routine use.
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