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Monday, 04 October 2021

BBC News

• Caernarfon A487 flyover could be turned into green walkwayPlanting trees on the bridge for a new foot and bicycle route is one of options being considered.
• Covid: Amber list scrapped as travel rules simplifiedThe changes will make it easier and cheaper for people to travel abroad, industry groups say.
• Fuel issues persist in south but 'over' elsewherePetrol problems are

Financial Times

• Electric vehicles: the revolution is finally here After years of talk from carmakers, the industry is rapidly being transformed as companies stake their future on EVs
• Shapps signals government rethink on HS2 with eastern leg at riskTransport secretary says ministers cannot ‘blindly follow’ blueprint and endorses newer rail schemes

The Independent

• New travel changes: What are they, and what are the effects?Travellers regarded by the UK as fully vaccinated – which includes under-18s who live here – will encounter less red tape and expense

The Telegraph

• UK lags international rivals in race to go electric [subscription]The UK is lagging behind China, Sweden and Germany in the shift to electric vehicles, according to a study, which warns more chargers and local battery supply are needed to support the transition.
• Eurostar rekindles Continental merger as it increases rail services [subscription]Eurostar is set to merge with a French-Belgian rail firm by the end of the year after being shunned by UK ministers following pleas for a bailout.

Times Online

• Low-emission shuttle train offers hope of branch lines return [subscription]A new low-emission, lightweight train to be unveiled this week at the birthplace of the industrial revolution could help in the government’s plans to reopen some branch lines shut in the Beeching cuts in the Sixties.
• Gove will fail unless he listens on levelling up - Andy Street [Subscription]If I were given a pound for every time levelling up were to be mentioned this week, I suspect I would be leaving Manchester a far wealthier man.
• Hybrid car sales ‘mean emissions targets will be missed’ [subscription]That is the conclusion of a report for the Department for Transport from New AutoMotive, a climate change think tank, which says ministers must adopt more radical plans like those in California if it wants to decarbonise the sector in the timeframes it has set.

City AM

• Eurostar faces £400m losses after pandemic swerves passenger numbers off trackEurostar has reported more than £400m pandemic-induced losses and cautioned it faces “material uncertainties” in the future, after Covid travel The post Eurostar faces £400m losses after pandemic swerves passenger numbers off track appeared first on CityAM.

The Mirror

• Covid traffic light travel system scrapped from today - everything you need to knowFrom today, UK arrivals will face new rules designed to make travel to the UK ‘easier and cheaper’
• Army to deliver fuel from today in desperate bid to end petrol crisisMilitary personnel will initially be concentrated in London and the South East of England, where the worst shortages remain

Sky News

• Soldiers to begin delivering fuel to petrol stations as driver shortage continuesSoldiers will begin delivering fuel to petrol stations this morning as parts of the country continue to struggle with shortages.
• UK's traffic light system for international travel is scrappedThe UK's traffic light system for travel has been scrapped and replaced with just two categories - countries on the red list and everywhere else.

Birmingham Mail

• Mayor Andy Street warns HS2 high speed rail line must be built in full, on eve of Tory conferenceBoris Johnson's Government must confirm that HS2 will be built in full, including the eastern leg to Yorkshire, West Midlands Mayor Andy Street says.
• Grant Shapps says 'a lot has changed' in hint that eastern leg of HS2 will be delayedTransport Secretary Grant Shapps pointed out that new rail schemes were now planned which weren't part of the original HS2 proposals

Bolton News

• Calls for Bolton's free parking to be looked at againTHE controversial end to free parking in Bolton town centre is set to be debated by the council again this week.

Bristol Live

• Network Rail warns of 'noisy' works along Bristol track until NovemberMost of it will be carried out in the early hours of the morning

London Evening Standard

• Traffic light system scrapped as travel rules simplifiedIt comes amid reports the number of countries on the red list will be slashed to nine from 54 later in the week.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• £800,000 to make Metros, buses and parks in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear safer following Sarah Everard murderPlans to spend £800,000 to make parks and public transport safer for women have today been revealed.

Wales Online

• Third of drivers want speed limit on this dangerous Welsh road cut from 70mph to 50mphThis particular stretch of the A40 was the scene of tragedy once again earlier this year with the death of a police officer

Yorkshire Post

• More to be revealed on Northern Powerhouse Rail in 'next few days' Boris Johnson saysMinisters will reveal more about the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) project in the “next few days” Boris Johnson has said, hailing the project as “fantastic” for the north.
• Grant Shapps refuses to be drawn on whether he is still committed to HS2 from Birmingham to LeedsTransport Secretary Grant Shapps refused to be drawn on whether he was still committed to the Eastern Leg of HS2, telling delegates at Conservative Party conference that “a lot has changed” since plans were first circulated.

Other Regional Press

• Caithness plan to get more people walking and cycling rather than driving on short journeysAN initiative aimed at getting more people to walk or cycle rather than take the car on short journeys is being run in Caithness.

Rail Advent

• Kent railway station benefits from a £2.5m project of improvementsNetwork Rail have completed a Ј2.5m project to refurbish the canopies at Orpington railway station.
• Tyne & Metro Flow project welcomed by community leadersA Ј100m scheme to dual sections of track on the Tyne & Wear Metro has been welcomed by community leaders.

The Business Desk

• College’s new rail training centre on trackA new rail training centre has been launch for people to gain the skills needed to build the region’s expanding tram and train networks.

Aviation Industry

• Heathrow Airport: Passengers Are Prepared To Pay More To Fly SustainablyMajor figures in aviation are keen to transform the industry to operate in a net-zero ecosystem by the time the 2050s are in full swing. The likes of Airbus and its customers have doubled down on its initiatives with plans to introduce zero-emission aircraft during the middle of the next decade. While these motives have great intentions, there has been some concern about the price of the transition to the customer due to the cost of implementing sustainable solutions.

Other News Sources

• Interview: London First’s John Dickie on transport, the office and ‘levelling up’The new chief executive of an influential business group has repeated his warnings against cuts to public transport and stressed the importance of the capital to national economic prosperity
• East Lancs bus firm warns of cancellations from driver test delaysEAST Lancashire's main bus operator has warned of service cancellations because of a delay in testing its trainee driver.