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UK expected to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030
Boris Johnson is understood to be planning to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars within a decade, with reports that the ban will be brought forward by five years.
Change at top of Heathrow anti-noise campaign group
MORE than 20 years as chairman of Heathrow Association for the Control of Airport Noise (HACAN) are ending for John Stewart. He will be replaced in the new year by Paul Beckford, an experienced campaigner and transport expert who has successfully lobbied on a variety of transport and environmental policies over the past 15 years.
First Bus among travel operators to take part in government partnership
A PARTNERSHIP between Scotland's travel operators, including First Bus, and the local authorities has been announced. The Scottish Government’s Bus Partnership Fund is a £500 million fund which will deliver bus priority measures on local and trunk roads, allowing for improved journey times.
Sunday, 15 November 2020
Times Online
- The 600mph Hyperloop will arrive four minutes after departure. What’s the point of HS2 again? - Jeremy ClarksonWhen I’ve travelled on the train from London to Liverpool, I’ve never once thought, as I arrived at Lime Street: “Well, I wish that hadn’t taken so long.” You sit down at Euston, you read two chapters of your book and you’re there.
City AM
- Commuters face hike in rail fares in New YearCommuters are facing the prospect of a New Year’s hike in rail fares as the cost of a multi-billion pound The post Commuters face hike in rail fares in New Year appeared first on CityAM.
Edinburgh Evening News
- Rail staff being spat at among 100 Covid-related crimes on Scotland's railwaysPeople have been deliberately coughed or spat at or phlegm smeared on surfaces among 55 Covid-related crimes on Scotland’s railways since March, British Transport Police (BTP) has revealed.
Other Regional Press
- HS2: Lord calls for new railway station in OswestryA Labour peer has called on the government to back improvements to roads and public transport in north Shropshire alongside the construction of HS2.
- Results into new rail hub in Grove announced soonTHE Department of Transport will soon announce the result of a high-profile bid on a new railway station in southern Oxfordshire.
News from Europe
- Public transport in Brussels becomes free for under-25s come 2021At the start of the next school year, citizens under 25 will be able to enjoy Brussels’ public transport free of charge
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