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Technology that links vehicles together into semi-autonomous 'road trains' undergoes its first real world tests in Sweden.
Airport's wings are clipped by global downturn
SCOTLAND'S busiest airport has drastically scaled back expansion plans in the face of the global economic downturn and is not likely to need a second runway in the next 30 years, it emerged yesterday.
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011
BBC News
- 'Road train' trials get rollingTechnology that links vehicles together into semi-autonomous 'road trains' undergoes its first real world tests in Sweden.
- Warnings of a rural 'fuel desert'A motor industry lobby group warns that filling stations could disappear completely from large parts of Scotland.
- Cheap rural fuel 'not in Budget'The government will not be able to introduce a discount on fuel in rural areas in its March Budget as some had expected, the BBC understands.
Financial Times
- Trucking driven by new-found confidenceRecent acquisitions in the North American trucking industry “ viewed as a bellwether for the overall economy “ underscore a spirited recovery in a sector hard hit by the recession
The Telegraph
- More 20 mph zones planned More 20 mph zones and bus lanes could be put in place in towns across the country under Government plans to cut carbon emissions. The proposals will form part of the Local Transport White Paper which will be unveiled today by Norman Baker.
Metro
- A driverless car is on the road aheadThere's one place you can™t read your Metro “ driving along the motorway at high speed. But that™s set to change.
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- Solar-powered traffic bollards for Huddersfield ECONOMICAL new traffic bollards are to be used on Huddersfield’s roads.
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- Russia-Belarus dispute cuts EU diesel supplies Russia will not restart oil supplies to Belarus, halted due to a pricing row, until at least 20 January, when the heads of both governments are scheduled to meet, official sources announced today (18 January).
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