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Monday, 29 April 2019

The Guardian

• Report backs per-mile road charging scheme for LondonDrivers would be quoted a price before each individual journey to reflect its true impact. London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) and congestion charge should be scrapped in favour of a per-mile charging scheme based on the impact of vehicle journeys, according to a thinktank report backed by politicians and business groups in the capital.

The Telegraph

• Motorway signs should be redrawn to curb careless driving, transport watchdog warns [subscription]Motorway signs should be redrawn because of concerns that poor visibility is contributing to a rise in careless driving, highways chiefs have been told.

Times Online

• Government must let cities set their own clean transport agenda [Subscription]It’s often said that we are moving towards a new age of cities. National governments are too distant and backward-looking to rise to the challenges of governing complex and cosmopolitan modern societies. Cities, the argument goes, should and are taking over.
• Bad motorway signs causing drivers to take more risks, watchdog warns [Subscription]Motorway signs should be redrawn because of concerns that poor visibility is contributing to a rise in careless driving, highways officials have been told.