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Friday, 04 October 2019

The Guardian

• Electric cars: call for tax on road usage to cover lost fuel revenueIFS warns the switch from fossil fuel to electric will cause tax revenue to drop £28bn

Times Online

• Plea to let cars back on to old Forth bridge [subscription]Commuters say the Forth Road Bridge should be reopened to all traffic to ease regular congestion on its replacement.
• No need for licences or helmets,’ Lime electric scooter boss claims [subscription]Electric scooter riders should not need to get a licence or wear a helmet as it would discourage a green mode of transport, an e-scooter sharing company has said.

Reuters News

• UK new car sales rise only 1.3% in September - SMMTBritish new car registrations increased by a weak 1.3% in the important sales month of September as demand picked up only slightly from a double-digit drop in the same month last year when stricter emissions rules hit the market.

Green Miscellany

• Government inaction on pavement parking slammed by Transport CommitteeWe find it profoundly regrettable that the Government has taken so long to take any action to deal with pavement parking. So says a recent report  by the parliament’s Transport Committee – a body appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Transport. Their frustration is understandable. Fours years ago the… The post Government inaction on pavement parking slammed by Transport Committee appeared first on ETA.