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Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Times Online

• E-scooters on UK roads set for the green light [subscription]Electric scooters will be legalised on roads and cycle lanes for the first time under government plans to encourage green transport.
• Expansion of smart motorways must stop now, MPs warn [subscription]The introduction of smart motorways is being carried out with a “shocking degree of carelessness” and should be halted immediately, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers.

Mail Online

• MPs accuse road bosses of a 'shocking degree of carelessness' over smart motorway roll-outFurious MPs are urging Highways England to halt construction of the new roads for three years so safety improvements can be made.

Belfast Telegraph

• MOT tests for cars and light vehicles in Northern Ireland suspendedAll MoT tests for cars and light vehicles have been suspended “with immediate effectâ€�, the Department for Infrastructure announced last night.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Would you like to see regular car free days in Woodbridge?Woodbridge is to hold up to eight town centre car-free days this year after a successful experiment proved popular.

Other Regional Press

• Smart motorways like M62 blamed for increase in 'near misses'Huddersfield road safety campaign urges re-think on schemes that scrap the hard shoulder

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Uber logs 28,000 safety complaints about London driversNearly 28,000 safety-related complaints were made about Uber drivers in London in a six-month period, it has emerged. The safety concerns were among almost 600,000 complaints made to the firm between December 2018 and May 2019. The figures were included in a newly released letter from Transport for London (TfL) which sets out its reasons for not granting Uber a private hire vehicle operator licence. Uber said safety was its
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