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Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Financial Times

• Exor to invest $200m in transport start-up ViaOwner of Fiat Chrysler to take 9% of ride-sharing and route-mapping business
• Outbreak makes America’s truckers heroes of the highwayDrivers are on the front line as grocery stores struggle to fill shelves emptied by panic buying

Times Online

• Self‑driving cars ‘will boost binge drinking’ [subscription]When engineers dreamt up the idea for driverless cars, they were motivated by the prospect of safer roads. Yet there was one unintended consequence that they may have overlooked.

London Evening Standard

• Can I drive my car during the coronavirus lockdown?Coronavirus: the symptoms

Leeds Live

• New £64m Leeds service station opens in middle of coronavirus crisisIt is currently not running at full capacity because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Motorway services are Last week, the Secretary of State for Transport wrote a letter to motorway service areas asking them to remain open and ensure that hauliers are able to access roadside facilities – including showers. CILT has been asked to encourage any of its members, and in particular drivers, to let us know if this is not happening. In his correspondence, the Rt Hon Grant Shapps thanked those who are continuing to provide essential provisions to support the freight and logistics sectors. He also addressed motorway service areas encouraging them to remain open to ensure that our hauliers can sustain...

New Civil Engineer

• Private sector collaboration needed to meet electric vehicle charging targetElectric vehicle (EV) charging manufacturer Connected Kerb has called for greater private sector collaboration to achieve levels the charging capacity needed in the future.
• Irish Sea tunnel could cost £16bn less than bridgeA Northern Ireland to Scotland tunnel could cost up to £16bn less than a bridge, according to the architect who first proposed plans for a crossing.