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Coronavirus could delay arrival of new £362m Metro fleet
The long-awaited replacements for the Tyne and Wear rail network's ageing carriages should start arriving in the region in late 2022 and be in use from summer 2023
Wednesday, 01 April 2020
Financial Times
- Uber Eats accelerates push into grocery deliveriesFood delivery platform has struck deals with major global retailers including French supermarket Carrefour
Times Online
- London drivers still clogging the streets [subscription]Traffic levels in London are higher than in other big European capitals, suggesting that large numbers of unnecessary journeys are still being made.
Birmingham Mail
- Petrol stations 'will be forced to close amid coronavirus crisis'The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) stated that sites in rural areas where fuel use has collapsed the most are particularly vulnerable
- What Birmingham's Spaghetti Junction looks like amid coronavirus crisisSpaghetti Junction serves 18 routes and normally carries over 200,000 vehicles a day
Manchester Evening News
- What 'rush hour' looked like on Manchester's motorways tonightOur region's motorways have looked dramatically different since lockdown measures were introduced
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Coronavirus: temporary changes to driver CPC requirementsThe government has released guidance confirming temporary changes to allow bus and lorry drivers who cannot complete compulsory CPC training to continue to drive. Most professional lorry and bus drivers must complete 35 hours periodic training every 5 years to maintain a driver qualification card (DQC). During the coronavirus outbreak it may be difficult for drivers to complete the required training. The Department for Transport has therefore put in place temporary changes in professional driver qualification requirements This means that drivers whose DQC expires in the period from 1 March 2...
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