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Saturday, 09 May 2020

The Guardian

• Imagine the UK getting rid of road rage, congestion and exhaust fumes for ever | Susanna RustinBritain is a latecomer to decarbonising transport but changes under lockdown and initiatives abroad could spark a revolutionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt was a grim irony that the best transport news in ages was buried in the first few days of the coronavirus lockdown. On 26 March, the government published a document, Decarbonising Transport, which went further in facing up to the problem of emissions from air and vehicle traffic than most campaigners had dared to hope for.The challenge is enormous. In 2016, transport overtook energy to become the single bigges...

Times Online

• Toyota plant in Wales gets back to business on Monday [Subscription]The maker of Toyota and Lexus cars and cruisers is to reopen its engines factory after a two-month lockdown.

This is Money

• What car making in a coronavirus era looks like for Aston MartinFrom temperature tests on arrival to face masks and two-metre distancing, this is the first glimpse of how manufacturing in Britain could look in the wake of the lockdown.
• Two in five drivers concerned about catching Covid-19 from petrol pumpsWith fuel pumps being handled throughout the pandemic, there are concerns amongst the motoring community about the safety of return to petrol stations in the aftermath of lockdown.

Birmingham Mail

• Boy racers are turning deserted roads into high-speed racetracksSuspected incidents of speeding and road traffic offences can be reported via the police non-emergency number 101

Birmingham Post

• Japanese car maker Toyota to resume production at its North Wales engine plantIt said the return will be supported by employee safety induction days

Other Regional Press

• Drivers hitting the road as 'lockdown fatigue' sets inRAC figures show more cars are on the roads than a month ago

Other Subscription Services

• Upgraded A14 fully open as main roadworks completed Britain's biggest road-building project, the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade, has opened to traffic eight months ahead of schedule.The 1.5bn scheme provides new road capacity on a heavily...