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Wednesday, 09 September 2020

BBC News

• Uber pledges all-electric fleet by 2040The transportation company says it has a
• A68 at Fala: The collapsed road rebuilt in under a monthImages show the scale of the operation to get traffic back on the A68 from the Borders to Edinburgh.

Department for Transport

• Supercharging the future of driving this #WorldEVDayGovernment announces ambitious plans on World Electric Vehicle Day.

Financial Times

• Hydrogen takes a back seat to electric for passenger vehiclesEmissions-free trucks seen as the future for fuel cell tech as carmakers focus on EVs

The Guardian

• Air pollution causes 3m lost working days per year in UK, says CBIAnalysis finds work absences related to poor air are costing Britain about £600m annually Polluted air in the UK causes 3m working days to be lost every year owing to people getting sick or taking time off to care for sick children, new research suggests.Cutting air pollution and meeting the World Health Organization standards would benefit the economy by about £1.6bn a year, by improving productivity, according to the analysis carried out by the CBI. About 17,000 premature deaths of working age people each year would be prevented by meeting the guidelines. Continue reading...

Times Online

• Tech stocks rout grows with Tesla falling 21% [subscription]The rout in American technology stocks intensified yesterday with Tesla losing more than $100 billion off its value after the electric carmaker was excluded from the S&P 500.

Cambridge News

• Amazon's new driverless delivery service means more hiring in CambsThe new team will focus on developing Amazon Scout for use globally
• Driver caught going 111mph in A14 roadworks as cameras rake in up to £4mNew figures show that A14 speed cameras are among the most profitable in Cambridgeshire

Other Regional Press

• Cycle lanes could potentially be added to two Dorchester roads CHANGES could be made to Dorchester’s Fairfield Road and Bridport Road to make them safer for cyclists and pedestrians.

New Civil Engineer

• Hammersmith Bridge | TfL took six months to provide info on temporary crossingTransport for London (TfL) took almost six months to provide the government with requested information about Hammersmith Bridge, letters between Lords and MPs reveal.
• DfT must work more closely with transport watchdogThe Department for Transport (DfT) needs to work more closely with Transport Focus, according to recommendations made in a review of the transport watchdog.

Other News Sources

• Road closures still to come in Brighton under School Streets schemeMORE road closures are still yet to come into force under a scheme to create extra space at school gates, despite pupils having already returned.