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Sunday, 22 November 2020

Times Online

• Electric cars aren’t as green as we think. Thinking small could be the kei [Subscription]Before we ban all petrol and diesel cars, Boris Johnson should look to Japan for some great little ideas
• Spike in mayday calls as electric cars run out of juice [Subscription]It is enough to make us miss the days when running out of fuel meant trudging to the nearest petrol station with a jerry can.

Bolton News

• More than 700 vehicles seized and over 400 arrests made by police transport unitGREATER Manchester Police's (GMP) Transport Unit has seized more than 700 vehicles and made over 400 arrests in its first year.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Shipley digital sign plan refused as it 'could prejudice' £48m road schemePLANS for a digital advertising board at a busy Shipley junction could prejudice a multi million pound road scheme, planning officers have claimed.

London Evening Standard

• Nearly 300 crimes in London committed by electric scooter riders in past four months, police reveal Nearly 300 robberies, assaults, thefts and other crimes have been carried out by people on electric scooters in London in the past four months, police have revealed.

The York Press

• "We need to keep cars out of York city centre" CITY centre spaces are for people, and that includes people with disabilities. But many of the problems which wheelchair users face, in accessing our streets, are caused by pavement parking, something which car campaigners ignore, and this is a significant problem in York.

Reading Evening Post

• The area of Berkshire with the safest roads in EnglandIt is also the safest place in the UK for pedestrians

Other Regional Press

• Hampshire Constabulary issue e-scooter warning ahead of Xmas Police in Hampshire have warned people to read up on road laws before buying loved ones an e-scooter this Christmas.
• Calls to make M27 quieter after resurfacing not carried outCALLS have been made to make the M27 quieter, as promised work to resurface a stretch of the motorway has still not been carried out.
• Speed limit at the Oxford end of the A40 will be reducedPLANS to reduce the speed limit on a main road into Oxford from the west have been described as 'nonsensical'.
• The rules you need to know about if you're not using your car in lockdownDrivers risk big fines if they make simple mistakes like forgetting to cancel their SORN
• JLR round-up: Baby Defender, testing self-driving cars and moreAll the latest news on Britain's biggest car maker
• Coventry MP leads calls for permanent free parking for staff at NHS hospitalsOne UHCW staff member said the return of car parking charges in June was a "kick in the teeth" after their hard work in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic

Other News Sources

• These are the six options for future transport in Hereford HEREFORDSHIRE Council leaders will consider six options for the future of transport in Hereford at a meeting next month.
• D-day looms on a bypass for Hereford COUNTY council leaders are expected to make a decision next month which could shape the future of transport in Hereford for decades to come.
• New range of Hereford bypass options is welcome, says MPIn his regular column for the Hereford Times, Hereford and South Herefordshire MP Jesse Norman welcomes a new range of options being considered for Hereford's transport problems
• Sussex drivers admit speeding over 100mph in new surveyMORE than a quarter of people admit they have been in a car travelling over 100mph on a public road, new statistics have revealed.