Transportinfo.org.uk - today's transport news in the uk, hand picked for you each morning

Sunday, 02 May 2021

The Scotsman

• Pavement parking ban delay in Scotland to 2023 angers campaignersThe long-awaited ban on vehicles blocking Scotland’s pavements is likely to take another two years to be introduced, prompting frustration from campaigners.

The Telegraph

• Highways England boss snubs smart motorway widow [subscription]Nick Harris cancels meeting with Claire Mercer, whose husband was killed in a live lane on the M1, after taking ‘legal advice’
• ‘It’s amazing that electric vehicles go so far back’: the world’s first EV driven [subscription]Aboard a replica of a battery-powered contraption from 1881, celebrating the 140th anniversary of when its inventor first drove it in Paris
• Mayor's plan to charge people daily fee of at least £3.50 to drive into capital could cost tourist economy £2.6 billion, analysis shows [subscription]Tens of thousands of jobs are at risk from Sadiq Khan's plans for an outer London tax, Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey warns.

Times Online

• The rise of the SUV: it’s bad for the planet and far too big but, ooh, this car’s comfy [subscription]Solar panels are a common sight on the roofs of the West Sussex town of Steyning. Why then, wondered David Boyle, did so many of his ecologically conscious neighbours have gas-guzzling SUVs in the driveway?
• Canny motorists are paid to charge electric cars overnight [subscription]On days when the forecast is for windy weather, Trevor Branton knows it is time to switch on all his electric devices. The Devon estate agent plugs in his electric car at home to take advantage of the rock-bottom prices available whenever the National Grid has surplus renewable electricity.

The York Press

• REVEALED: Roads and footpaths in York set to be repaired this year THE list of roads and footpaths set to get repair works in the coming year has been published by City of York Council.

Other Regional Press

• When will driverless cars come to Oxfordshire? Self-driving cars enabling motorists to take their eyes off the road and their hands off the wheel could be permitted on UK motorways later this year, the Department for Transport has announced.