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Tuesday, 14 September 2021

BBC News

• HGV driving test changes 'risk to road safety'The Road Haulage Association warns planned changes present a step backwards when it comes to safety.

Financial Times

• Disruption from UK’s truck driver shortage to deepen, warns logistics bossMore goods may fail to reach shops ahead of Christmas shopping season, says Wincanton chief

Times Online

• Results of low traffic neighbourhoods speak for themselves [Subscription]he use of low traffic neighbourhoods by local councils across the country has generated lots of attention, with passionate views expressed both for and against such interventions. The noise generated by this debate means the reasons for introducing low traffic neighbourhoods are often lost in the cacophony, when this is something that should matter to us all.
• Driverless delivery pods on roads ‘within two years’ [Subscription]Driverless delivery pods could be introduced to Britain’s roads within two years under plans designed to revolutionise online shopping.

Birmingham Mail

• Boris Johnson reveals major road and rail improvements coming to the West MidlandsA massive £21.2 billion is due to be spent on infrastructure projects in the West Midlands, new Government figures have revealed.

New Civil Engineer

• Backlash as Stonehenge Tunnel and Lower Thames Crossing top construction pipelineThe government has been accused of “making a mockery” of its own net zero carbon emissions targets by including billions of pounds worth of road contracts in its 10-year construction pipeline.

Other News Sources

• Rolls-Royce and Flanders Electric plan to develop hybrid retrofit solution for mining trucksRolls-Royce and Flanders Electric have agreed to develop a retrofit concept for hybridizing mining trucks that can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 30%. It integrates mtu engines, batteries and hybrid control systems, and Flanders drive train solutions. The mining truck hybrid concept recovers braking energy, which is then fed back to power the wheel motors, allowing the diesel engine to be downsized.