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Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Financial Times

• Europe's lorry driver crisis to deepen next year, warns haulage bossShortages expected to disrupt Christmas, with new EU rules set to put further strain on supply chains

Times Online

• No cameras on most roads to guard Edinburgh’s anti-pollution zone [subscription]Critics have ridiculed Edinburgh’s low emissions zone as “full of holes” after it emerged only a third of entry points into the city centre district will be monitored by number plate recognition cameras.

Birmingham Mail

• Birmingham needs massive increase in electric vehicle charging pointsThe sale of new petrol cars will be banned from 2030 but Birmingham has far fewer charging points compared to London

Bristol Live

• Uber looking to recruit 900 new drivers in Bristol and BathDemand for the service has 'ramped up'

London Evening Standard

• Addison Lee pledges to run all-electric cab fleet by 2023Addison Lee has pledged it will operate only electric vehicles from 2023.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Royal Mail to trial Micro Electric VehiclesRoyal Mail is set to trial two types of Micro Electric Vehicles for letter and small parcel deliveries, in a drive to further reduce emissions associated with its operations.    The Micro Electric Vehicles form part of Royal Mail’s programme of low or zero emission vehicle trials designed to make the UK’s lowest reported CO2e emissions per parcel delivery even lower.   Roughly the size of a golf buggy or a quad bike, the vehicles will be assessed in residential areas as a potential lower carbon alternative to larger vans, which are typically shared by two posties.&nb...