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Monday, 12 October 2020

BBC News

• High-speed train 'stabling' facility proposed near GretnaA high-speed train "stabling" facility - creating up to 100 jobs - could be constructed in southern Scotland.
• Kintore rail services return for first time since 1964Rail services are returning to the Aberdeenshire town of Kintore for the first time in more than 50 years.

Financial Times

• Alex Cruz to step down as BA chief in management shake-upAer Lingus boss Sean Doyle to take the reins as industry faces its ‘worst crisis’
• Aerospace executives warn on need to press green fuel useDrive for net zero carbon emissions at risk over lack of agreement on how to stimulate uptake

The Guardian

• 'We've had so many wins': why the green movement can overcome climate crisisLeaded petrol, acid rain, CFCs … the last 50 years of environmental action have shown how civil society can force governments and business to change Support Guardian journalism today, by making a single or recurring contribution, or subscribingLeaflets printed on “rather grottyâ€� blue paper. That is how Janet Alty will always remember one of the most successful environment campaigns of modern times: the movement to ban lead in petrol.There were the leaflets she wrote to warn parents at school gates of the dangers, leaflets to persuade voters and politicians, leaflets to drown out the industry ...

The Independent

• Coronavirus showed the way cities fund public transport is brokenLack of public transport funding after Covid will only amplify the existing inequalities between transit access and disadvantaged groups, say transport researches

The Telegraph

• Trains as industry set to recommend windows are kept open to prevent spread of coronavirusCommuters could face a chilly winter on trains as the industry is set to recommend windows are kept open to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
• British Airways chief executive and chairman Alex Cruz is stepping down to be replaced by the boss of Aer Lingus, Sean Doyle.Aer Lingus chief executive Sean Doyle will take over with immediate effect

Times Online

• Coronavirus: Air corridor to New York is planned for holidays [subscription]With the holiday season fast approaching, officials are devising plans for an “air corridor” between London and New York to avoid prolonged coronavirus quarantines.
• Smart traffic lights will turn green for cyclists [subscription]Cyclists will be given priority at junctions for the first time under plans for a new generation of smart traffic lights.

Mail Online

• EU dimwits! Rolls-Royce's glowing mascot is banned from lighting up under crackdown on pollutionThe £3,500 glow-in-the-dark version of Rolls-Royce's Spirit of Ecstasy has for four years shone proudly, but now her lights will be dimmed after falling foul of updated EU car safety rules.

Sky News

• British Airways chief executive Alex Cruz steps downBritish Airways chief executive Alex Cruz is stepping down from the role with immediate effect, owner International Airlines Group (IAG) said.

Birmingham Mail

• The shocking number of bus passengers we saw not wearing masks in city centreWe went to find out how many passengers were not wearing masks in Colmore Row

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• BA boss Alex Cruz shown the door amid coronavirus crisisBritish Airways chief executive Alex Cruz has been shown the door as the airline struggles to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• British Airways says Airbus A380 jumbo still 'valued part of fleet'The positive comments about the double decker plane fuel hope the jets will not be retired due to the pandemic

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Major £51m A19 improvement works under way six months early in bid to ease Nissan congestionThe Government said it shows their "commitment" to level up transport in the North

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• HS2: Will high speed rail in fact slow us down?By his own admission, giving high speed rail the green light was a controversial and difficult decision for Boris Johnson, who had long had at least one foot in the anti-HS2 camp.

East Anglian Daily Times

• MP hopes that freeport plans could help boost jobs in FelixstoweSuffolk Coastal MP Therese Coffey has backed plans for new “freeports” which could help areas like Felixstowe and Harwich.

North Wales Live

• Incredible sight as 'hundreds' of cyclists follow rave in cityHundreds of cyclists reportedly took part in the two-hour ride

Other Regional Press

• 21 charged after protest at HS2 site near Maple Cross Police have charged more than 20 people following a protest at an HS2 site.
• Call for parking restrictions after cyclist's deathA coroner is calling for highway bosses to introduce new safety measures on a dual carriageway following a collision which killed a cyclist.
• Sherborne railway station could be voted Britain's favourite A Dorset railway station has made the shortlist in a public vote to find Britain’s favourite.
• Cornwall bus services to have lower emissions thanks to Go CornwallMore new low emission buses will be taking to Cornwall’s streets over the next few weeks as part of a £16.5 million investment into public transport.
• Dorset Council update on Gillingham transport schemeDEMOLITION of a building in Gillingham is now underway as part of a multi-million pound transport scheme, after asbestos was found in its soffit boards.

Forbes

• Bicycles And Buses Will Be Future’s Dominant Modes Of Urban Mobility, Predict 346 Transport ExpertsA significant new report supported by the World Economic Forum argues there must be a “transport transformation” if the planet is to benefit from the Paris Agreement’s decarbonization commitments.
• This Is The New Transport Trend Sweeping EuropeBefore the pandemic, the number of cycle lanes and on-demand bike share schemes were rocketing across Europe. Shared public transport–scooters, bikes, cars–worked on the assumption that people in modern cities wanted to jump on whatever transport was available nearby, using an application, and leave them at stations or spaces when finished.

New Civil Engineer

• Wigan railway repairs complete after flood damage and landslipNetwork Rail engineers have completed emergency flood damage repairs on the railway between Wigan and Southport after flooding closed the line last week.

Railway Gazette

• SLC becomes newest train operator and sets up training academyUK: The Office of Rail & Road has granted a non-passenger train licence to SLC Operations Ltd, which is formed of part of rail infrastructure design, project management, investment and engineering services group SLC.

Other News Sources

• Why we need thinner buses and fatter hedges Thank you Bill Wiggin MP for speaking of buses in rural areas.
• Trains firm must stop disrupting students, says Hereford MP In his regular column for the Hereford Times, Hereford and South Herefordshire MP Jesse Norman takes train company Transport for Wales to task
• Transport for Wales extra train for Gwent sixth-formersTRANSPORT for Wales has bowed to pressure from Gwent sixth-formers who complained about the company's travel arrangements for students.