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Monday, 15 August 2016

BBC News

• University Hospital of Wales gridlock to be tackledChanges to the roads around the University Hospital of Wales are being introduced in a bid to stop gridlock and help ambulances reach A&E quickly.
• Most delayed flights from UK airports revealedAir passengers using London Gatwick face the most flight delays in the UK, the BBC reveals.

Financial Times

• Businesses call for rethink of UK Uber rulesLetter to Sadiq Khan warns that regulations could damage capital’s digital economy
• Deliveroo technology draws in investorsFood delivery start-up has raised more than $472m in only three years

The Guardian

• London's night tube to get 100 extra police as 24-hour service beginsMayor Sadiq Khan to announce increased patrols amid fears that all-night trains could lead to more anti-social behaviourSadiq Khan, the London mayor, will announce a �3m investment for 100 extra police officers on the night tube to reassure passengers and communities as the capital prepares for the launch of 24-hour underground travel next weekend. While many in London eagerly await all-night trains, which businesses expect to give an immediate boost to bars and the entertainment sector, an internal risk assessment leaked this year suggested that Transport for London was anticipating higher le...
• Schoolmates used to ask me about Indian trains. I can now confirm British ones are worse | Nish KumarWith carriages full of unhappy travellers who have paid to be incarcerated, it’s no wonder talk of nationalisation has spread beyond duffel coat-wearing socialistsLast week Southern Rail staff went on strike, leaving thousands of commuters facing a slightly improved service. Southern’s non-stop calamities this summer have added support to the idea of renationalisation. This debate is something I watched with great interest. I’m a standup comedian who can’t drive. I have never learned. I don’t trust my hand-eye coordination. You’re looking at someone who once dropped a cricket ball on to his ow...
• JFK airport in chaos after unfounded report of shooting sparks evacuationsReports of shots fired in the departures area of terminal eight appear to be a false alarm but spark severe delays at New York airportTravellers have been evacuated from two terminals at John F Kennedy International airport in New York following apparently unfounded reports of a shooting incident.The New York Police Department originally told AP officers were responding to reports of shots fired but could not confirm them. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• New York's JFK airport terminal 8 evacuated after 'unfounded' reports of shots fired cause travel chaos

City AM

• Budget rail service will link Edinburgh to LondonA new low-fare train service between Edinburgh and London has been given the green light. The rail regulator ORR has approved FirstGroup's proposal to provide a rival budget rail service on the East Coast Mainline linking Edinburgh and London. The plan is to operate five trains a day in each direction. The service will be spread throughout the day and the journey time will be around four hours and ten minutes.

The Mirror

• UK's worst airports for delays revealed - but which is the top offender? From January 2015 to March 2016, passengers were delayed by an average of 18 minutes at the worst offending airport

Belfast Telegraph

• Board formed to examine impact of second runway at Gatwick The airport said the Gatwick Growth Board (GGB) will examine the economic and social impacts of the airport's future growth and expansion plans on the local area, the South East, and on the economy of the UK.

Birmingham Mail

• �250k to be spent on canal towpath lighting in BirminghamAim is to improve safety for cyclists after spate of muggings

Birmingham Post

• Birmingham Airport appoints RBH for marketing push Meriden-based agency wins brief to create new video and products for World Routes Conference

Liverpool Echo

• Wirral line upgrade: why will passengers face six months of misery?Wirral line commuters are facing six months of misery next year while engineers upgrade ageing rail tracks – so why will the work take so long to complete?

London Evening Standard

• Rail commuters set to be hit by fresh fare hikes despite months of miseryThe cost of the average annual rail season ticket is to be hiked by £40 despite commuters enduring misery caused by strikes and overcrowding.
• Maiden flight for giant Airlander postponed at last minute due to safety fearsThe Airlander 10 - part plane, part airship - was due to take off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire earlier today but a "technical issue" meant they had to abort the test for safety reasons.
• Extra police will patrol stations and trains when night Tube launches next weekendExtra police will be drafted in to patrol stations and trains when the night Tube launches next weekend.
• London Gatwick named UK airport with most delaysPassengers at London Gatwick face more delays than those at any other airport in the UK, new data shows.

Sheffield Star

• HS2 ‘don’t know’ numbers of homes facing demolition on new South Yorkshire route HS2 officials have admitted they do not know how many homes could be demolished on their revised high-speed rail line through South Yorkshire.

Wales Online

• Rhigos Mountain Road re-opens after �1.25m re-surfacing work Road was closed for three weeks to allow work to take place

Yorkshire Post

• YP Letters: Why car drivers must follow the rules on using bus lanesFrom: Coun Richard Lewis, Leeds City Council, Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning, Civic Hall, Leeds.
• Moving the earth to keep famous rail line open A train travels over the Ribblehead Viaduct as the weather starts to close in. 
The impressive structure is 
on the route of the Settle to Carlisle line, which was 
forced to close following a 
landslip.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Sudbury bus station campaigners to fight on despite Borehamgate Precinct purchaseOpponents of moving Sudbury’s bus station to Girling Street have disputed claims it would be impossible to make the current site part of a multi-million-pound regeneration of Hamilton Road.

Get West London

• 'It's vandalism': Fears over HS2 impact on Uxbridge nature reserve as Green leader Natalie Bennett visitsGreen Party leader Natalie Bennett met with local campaigners on Friday (August 12) to hear concerns over the new rail link

Peterborough Telegraph

• Call for more action on drink-driving as fatality figures stagnateRoad safety charities and motoring groups have called on the Government to do more to address drink-driving after the latest figures showed that drink-related fatalities have not fallen since 2010.

Other Regional Press

• Woking railway station's south entrance could undergo 'complete rebuild' in expansion schemeAccording to Network Rail, the improvement works would "enable additional services to call at the station to meet future demand"
• Cricklewood Station and volunteers shortlisted for awardA Cricklewood community association has been shortlisted for an award for beatifying their local train station.
• MSP urges backing for fast track of airport rail link A Glasgow MSP is urging his city colleagues to back calls to fast track the City Deal rail link to Glasgow Airport.

Bus and Coach.com

• Voith to focus on fuel efficient operation at IAA Hanover showVoith’s display at this year’s IAA Commercial Vehicles, which runs from 22-29 September in Hanover will include the DIWA.6 automatic transmission with Stop-Start Technology, a version of its secondary water retarder that can be disconnected, and new air compressors with TwinSave technology or coupling.
• FuelSense technology helps Russian bus fleet reduce fuel consumptionAllison Transmissions reports that a trial by the unimaginatively-named operator, Public Transport Enterprise No. 4, a 300-strong bus fleet in Kazan, Russia, that compared buses equipped with an automated manual transmission (AMT) and one equipped with an Allison transmission featuring FuelSense Max, has resulted in the Allison-equipped bus returning a fuel economy improvement of 11 per cent.
• VDL Bus & Coach introduces the Citea LLE ElectricThe recently-introduced new length variant of the VDL Citea LLE, the Citea LLE-99, is now also available in a fully electric version.
• Vince Cable to take over as HCT chairSocial enterprise bus operator HCT Group has appointed Vince Cable as its new chair. Cable will be responsible for leading the board of trustees and overseeing strategy development and governance.
• Beverley Bell to step down as senior traffic commissionerBeverley Bell will step down as senior traffic commissioner next spring following a one-year extension to her appointment. Bell, who will also leave her post as north west traffic commissioner, says the forthcoming reforms of fees and legislation should be taken forward under new leadership.
• IRU offers cautious welcome for EU transport decarbonisation strategy
• New Chinese-built Ensign Enterprise arrives in UK
• New fleet of Otokar Kent Cs for Malta
• Look, no hands - Daimler's semi-autonomous Future Bus

Rail Magazine

• Britain Runs on Rail campaign to highlight railway’s valueRail Delivery Group launches campaign to improve the public perception of the railway.