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Friday, 12 February 2016

BBC News

• Bridges in public ownership 'by 2017'The Severn crossings could revert to public ownership as early as autumn 2017 an MP says.
• UK's first toll motorway for saleThe loss-making M6 Toll road is put up for sale for nearly �2bn, the BBC understands.

Financial Times

• Diversion from traditional taxis in ParisLike Uber, ride-hailing app Heetch angers established cab drivers and its model faces a legal test
• Uber to pay $28m over ‘safe rides’ suitPlaintiffs had argued company misled passengers about safety practices

The Guardian

• Uber’s human drivers are mapping out the system ahead of self-driving carsUber built a following quickly because it was cheap and easy to book - if only its drivers weren’t protesting against their treatmentThere is a distinct but now amusing memory I have from a little over seven years ago of looking through all the apps in the iPhone app store, which was then brand spanking new. It seems unfathomable now, but in late 2008 apps were very far from the mainstream, and lacking the imagination and ubiquity of today. The success and pervasiveness of mobile computing, symbiotically, helped popularise them. And arguably the most successful app of all is Uber — now the mos...

The Scotsman

• Electric taxi firm trebles cars in drive to be UK’s biggestA Scottish firm will boast the UK’s largest fleet of electric taxis when it trebles its number of vehicles to 100 this summer, The Scotsman has learned.

The Telegraph

• New 20mph limits lead to 50pc boom in speed bumpsGrowth of 20 mph speed limits has driven up spending on speed bumps by 50pc despite police refusing to prosecute speeding drivers

Birmingham Post

• Taxi drivers claim victory after New Street charges are dropped The RMT union had been campaigning against what it claims were increased costs for taxi drivers at the newly-redeveloped station

Other News Sources

• Skills shortage top of Agenda at FTA meeting with Secretary of StateAddressing the issue of driver shortage in the freight industry was at the top of the Agenda during a meeting between the Freight Transport ...