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Wednesday, 21 March 2018

BBC News

• Northop link road will 'devastate' woodlandA farmer says the loss of woodland will negatively impact future generations.

Financial Times

• Toyota halts testing of autonomous vehicles on US public roadsTemporary move follows fatal collision between pedestrian and Uber vehicle in Arizona
• Driverless cars and the imperative of safetyUber’s Arizona accident highlights the risks of trial runs

The Guardian

• UK self-driving car trials continue despite death of US pedestrianJaguar Land Rover to demonstrate autonomous cars’ emergency braking on streets
• 'Uber should be shut down': friends of self-driving car crash victim seek justiceLoved ones are in shock over the death of Elaine Herzberg in Arizona, but questions remain as to whether Uber will be held accountableSelf-driving Uber kills woman in first fatal pedestrian crashFriends of the first known pedestrian to be killed by a self-driving car have called for Uber to be held accountable as questions mount about how the autonomous technology failed to stop the vehicle from hitting a human in its path.Two days after an Uber SUV fatally struck the 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, while traveling in autonomous mode, friends of the victim have argued that the r...

The Mirror

• One of Britain's busiest motorways to be shut for an entire weekend for new bridge to be installed Highways England has admitted the work is likely to cause "significant congestion" and delays along the diversion route

Birmingham Post

• Airport chief appointed to run M6 Toll Andy Cliffe has been with Manchester Airports Group for two decades but will now lead the company running UK's only pay-as-you-go motorway

The York Press

• Nearly one in five York minor roads needs repair - the worst in country NEARLY one in five minor roads across York was in a bad condition last year, according to new figures.

Other Regional Press

• See what Kirklees Council's' £2.7m roads plan involves as it gets the green light Road resurfacing for Newsome, Paddock, Kirkburton, Mirfield and Batley given the go-ahead