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Friday, 05 August 2016

BBC News

• London taxi and minicab compliance team to be quadrupledThe number of officers responsible for cracking down on illegal taxi and minicab activity in London is to be quadrupled, Sadiq Khan has announced.
• Forest Hill: New hole hits London Bridge rail servicesA new hole opens underneath a railway line causing major travel disruption for the second time in less than three weeks.
• Are smart city transport systems vulnerable to hackers?The internet of things is integral to smart urban transport systems, but all this data needs to be stored in the cloud. What are the security implications?
• Violent outbursts at Doncaster HS2 meetingTrouble flares at a meeting about the HS2 route through South Yorkshire, resulting in residents grappling on the floor.
• Toyota shares rise despite weak earnings and outlookShares in Japanese carmaker Toyota are trading higher despite the company reporting a weak outlook for profits in the current year.
• Renault-Nissan 'reasonably optimistic' over BrexitThe chief executive of Renault-Nissan tells the BBC he is

Financial Times

• Virgin Australia says cost-cuts on trackUnderlying profit misses the mark, but carrier set to beat A$1.2bn cost savings goal

The Guardian

• More pain for Southern passengers after hole found under track at Forest HillDiscovery of second hole in a month further disrupts services, as talks continue at Acas to avert five days of strikesThe summer of pain for Southern rail passengers plunged to fresh depths after a new hole was discovered under rail tracks, cutting off many services to London.Passengers were advised to avoid London Bridge on Thursday evening as trains were cancelled or diverted while Network Rail performed repairs in Forest Hill, south-east London. Continue reading...
• Electric vehicle charge points to outnumber petrol stations by 2020, say NissanAnalysis by the car manufacturer marks end of the decade as a potential tipping point for the mass take up of electric vehicles, reports Business GreenPublic electric vehicle (EV) charge points will outnumber petrol stations in the UK by the end of the decade, marking a potential tipping point in the adoption of zero emission vehicles.
• Plane overshoots runway and crashes into road at Bergamo, ItalyThe cargo plane, a Boeing 737 belonging to DHL couriers, crashed after landing in apparent bad weather A cargo plane has overshot the runway at Bergamo’s Orio as Serio international airport and crashed into a road.The airport in Italy’s Lombardy region was temporarily closed after the incident which happened at 4am Friday morning. Continue reading...

The Scotsman

• Cautious buyers apply brakes to new car salesCar sales levelled off last month after a record 2015 and strong growth earlier this year, new figures show.

Times Online

• Airport chief lobbies against Heathrow expansion [Subscription]Theresa May is coming under intense lobbying from Scotland as her new government weighs up crucial airport expansion plans for London, it emerged last night.

City AM

• TfL are cracking down on illegal taxis and minicabs, but unions says it's failing to look at "e-hailing" services like UberSadiq Khan has unveiled plans to crack down on illegal taxis and minicabs - but transport union RMT has complained the drive will fail to look at smartphone services like Uber.

Birmingham Post

• London Midland signs new transport partnershipRail operator says it will work with new body Transport for West Midlands to deliver more improvements to local services

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Truckload of nostalgic photos capture 30 years of the Trans-Pennine Run THIRTY years of photographing historic commercial vehicles as they wend their way along the Trans-Pennine route has been compiled in a new book.

The York Press

• Jet2.com bans alcohol before 8am AN AIRLING has banned the sale of alcohol before 8am on its flights as part of a commitment to tackle disruptive and abusive behaviour by passengers.
• Comedian to perform on York train COMMUTERS on a Virgin Train service will be treated to a comedy show this month.
• You want 64 new pedestrian crossings. York council will fund only 3 DOZENS of road safety improvements will be rejected in York, because council funds can only cover a fraction of the work that demanded.

Wales Online

• An airline is banning the sale of alcohol before 8am - and asking airports to do the same People flying to holiday hotspots like Ibiza, Majorca and Amsterdam could all be affected

Bucks Free Press

• New Crossrail trains given test run Trains for a new railway line which will link parts of south Bucks with central London and Essex have been given a test run.

Carlisle News & Star

• Plans to introduce Oyster-style cards to boost transport across CumbriaCumbria County Council will push ahead with plans to give the North of England new powers over transport.

Crewe Chronicle

• 25 rail track trespass incidents in Crewe last summer Trains delayed by 477 minutes because children played on tracks

Other Regional Press

• SAFE BUS A ‘SUCCESS’ AFTER HELPING 1,000 REVELLERS IN CITYMORE than 1,000 Dundee weekend revellers have been helped after finding themselves a little worse for wear thanks to the Safe Zone Bus initiative.
• Cambridgeshire's 'growth deal': How £70m could unleash 10,000 new jobs and 2,700 new homes The package of measures planned by the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough (GCGP) local enterprise partnership would help build new roads, railways and training centres, to help foster economic growth across the region.
• Abellio dismisses claims Brexit has stalled East Anglia rail franchise bid Abellio has dismissed claims that its rail franchise bid for East Anglia has stalled following June's vote to leave the European Union.
• This is what you get when you spend £13m upgrading a train station Ken Skates, the cabinet secretary for economy and infrastructure was at the multi-million pound station on Wednesday, where he was joined by Neath Port Talbot Council leader Ali Thomas and Aberavon AM David Rees for a tour of the facilities.
• Start date for Lincoln Transport Hub works pushed backThe start date for the long-awaited Lincoln Transport Hub has been pushed back by up to a fortnight as the council waits for funding from the government.
• Jaguar Land Rover Ltd take action against Thanet pair over website addressesTwo Kent business people have heard the roar of Jaguar - after setting up websites in the name of the car giant.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Transformation is one way to improve Oxford Road Change is on the way for Oxford Road as engineers dig in to transform it into a pedestrian, cyclist and bus-friendly space. Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City Council are working together on a makeover for one of Europe’s busiest bus corridors, part of a £1 billion package of city centre infrastructure improvements by 2017. The next phase will start on Monday (8 August) allowing new bus lanes and stops to be added, along with new segregated cycle lanes and ‘Dutch-style’ bike bypasses which safely separate cyclists from buses. At bus stops, instead of...
• They’re just the ticket! amazing new buses revolutionise travel in Blackburn and AccringtonA fleet of brand-new buses bursting with the latest passenger-friendly features are now on the road in Blackburn and Accrington, ready to make the most of a £40 million investment in road improvements and infrastructure across Pennine Lancashire. The launch of the smart new blue buses also marks the beginning of a brand new name in local public transport, set to become familiar to thousands of people across the area – The Blackburn Bus Company. The new name reflects a proud heritage of providing public transport in Lancashire dating back more than 85 years. Passengers at Blackbu...
• Fresh push to erase unwanted sexual behaviour on London’s public transportA campaign urging people to report uninvited sexual advances on London’s transport network has been labelled a success by Transport for London (TfL). Since the ‘report it to stop it’ campaign was launched in April 2014, reports of unwanted sexual behaviour have gone up by almost a third (31 per cent), with 1,716 sexual offence reports leading to more than 500 arrests. Prior to the campaign, it was believed that 90 per cent of unwelcome sexual behaviour on public transport went unreported. More than two years on from the campaign’s introduction, police officers will be involved in reminding the...
• Senior Traffic Commissioner’s term extendedBeverley Bell to continue as STC until Spring 2017 Beverley  Bell  has  had  her term as Senior Traffic Commissioner (STC) for Great Britain extended until Spring 2017. The  decision means that Beverley will continue to perform the role of STC, whilst  also holding the post of Traffic Commissioner for the North West of England. The responsibilities of the STC are set out in the Local Transport Act 2008 which  allows  the  STC  to give guidance and general directions to traffic commissioners   and   deputies,   after   con...
• Heathrow named Europe’s best major airport after positive half-yearHeathrow has become the first airport to be named Europe’s best major airport for the third time by Airport Council International (ACI). The accolade from the only worldwide professional association of airport operators comes in recognition of Heathrow’s high service standards and its record high airport service quality score (4.16). Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye reacting by saying: “I am very proud of the work our colleagues do every day while giving better value to passengers.” The award came just as Heathrow announced its half-year results, which saw a one per cent rise in revenue, turning...

Rail Technology Magazine

• CAF to supply trainsets to Brussels' STIB Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) has awarded a contract worth €353m to Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF to deliver 43 trainsets for the Brussels Metro.
• High Availability of Modern Train Detection Systems using Intelligent Functions Research and development in the field of signalling is faced with the challenge of providing cost-effective solutions for high availability of safety-relevant systems.

Railway Gazette

• Bombardier-Hitachi joint venture to bid for New Tube for LondonUK: Bombardier Transportation and Hitachi Rail Europe have formed a joint venture to bid to supply...