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Wednesday, 02 June 2021

BBC News

• Birmingham Clean Air Zone: No payments for first two weeksSome motorists in Birmingham reported problems as they attempted to pay in advance for journeys.
• Why electric cars will take over sooner than you thinkThe BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.

Financial Times

• Oil prices rally as Opec+ producers agree slow supply increaseCartel and its allies stick to plan to gradually lift production as demand improves

Times Online

• Birmingham clean air zone charges delayed because public unaware of them [subscription]Plans to charge drivers £8 to enter a clean air zone in Birmingham city centre have been put back by two weeks because too few knew about it.

London Evening Standard

• Man caught drink-driving on e-scooter is handed banE-scooters are treated as motor vehicles by the Department for Transport and are subject to the same legal requirement as other vehicles.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Three months on from the launch of TfL's world-first Direct Vision Standard lorries across London are becoming saferTransport for London (TfL), working with the London boroughs, the freight industry and campaign groups, delivered a radical improvement to road safety in the UK in March with the introduction of the pioneering Direct Vision Standard (DVS). Three months on data shows that the vital lorry safety scheme, which reduces lethal blind spots, is already helping to save lives and prevent life-changing injuries. TfL's Direct Vision Standard scheme requires owners of Heavy Good Vehicles (HGVs) weighing more than 12 tonnes to apply for a free permit that assigns vehicles a star rating based on how much th...

New Civil Engineer

• Construction plans and timeline set for £250M A303 dualling schemeHighways England (HE) has mapped out the construction timeline for the £250M dualling of the A303 between Sparkford and Ilchester
• Highways England vows to create ‘new woodland’ alongside Lower Thames Crossing routeHighways England has announced plans to create a 100ha woodland alongside the Lower Thames Crossing route in Essex.