Articles tagged with: Transport

Transport Secretary launches Christmas Designated Driver Campaign

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11 Dec 2014 Transport

Transport Secretary launches Christmas Designated Driver Campaign

MPs & Peers joined people from across the transport and pub sectors to launch this year's Designated Driver Campaign in parliament.

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09 Dec 2014 Transport

Guide Dogs calls for pavement parking ban as three quarters forced into road

Almost three quarters of UK adults (74%), have been forced to walk into the road because of a vehicle parked on a pavement, according to a survey commissioned by Guide Dogs. The charity is leading a campaign to call for a new law to ban parking on pavements and is asking politicians to back a private members bill which will be tabled on 12 September.

Too many people heading for a destination unknown

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04 Dec 2014 Transport

Too many people heading for a destination unknown

Guide Dogs UK supports Jim Shannon MP’s Bill calling for AV technology on buses, giving back independence to the blind.

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03 Dec 2014 Transport

Driverless car road trials could lead to huge societal benefits – providing they tackle the big issues: acceptance, liability and safety, says IET

Welcoming the results of the UK driverless car road trials announced today by the Government as part of the Autumn Statement, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) outlines the big challenges for the trials to address.

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19 Nov 2014

Mott MacDonald Grontmij JV appointed on Highways Agency’s Collaborative Delivery Framework, England

Mott MacDonald Grontmij joint venture (MMG JV) has been appointed on Lot 1 of the Highways Agency’s new £5bn Collaborative Delivery Framework (CDF). MMG JV will provide professional engineering design services to support strategic investment in England’s road network.

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13 Nov 2014 Transport

New manifesto focuses on young drivers

High speed rural roads should be part of the driving test, according to the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).

Pavement Parking Law - ensuring a safe passage

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04 Nov 2014 Transport

Pavement Parking Law - ensuring a safe passage

Guide Dog’s Senior Public Affairs Officer, Jennifer Keen, explains why pavement parking is a major fear for people without sight and how their Streets Ahead campaign is fighting to end it.

Lord Low: Pavements are for people, let’s keep it that way

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04 Nov 2014 Transport

Lord Low: Pavements are for people, let’s keep it that way

Lord Low of Dalston wants to end pavement parking, an anti-social behaviour that makes the pavement dangerous for people with disabilities.

UK hauliers ‘pay £12,000 more in fuel duty’

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23 Oct 2014

UK hauliers ‘pay £12,000 more in fuel duty’

Political parties are being urged to lower fuel duty rates by the nation’s hauliers.

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22 Oct 2014

North East bus decision could herald ‘revolution’ for passengers, says Unite

A keynote decision to take bus services in Tyne and Wear back under council control could herald a revolution in the improvement of passenger services across the UK, Unite, the country’s largest union, said today (Tuesday 21 October).

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22 Oct 2014

Road Haulage Association demands a 3ppl reduction in fuel duty

“Road haulage is a key service industry to the UK economy and relies almost entirely on diesel, yet diesel duty remains by far the highest in the EU,” said the new RHA Chief Executive, Richard Burnett.

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17 Oct 2014 Transport

Guide Dogs puts MPs in the bus driver’s seat

When one Guide Dog owner told Guide Dogs Campaigns Team that getting off buses that arent fitted with audio visual (AV) announcements was like a game of chance this was the inspiration for their most recent Party Conference stand.

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16 Oct 2014

In an uncertain world, we need to forecast more than one future - Tom van Vuren

The convention of single point forecasts is hampering decision makers’ ability to make the best infrastructure choices. We need to open the debate to multiple scenarios.

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15 Oct 2014

Piracy: holding West Africa hostage

In response to Lord Naseby’s article “Piracy must be addressed,” UK Chamber of Shipping asserts West African countries will remain poor until piracy is tackled.

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12 Sep 2014

HRH The Prince of Wales visits Airbus in Broughton

HRH The Prince of Wales joined current and former employees at the Airbus plant in Broughton, North Wales, to mark the 75th anniversary of the first aerospace factory opening on the site in 1939.

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12 Sep 2014

RHA Compliance Conference a resounding success

With an attendance figure of nearly 400, Wednesday’s RHA Compliance Conference, supported by Volvo Trucks, was a resounding success and showed the commitment of the industry to safe and legal operation.

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12 Sep 2014

Get behind Kent parking plans, urges Road Haulage Association

The Road Haulage Association is strongly supporting proposals for new lorry parks in Kent, which are being discussed by the county council next Wednesday, September 17.

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11 Sep 2014 Transport

Minister for Transport responds to campaigners on Pavement Parking

Over the past 6 weeks Guide Dogs campaigners have been writing to Robert Goodwill MP, the Minister for Transport, asking him to support two bills that would bring an end to problem pavement parking in England, Scotland and Wales.

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23 Jun 2014 Transport

Engineers welcome HS3 plan

A new high-speed rail link between Manchester and Leeds will help the North compete with London, says the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

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17 Dec 2013 Transport

BATA reaction to interim report by Airports Commission

Simon Buck, Chief Executive of the British Air Transport Association (BATA), responding to the publication today of the Airports Commission Interim Report, said:

OFT to investigate 'excessive' car accident costs

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31 May 2012 Transport

OFT to investigate 'excessive' car accident costs

Insurers have welcomed the decision of the Office of Fair Trading to refer the credit hire and credit repair markets to the Competition Commission.