SMMT: UK car sales plunge to six-year low despite electric growth January 6, 2020 British car sales slumped to a six-year low in 2019, as widespread economic uncertainty put the brakes on an industry whose only glimmer of hope came in the form of record electric vehicle sales. New car registrations fell two per cent to 2.31m last year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), [...]
New cycleway set to open between Greenwich and Woolwich January 6, 2020 South East London is set to get a new five-kilometre cycleway spanning from Greenwich to Woolwich. The planned cycleway will be built along the A206 Woolwich Road and will include pedestrian crossings, segregated cycle lanes and an overhaul of the Angerstein roundabout. Read more: New London cycleway to link Tower Bridge and Greenwich It will connect [...]
Revealed: London’s 10 most affordable commuter towns January 6, 2020 As the prices of annual train tickets continue to rise, life just got that bit trickier for those commuting into London every day. But for people living in the Essex town of Grays, it is not all bad, after it was revealed as the as the most affordable London commuter town. Read more: London’s best [...]
Technology in the driving seat: There’s a futuristic road ahead for the car January 6, 2020 The future of mobility is an exciting yet sometimes unimaginable concept. There’s a temptation to jump to driverless vehicles and new forms of transport without considering the evolution that is currently already happening across the mobility industry. We believe that reports of “the death of the car” are greatly exaggerated, but we also know that [...]
London bus drivers threaten strike action January 6, 2020 Londoners could face more travel chaos in the new year as 20,000 bus drivers are threatening to strike. Unite is preparing to ballot its members to decide if industrial action is taken over complaints of “chronic levels” of fatigue among bus drivers. Read more: RMT pledges to fight Tory plans for ‘minimum service’ during strikes [...]
Daimler to recall 744,000 Mercedes-Benz cars in US due to faulty sunroofs January 5, 2020 German carmaker Daimler has announced that it will recall nearly 750,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the US due to fears that the sunroof glass panel could detach and become a threat. The recall covers over two dozen models from 2001 to 2011, including the C-Class, CLK-Class, CLS-Class and E-Class. Read more: Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler to cut [...]
Greater Anglia rail franchise clause at centre of dispute involving Abellio January 5, 2020 A row between rail officials in Holland and Britain has spilled over into 2020, after train operator Abellio continued to take heavy losses from a clause in one of its UK government contracts. Abellio is a subsidiary of Dutch state-owned company Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). Read more: Rail: Williams review recommendations ‘could take 10 years to [...]
Boeing scraps festive bonuses in UK amid ‘challenging time’ for aerospace giant January 5, 2020 Boeing’s UK employees will be glad to have put 2019 behind them, after the aerospace giant reportedly capped off a dismal year by cancelling workers’ festive bonuses. The US aerospace giant has been feeling the pinch in recent months, as it loses billions of dollars over the ongoing grounding of its best-selling 737 Max jet. [...]
Dissenting HS2 report revives calls for government to release official review January 5, 2020 Whitehall is facing growing clamour to release its official review into the HS2 rail line, after a former insider slammed the project in his own dissenting report over the weekend. The Rail Industry Association (RIA), which represents contractors working on HS2, urged the government to publish its independent review into the line “swiftly” after Lord [...]
MPs were ‘misled’ on HS2 cost, says former deputy of government review into project January 5, 2020 Parliament was “misled” over the costs of the High Speed 2 rail project, according to the former deputy chairman of the government’s independent review into the line. Lord Tony Berkeley said the cost of the project is “out of control” and could be as much as £107m, three times the original estimate, in his own [...]
