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News: August 2010
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
Road Goods Vehicles Travelling to Mainland Europe: Provisional Estimates Q2 2010, for details see:
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By-products from distilling process could be used to power cars and even aviation, according to researchers in Edinburgh.
It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "one for the road". W... more >
Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable visits Jaguar Land Rover
The UK Business Secretary Dr. Vince Cable visited Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters to experience first hand a selection of the latest Jag... more >
Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it wants to reach cumulative sales of 5 million hybrid vehicles in the early part of this decade.
Toyota, the pioneer in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, said... more >
Understanding the public's attitudes, perceptions and knowledge in relation to transport measures is important for the formulation and monitoring of transport policies.
The Department for Transpor... more >
Network of businesses committed to tackling climate change almost doubles in size as small firms sign up to Prince of Wales' initiative.
The number of businesses signed up to the Prince of Wales' ... more >
HMRC published yesterday a new guidance on a simplified approach to setting the market value of a cycle under the Cycle to Work Scheme: EIM21667 - Particular benefits: bicycles: transfer of bicycle... more >
With the Treasury axe about to fall, many are predicting that Terry Morgan's £15.9bn Crossrail project is primed to be one of the first victims.
The Crossrail chairman would have been ... more >
Manchester’s tram expansion is back on track - with contractors appointed for the last stage of the ‘Big Bang’ extensions.
Parts of the extension appeared under threat when the... more >
Stated goal of having 2,000 electric vehicles on Spanish roads by the end of year will be unachievable.
It was supposed to be the centrepiece of more >
Lights are set to be switched off on swathes of Britain’s motorway network to save money.
The move, which will see stretches of road plunged into darkness between midnight and 5am, is also i... more >
The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:
Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Provisional Estimates Q1 2010, see more >
The London Assembly has called on Transport for London (TfL) to justify Tube and bus fare rises which could be more than 7% in 2011.
In June, TfL said it was likely to recommend to London's mayo... more >
Boris Johnson has stolen the limelight, but London is not the first UK city to launch a public bike hire scheme. Blackpool, Cardiff and Reading were early adopters, and Dumfries in Scotland is join... more >