Vehicle Transport

Advice For Local Residents As Winter Bite - Chesterfield Post
Councillor Simon Spencer, Derbyshire County Council's cabinet member for Highways and Transport said: "Our gritters were out around the clock treating and clearing snow from the county's gritting routes. Around 30 farmers and other contractors were out ...3 Hours 59 Minutes agowww.chesterfieldpost.co.uk

Bus firm First slammed by transport watchdog over unreliable services - Manchester Evening News
Under transport laws a traffic commissioner can impose fines up to £550 per vehicle on firms that fail to meet the 95 per cent punctuality target. Four officers from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) monitored more than 860 bus journeys ...14 Hours 36 Minutes agomenmedia.co.uk

Hospital staff are nicking parking spaces outside our homes - Glasgow Evening Times
The car rolled down the hill and hit his vehicle. Tilly McIlroy, 74, Earlston Place, vice-chairwoman of the residents' committee, said: “Most of us are elderly. “I use the bus service and, when I am at the stop, I can't get on the bus because cars are ...9 Hours 39 Minutes agowww.eveningtimes.co.uk

Cyclists are sinners too - their own bad habits need curbing - Evening Standard
I saw a different city from the saddle than in a vehicle or on foot. I felt more in touch with London's scenery, and often alarmingly in touch with my fellow road users. For the past week The Times has been running a campaign for safer London cycling ...10 Hours 59 Minutes agowww.thisislondon.co.uk

Lambeth Bridge, St George's Circus & Waterloo in cycle safety review - London SE1
Transport for London has announced that it is carrying out studies of three SE1 road junctions as part of a major review of cycle safety ordered by the Mayor. Last autumn the Waterloo roundabout was named as the junction with the fourth highest number ...12 Hours 39 Minutes agowww.london-se1.co.ukRelated News:
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NEWS IN BRIEF: Death toll rises as troops kill 25 in Syria - Daily Mail
The state transport department has issued fresh tenders, bidders have come forward and work is on to meet the deadline fixed by the Supreme Court. Though only new vehicles will initially have such plates, the department will start replacing the number ...21 Hours 33 Minutes agowww.dailymail.co.uk

Highways bosses recommend trialling taxi use of Watford bus lanes - Watford Observer
Politicians on the highways and transport cabinet panel have been recommended to support the scheme on an "experimental" basis. In a report to the committee, highways officers said the scheme should only be made permanent if it "shows no adverse effect ...6 Hours 28 Minutes agowww.watfordobserver.co.uk

'Croydon is connected, capable and confident', MIPIM property fair to be told - This is Croydon
They will be joined by representatives from the Croydon Council Urban Regeneration Vehicle – the regeneration partnership between the council and Laing – whose projects include Bernard Weatherill House, the authority's new headquarters in Fell Road.15 Hours 1 Minutes agowww.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk