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Hammersmith Bridge: 'At least five more years until it reopens', Londoners told on 5th anniversary of closure

The Grade II* listed crossing was hurriedly closed to vehicles five years ago

Evening Standard

'Headlight dazzle' is getting worse on modern cars – and now the UK government is finally investigating

The UK's Department for Transport has launched an investigation into the brightness of modern headlights, following a petition from 10,000 drivers.

TechRadar

UK government launches review into headlight glare after drivers’ complaints

Campaigners welcome move as survey suggests they have become too bright and risk causing accidents

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Greg Hands wants TfL to take over Hammersmith Bridge and to reopen it to motor traffic

Hammersmith and Fulham Council has so far spent £30 million into ensuring the bridge remains safe

Evening Standard

Councils will have to consider resident support over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

The Department for Transport has published draft statutory guidance for councils on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.

Evening Standard

UK government seeks to limit low-traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for drivers’

Exclusive: The Department for Transport has already cut funding but now seeks to block councils’ ability to fine drivers

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s report finds low-traffic neighbourhoods work and are popular

Exclusive: Downing Street initially buried study, which Tories had hoped would strengthen arguments against traffic-reducing measures

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Government failing targets to fix UK railway system, watchdog reports

All ‘high level benefit’ targets missed and only three-quarters forecasted to be achieved by 2024/25, according to NAO

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers look to install highly paid boss to spearhead rail reform plan

Salary of new senior post could dwarf DfT pay scales in effort to speed up troubled Great British Railways project

The Guardian - UK

The government should make ebikes cheaper, not more powerful, if they want more people on bikes

No one with any real interest in seeing an uptake in cycling in the UK has called for the changes, argues advocacy expert Sam Jones

Cycling Weekly

Ministers to consult on doubling legal wattage of electric bike motors

Exclusive: DfT to launch consultation despite concerns over road and fire safety and legal status as cycles

The Guardian - UK

Fund to hand out £4.7bn from axed HS2 northern section to smaller projects

Ministers say smaller towns and cities in north of England and Midlands to benefit from scrapping of Leeds and Manchester lines

The Guardian - UK

'We’re actually selling bikes at a loss' - Leading retailer blames Cycle to Work schemes for drop in profit

'We’re earning less than we’ve ever done' says Mark James of Sheffield’s JE James Cycles

Cycling Weekly

Direct rail services between Shropshire and London to end soon

The service is reportedly being cancelled because not enough people use it

Evening Standard

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West Ham fan boat crash caused £100,000 of damage to Hammersmith Bridge

The boat had been taking West Ham fans to an away match against Fulham but was forced to turn back after getting stuck

Evening Standard

Hammersmith Bridge to re-open to cyclists with temporary lanes

Cyclists will no longer have to dismount and walk their bikes across

Evening Standard

HS2 London to Birmingham cost balloons to £68billion with no open date set for Euston, report reveals

MPs are 'more concerned about the HS2 programme than ever before'

The Guardian - UK

Claims government blocked low-traffic schemes were a fiction, papers suggest

Exclusive: Low-traffic neighbourhoods applications were rejected due to lack of ambition, not policy shift

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Uncertainty hangs over Sadiq Khan's cheap Friday fares trial as TfL and train companies try to agree deal

Standard learns that multiple issues have to be resolved before scrapping of peak fares on Fridays can be trialled

The Guardian - UK

Rail strikes: trains in south-east England halted as rolling stoppages begin

Aslef drivers at Southeastern, Southern/Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Thameslink and South Western stop work

The Guardian - UK

UK roads being built without ministerial oversight, say environment campaigners

National Highways pushing ahead with projects ‘behind wall of secrecy’

Evening Standard

Hammersmith Bridge: Thames crossing repair bill soars to £250million raising fears it won't ever reopen to traffic

Tories say it should be renamed 'Sadiq Khan Bridge' to highlight mayor's alleged inaction

International Business Times UK

ASLEF's Planned Walk-Outs Bring Disruption for Train Passengers Across England

The strikes, orchestrated by the train drivers' union ASLEF, are set to unfold as a series of "rolling" walk-outs from late January to early February.

The Independent UK

January and February rail strikes: Misery for train passengers as Aslef plan week of walk-outs across England

Union is calling for ‘realistic offer’ to end long-running dispute

Evening Standard

E-scooter crash injuries significantly under-reported, study finds

More rigorous collection of data is vital to ensure the dangers of the vehicles are fully understood, according to Government advisers.

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