Paris has been shut down to all but the cleanest vehicles due to rapidly rising ozone levels, reports GreenZones. The environmental service said this morning that the ban applies today and tomorrow. Vehicles with the Crit'Air badges 4 and 5 as well as all vehicles without a vignette may no longer enter. In addition, all vehicles over 3.5 t are not … [Read more...]
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Light is right for road ahead
Light is right for the next generation of electric vehicles. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Material Technologies Shaping the Future of Electric Vehicles (EV), discusses the material technologies used in EVs by analyzing recent global and regional trends. Electric vehicle manufacturers are looking at materials as a lever of growth for EV … [Read more...]
Welsh roads get make-over
Gateway roads into Wales will get a make-over. Welsh Transport Secretary Ken Skates today announced a five-year programme to landscape and enhance main roads for visitors. Three routes making up the Wales Way (A487, A470 and A55) as well as entrances into Wales on the M4, M48, A483, A5 and A494 Deeside will benefit. He said, “It will build upon and … [Read more...]
Safely seeing is a matter of law for all drivers
Drivers and riders are being encouraged to take the ‘number plate test’ - a quick and easy way to check they meet the minimum eyesight requirements. By law, all drivers and riders must meet the minimum eyesight standards at all times and this includes being able to read a number plate from 20 metres. The campaign is reminding the public that they … [Read more...]
Mazda amazes for new parents, Volvo valued by families
The Mazda CX-5 is judged the safest used car for new parents to buy. The Volkswagen Touran and BMW 2 Series Active Tourer follow in second and third place as UK’s Safest Used Cars for new parents using data from Thatcham Research. The Safest Used Car Award for new parents, is the UK first in the used car market, and is based on a formula ranking … [Read more...]
Stroke-survivor inspires others to drive
Stroke-surviving Dr Stevenson joins Board of Welsh driving assessment service that changed her life Dr Mary Stevenson, 54 from Anglesey, has become a Trustee of The Wales Mobility and Driving Assessment Service after its team ensured her driving freedom following a stroke. The Wales Mobility and Driving Assessment Service is a registered charity … [Read more...]
Cardiff Airport’s big lift for future
A new on-site multi-storey car park and improved transport links are among proposals unveiled today for Cardiff Airport. Welsh Government and Cardiff Airport said they want to double the number of passengers from today’s 1.5m by 2040 with a new terminal, on-site hotel and transport hub included. … [Read more...]
Boost rail investment, Welsh Government tell UK Goverment
Transport Secretary Ken Skates has cited slow speeds, manual Victorian signalling and level crossings bringing traffic to a standstill up to 200 times a day in his call on the UK Government to make available an equitable level of funding for rail infrastructure enhancements in Wales. In May, Ken Skates announced Cardiff University’s Professor Mark Barry … [Read more...]
Diesel will be dumped by more in future
UK motorists will go green in the near future, as 55 per cent plan to swap diesel for a more ‘planet-friendly’ alternative with their next car purchase. A study of 2,000 motorists currently in the market for a new vehicle found 42 per cent are concerned that they may be taxed more in the near future if they decide to buy a vehicle which runs on … [Read more...]
Potholes pushing patrols towards record
The second three months of 2018 led to RAC patrols dealing with more pothole-related breakdowns than in any other second quarter since 2015. Between April and June an analysis of RAC breakdown data showed there were a total of 4,091 call-outs for damaged shock absorbers, broken suspension springs or distorted wheels – faults which are most likely to be … [Read more...]
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