Legal proceedings over air quality could herald more LEZs
Published On: Tuesday 25 February 2014
The prospect of more and tighter low emission zones (LEZs) in British cities has been raised by the decision of the European Commission to launch legal proceedings against the UK [...]
The Freight Transport Association has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to go further than freezing fuel duty, by announcing a 3p per litre cut in the upcoming Budget [...]
Ro-ro freight traffic on the Dover Straits grew rapidly last year, with both Dover and Calais ferry ports reporting double-digit percentage growth over 2012. Dover has recorded its best full-year’s [...]
As part of its campaign to improve safety for cyclists in the capital, the Metropolitan Police has taken delivery of a new MAN TGX 26.480 6×2 tractor, which will form [...]
Remote enforcement office trial ‘makes good progress’
Published On: Tuesday 18 February 2014
There has been a positive response to the Remote Enforcement Office trial in the Western Traffic Area, according to VOSA successor organisation the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Remote [...]
The Department for Transport is to target foreign trucks for non-payment of the Lorry Road User Charge using live automatic number plate recognition technology when the toll is introduced on [...]
A recent evidence session of the House of Commons transport select committee saw MPs question the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) on a high rate of vehicle non-compliance in the [...]
Traffic commissioner: some operators ‘no idea’ how to use tachos
Published On: Friday 14 February 2014
Nick Denton, the traffic commissioner for London and the South East, has raised concerns about some restricted licence-holders’ neglect of their legal duties when it comes to digital tachographs. The [...]
The British and Irish governments have announced the introduction of a new marker for rebated fuels, including off-road ‘red diesel’, as part of a bid to clamp down on illegal [...]
