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The Department for Transport (DfT) is proposing to update the legislation underpinning Operation Brock — the traffic management contingency plans used in the event of significant disruption at the Short Straits crossings in Kent.

From 1 June 2021, any prohibitions for testable vehicles or trailers that are not cleared at the roadside will be referred for a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) prohibition removal inspection at an Authorised Testing Facility (ATF).

In one of the first acts of his new term in office, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has visited a Yorkshire company currently providing 67 electric buses operating in London’s fleet, with the delivery of 30 more in progress.

Emergency Alerts is a new service from the UK Government which is expected to launch in summer 2021 and which was subject to its first test in the East Suffolk area on 25 May.

The number of people who have died from exposure to Covid at work is being “massively under-reported” by employers, according to a new TUC report.

Anthony’s Travel of Runcorn has become the first operator in the UK to install both the Hispacold eCo3 and PEPA-F air filtration systems on its entire coach fleet.

Three new projects pioneering the next generation of emissions-cutting trucks and buses could generate up to 10,000 new jobs in the transport sector, BEIS has said.

Before the Covid-19, pandemic domestic and international visitors travelling by coach contributed £14 billion to the economy each year, with 23 million visits to tourist attractions and places made by coach in 2019.

Having been recently re-elected to a second term in office, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has wasted little time in reaffirming his commitment to expanding the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in October this year.

As Government restrictions ease further, Transport for London (TfL) has said that it is ready to welcome back customers to a near-normal service that is now in place across its network.