Italian aircraft firm Tecnam transforms plane into a -122F freezer to transport COVID vaccine doses 

Italian aircraft firm Tecnam transforms one of their 11-seater planes into a massive -122F freezer that can transport 115,000 Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccine doses Tecnam has unveiled a redesigned plane to help delivery COVID vaccines  Called P2012 TravelCare, the plane features a massive freezer in the cargo area The freezer is capable of maintaining -122F … Read more

Covid UK: Maskless users of public transport ‘should expect fines’

People refusing to wear masks on public transport should ‘expect a fine’, a police chief warned tonight as he warned officers would no longer ‘waste time’ trying to reason with people.   National Police Chiefs’ Council chairman Martin Hewitt blasted rulebreakers who have ‘no regard’ for the safety of others as he outlined some of the situations … Read more

Covid UK: Maskless users of public transport ‘should expect fines’

People refusing to wear masks on public transport should ‘expect a fine’, a police chief warned tonight as he warned officers would no longer ‘waste time’ trying to reason with people.   National Police Chiefs’ Council chairman Martin Hewitt blasted rulebreakers who have ‘no regard’ for the safety of others as he outlined some of the situations … Read more

Let novelist Carol Drinkwater transport you to the Cote d’Azur in this festive evocation 

To say I love the Christmas season at our home in the South of France is an understatement. I get such a kick out of preparing the house for the arrival of family; seeing our scruffy old villa bursting at the seams with loved ones. Christmas in the Caribbean, after a tiring flight, may sweep … Read more

‘Stay local and book early,’ transport tsar tells Christmas travellers as he rules out train chaos

‘Stay local and book early’: transport tsar says he does not expect ‘terrible scenes’ on Christmas trains because of shop closures and car journeys but urges people to ‘be careful’ Sir Peter Hendy suggested people should ‘stay local’ during the festive period Stressed train network is not expecting ‘terrible scenes’ during the getaway Ex-TfL chief … Read more

TfL board member blasts transport chiefs over Kensington bike lane

A loathed cycle lane which saw bollards removed after a backlash from drivers and businesses was today blasted as a ‘fiasco’ by a Transport for London board member. The £600,000 lane on Kensington High Street in West London became an unlikely battleground in a row between cycling activists and drivers angry about congestion. Ron Kalifa, … Read more

Transport Secretary is first to a green number plate for his Tesla EV

Electric cars can officially display special green number plates from today that could see owners benefit from cheaper parking, unrestricted access to low emission zones and permission to use bus lanes in the future. Among the first EV owner to get their hands on one of the special plates is Transport Secretary Grant Shapps who … Read more

Transport Secretary among first to a green number plate for his Tesla

Electric cars can officially display special green number plates from today that could see owners benefit from cheaper parking, unrestricted access to low emission zones and permission to use bus lanes in the future. Among the first EV owners to get their hands on one of the special plates is Transport Secretary Grant Shapps who … Read more

Why is the Pfizer vaccine so difficult to transport?

The approval of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday was hailed as the light at the end of the lockdown tunnel that could finally revert Britain back to pre-pandemic normality. But the breakthrough jab — shown to be 95 per cent effective at blocking Covid-19 infection — has thrown up a series of logistical hurdles that … Read more

South Korea demonstrates flight of drone ‘taxis’ which could revolutionise public transport 

South Korea offered a glimpse of a science-fiction future on Wednesday with a demonstration flight of a two-seat drone taxi in Seoul, as the government outlined ambitious plans to commercialise urban air travel by 2025. At an event held next to the Han River near Yeouido, a finance and banking district in the heart of … Read more