Road transport
What we know so far about Tropical Cyclone Alfred: when and where it will hit, school closures, category now and suburbs at risk
People prepare for wild weather as BoM forecasts Alfred to hit Queensland later this week, with state’s capital in its path
Ben Smee and Joe Hinchliffe
07, Mar, 2025 @5:07 AM
Paris trials dedicated car-sharing lane on its notoriously congested ring road
Busiest urban motorway in Europe restricted mainly to vehicles carrying at least two people during rush-hour
Kim Willsher in Paris
03, Mar, 2025 @3:41 PM
Police shut parts of M4 motorway near Bristol after human remains discovered
Drivers had told Avon and Somerset officers that there was something on the road between junctions 20 and 21
Donna Ferguson
22, Feb, 2025 @11:13 PM
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
22, Feb, 2025 @8:00 AM
E-scooters blamed for big jump in children caught in UK driving without insurance
Hundreds of teenagers have been given an IN10 police endorsement since 2020, says road safety charity
Hilary Osborne
18, Feb, 2025 @12:01 AM
Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
Gary Fuller
07, Feb, 2025 @6:00 AM
Steve Coogan avoids lengthy driving ban after pleading need to film The Trip
Potential six-point penalty for speeding at 97mph reduced to five points after actor wrote to magistrates court
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
06, Feb, 2025 @6:30 PM
Vehicle tyres found to be biggest source of nanoplastics in the high Alps
Mountaineers now scaling more peaks for first global study of nanoplastics, which can enter lungs and bloodstream
Damian Carrington Environment editor
04, Feb, 2025 @10:35 AM
Farewell potholes? UK team invents self-healing road surface
Researcher at Swansea University says tiny plant spores mixed into bitumen can extend surface lifespan by 30%
Ian Sample Science editor
03, Feb, 2025 @6:00 AM
Storm Éowyn: Man dies after tree falls on car in Ireland; more than a million people without power – as it happened
Flights cancelled, main roads closed and millions told to stay at home due to rare ‘weather bomb’
Nadeem Badshah (now); Daniel Lavelle , Amy Sedghi and Vicky Graham (earlier)
24, Jan, 2025 @11:44 PM
Storm Éowyn hits UK and Ireland: 1,000 flights cancelled amid ‘danger to life’
One dead, rail and ferry services also badly hit and hundreds of thousands of people left without power
Nadeem Badshah, Robyn Vinter, Lisa O'Carroll and Severin Carrell
24, Jan, 2025 @6:51 PM
‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the city
Raphael Rashid
17, Jan, 2025 @6:00 AM
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