Who is the new transport minister Louise Haigh and what has she said about rail and roads? | New Civil Engineer

Louise Haigh has been elected as Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley for the fourth time and has been appointed Transport Minister in the cabinet of new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. We look at Haigh’s history as a politician and in particular the relationship between transport and politics. Immediately prior to being elected as MP … Read more

Traffic and travel live: the latest news on roads, trains, tubes and buses in the North East

Hello and welcome to ChronicleLive’s live traffic and travel coverage. Stay tuned here for the latest news on the region’s roads, metros, trains and buses and travel issues. If you would like to contact us today about any disruption, please find our details here: Email: Owen.younger@reachplc.com Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest … Read more

The gigantic parking garage built to get people off gridlocked roads that no one uses

A 172-space car park remains ‘ghostly’ and unused despite starting right next to the M4, but locals are less than impressed with the car parks still in pristine condition An immaculate parking lot is rarely used and has been that way for years (file)(MEDIA WALES) A car park in Wales has been unused for years, … Read more

BORIS JOHNSON: The Tesla ride with my wife and baby on the hair-raising roads of Los Angeles that convinced me that self-driving cars ARE the future

Self-driving Teslas – a new type of car, so ridiculous, so daring, so revolutionary that ten years ago I would have refused to believe it was possible, writes Boris Johnson

It takes a lot of courage to get into any car through the streets of Los Angeles. This morning I was watching the TV news in our hotel, and when they’re not talking about hush money for Stormy Daniels, they’re going to see live traffic reports – and boy, this is Prang City. Every major … Read more