Transport

From: David Howram, Lady Heton Drive, Mirfield.

I’VE done the rail journey from Yorkshire to King’s Cross and back several hundred times, across four decades and multiple public and private operators, and there is no-one more than I who would like to see the time of it reduced by 20 or so minutes.

EVEN though a Parliamentary inquiry suggests the ban on new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward from 2040 to 2032 as part of the Government’s wider agenda to combat climate change, there is a fundamental flaw in both route maps – a lack of charging points for a new generation of electric-powered vehicles.

IN October last year, the Government announced it would introduce longer sentences for drivers convicted of killing someone through dangerous or careless driving. They also announced the creation of a new offence of causing serious injury through careless driving.

From: Geoffrey North, Windsor Mount, Leeds.

Northern Gas Networks will begin a £500,000 project to replace more than 6km of ageing metal gas pipes in Harrogate on October 27.

A low-cost Cypriot airline which serves UK airports has ceased trading.

Motorists may be required to always give way to pedestrians and cyclists when turning, under a shake-up of the Highway Code.

In a week where it was revealed almost half of the trains serving Leeds have been late this year, it is fair to say long-suffering passengers who use the city’s railway station tend to have plenty of time on their hands.

Three million charge points will be needed at commercial and industrial sites to support widespread use of electric vehicles (EVs) in Britain by 2040, according to a new report.

A scheme to charge high-polluting vehicles in Leeds will not include people’s personal vehicles, according to a senior city councillor.

Decision-makers in Leeds have warned that too much focus on HS2 journey times could risk damaging the argument for high speed rail in the city.

From: Jack Dart, Apperley Bridge.