Cars that talk to each other could help reduce fatal accidents on US roads

The secret to avoiding red lights during rush hour in Utah’s largest city may be as simple as following a bus. Traffic officials have spent the past few years refining a system in which radio transmitters on shuttle buses communicate directly with traffic lights around Salt Lake City, asking for a few extra seconds of … Read more

Row breaks out after 100ml U-turn as passengers told to arrive an hour early for flights

Airport passengers have been told to arrive three hours early to avoid security checkpoint queues amid a row over the government’s U-turn over the 100ml limit for liquids in hand luggage. EasyJet is advising its passengers to turn up an extra hour early for flights from Birmingham Airport, after growing security checkpoint queues left passengers … Read more

The race to bring flying taxis to the world’s major cities

Flying police cars in the 1997 film The Fifth Element – Alamy It’s science fiction: a city with shiny skyscrapers, with futuristic planes that glide lightly back and forth across the skyline. However, this isn’t a galaxy far, far away, but London in two years’ time – according to an article published by the Department … Read more

Misery for train passengers as Aslef plans a week of walks across England

The nationwide rail strikes have entered their third year, with a series of ‘rolling’ strikes planned to disrupt millions of passengers’ journeys across England in late January and early February. Train drivers from Aslef will stop their work region by region for a week between Tuesday, January 30 and Monday, February 5. Thousands of trains … Read more