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Three proud Transdev winners of ‘Fleet Elite’ status for smooth and safe bus driving, from left, Harrogate’s The 36 driver Miles Body, Dave Precious from the Cityzap York to Leeds express, and Jenny Riley from The Keighley Bus Company A BUS firm is celebrating after 200 of its team scooped awards for safe driving. The drivers at Transdev in Yorkshire achieved ‘Fleet Elite’ status for their smooth and safe skills behind the wheel. The coveted awards are handed out by telematics company ‘GreenRoad’, which records driver performance remotely using its Eco Driver equipment installed on every Transdev bus. The news means nearly one in five of the bus firm’s drivers has reached high standards set by the globally recognised scheme – with Transdev’s teams achieving the highest rise in award winners in Britain among companies of its size.
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File photo THE Davao City government is planning to create more bicycle lanes in six areas in the city.
This is in addition to the 27 new and upgraded bicycle lanes, in partnership with the Department of Public works and Highways-Davao Region (DPWH-Davao).
According to the plan, the Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) and DPWH-Davao will create bicycle lanes along the Carlos P. Garcia Highway (Diversion Road), Davao-Bukidnon Highway, Matina Aplaya to Ecoland Drive, C. Bangoy St., Ecowest Drive, and Tulip Drive.
CTTMO chief Dionisio Abude said 27 roads in the city have new and upgraded bike lanes with the broken green markings, solid green markings, solid white lines and broken white lines.
The move “would help address the crises in youth unemployment and climate breakdown”, according to a report for the environmental group by Transition Economics.
It added: “The research also shows the huge potential for fighting the climate crisis with green jobs countrywide if apprenticeships are given proper Government support.”
Around 500,000 people aged 16-24 are currently out of work, which could rise “substantially” when furloughs end.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is committed to overseeing a “Green Industrial Revolution” to get Britain to Net Zero – eliminating or offsetting greenhouse gas emissions – by 2050.
Farmers can grow grass to make gas (Image: Tim Graham/Getty )
Wirtgen s SP 94i concrete slipform paver has a paving range of 6 to 30 feet wide.
As some areas of the construction industry have slowed during the pandemic, contractors are shifting into other segments, such as
roadbuilding, to try to keep revenues coming in.
Manufacturers of
concrete slipform pavers say they have witnessed such market shifts, as well as increased competition for jobs. Bidding has become more aggressive for projects, contractors are seeking productivity advantages, and others are entering concrete paving to boost business, they say.
To help contractors weather the economic slowdown and stay competitive, representatives from Wirtgen, Power Pavers, Guntert & Zimmerman and HEM Paving offered their views to
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