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Motoristas parecem não se intimidar com os altos preços dos combustíveis e as previsões de tempo fechado, enquanto obras de engenharia indicam atrasos para passageiros ferroviários. Motoristas foram alertados para esperar o tráfego de feriado bancário de maio mais movimentado no Reino Unido em anos, apesar dos altos preços dos combustíveis e do fim iminente do período ensolarado que ameaça desanimar o feriado prolongado. Mais de 19 milhões de viagens de lazer de carro eram esperadas durante o feriado prolongado, de sexta a segunda-feira, de acordo com uma pesquisa da organização automobilística RAC — o maior número desde 2016. Obras de engenharia também devem interromper viagens ferroviárias neste fim de semana. Continue lendo...

‘Stone age’ system of booking cross-border rail tickets holding back climate action by consumers, says thinktankEurope’s “stone age” system of booking train tickets makes it needlessly difficult for travellers to avoid polluting flights, a report has found.Booking equivalent train tickets is “difficult or impossible” on almost half of the EU’s busiest international air routes, analysis from the Transport & Environment (T&E) thinktank shows. Continue reading...

Bank holiday traffic predicted to peak on Thursday, as petrol and diesel prices surge from fallout of Iran warBusiness live – latest updatesDrivers are being urged to hunt for the cheapest petrol and “to fill up as usual” as UK travellers prepare to make 21.7m journeys on what is expected to be the busiest Easter on the roads in four years.The average price of a litre of unleaded petrol rose by 20p from 132.83p on 1 March to 152.83p by the end of the month, raising concerns about the cost of filling up for Easter journeys, as rising oil prices triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran translated to higher prices at the pumps. Continue reading...