Transport accessibility is imperative for sustainable urban growth. As the Government reveals its new Planning Bill this week, with a focus on house-building, the transport accessibility of new developments is increasingly under the spotlight…
Sustainability is all about making decisions that do not have negative consequences for either current or future generations. With the government planning on building hundreds of thousands of new homes a year, they need to be built sustainably. The ethos of a 20-minute city encompasses this.
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SNP: free bikes, and zero emission bus investment – transportxtra
04 May 2021
Free bikes will be given to Scottish schoolchildren of low income households if the SNP is returned to Government next month.
The party’s manifesto also pledges to remove the “majority” of fossil fuel buses from Scotland’s roads by 2023. How this will be achieved is not explained. Scotland has about 4,200 buses of which only 0.5 per cent are currently zero emission.
Spain rolls out national 30km/h speed limit on most urban streets -transportxtra
Juliana O’Rourke 12 May 2021
The measure comes after a royal decree was approved by the central government in November, and will be implemented on single-lane roads in each direction of travel. Roads that have a sidewalk at the same height will be limited to 20km/h, while those that have two or more lanes in each direction of traffic will have their speeds limited to 50km/h.
London elections deliver active travel mandate | London Cycling Campaign
Londoners have just sent a clear mandate to its politicians – do more, be bolder, go faster on walking, cycling and the climate crisis. Voters turning out to elect a new Mayer and London Assembly as well as is several by-elections sent a clear message that they like active travel schemes such as cycle tracks and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and they support politicians delivering them and promising them, while increasingly rejecting those who don’t.
Islabikes launches cargo bike delivery trial in Ludlow | BikeBiz
The initial eighth month trial period is free to local businesses wanting to deliver small goods around town.
If the trial is successful, it is hoped the service will expand and become permanent, while providing a template for entrepreneurs in other small towns who are interested in delivering goods by bike.
Video: Built to Last – A new film from Bikepacking Scotland | off-road.cc
New video launches seven new cycling itineraries
Liam Mercer May 11 2021
Brandalism Take Over 100 UK Billboards – StreetArtNews
Environmental activist groups from the ‘Brandalism’ network have installed over 100 parody car advert posters on billboards and bus stops in England and Wales. The guerilla artworks featuring brands such as Range Rover, Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, Citroen, Lamborghini and Vauxhall were installed without permission in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds, London and Exeter.
Tesla Pays Employees To Bike To Work After Slew Of Parking Problems – CBS San Francisco
Devin Fehely April 12, 2017
Crammed, slammed, riding the curb. No amount of creative parking seems to change the basic calculus for Tesla employees.
Way too many cars are trying to squeeze into too few spots and it adds up to quite a problem.
CBS technology analyst Larry Magid said, “It is ironic. This is a car company that doesn’t have enough space for the cars.”
Sky Drone 5 was flown above Tesla’s Palo Alto headquarters on Wednesday afternoon and showed that every inch of available space was filled.
And it also showed a crazy quilt of cars, in both the traditional parking spots and the lanes in-between.
France to let drivers trade in their cars for new e-bikes – Cycling Weekly
April 20, 2021
France is offering motorists the chance to trade in their old, gas-guzzling cars and swap them for a brand-new e-bike.
In the new initiative, if it is adopted by the authorities, will let resides trade in their vehicles in exchange for a €2,500 (£2,155) grant to buy an electric-powered bike, Reuters reports.
Road and rail building plans under review after Covid – BBC News
18 hours ago
Multi-billion pound plans for roads and railways in the UK are being reviewed, as travel patterns shift in response to the Covid pandemic.
It comes as BBC research suggests 43 of the UK’s biggest employers won’t bring workers back to the office full-time.
Traffic is expected to be below the long term average.
The BBC has learned that civil servants are studying transport expansion plans to see which are still viable.
Stephen Joseph, a visiting professor at the University of Hertfordshire, told BBC News: “Of course they’re going to have to review their investment – the Treasury will be asking them to justify it – and some schemes just can’t be justified.”
The government has been approached for comment. It hasn’t revealed details of any schemes that might potentially be cut.
The Prime Minister has previously re-committed himself to £100bn spending on HS2 rail, which was designed in part to relieve congestion on the Euston to Birmingham route.