Wed 18 Jul 2012 This article is more than 7 years old One-third of houses with front gardens have turned them into hardstandings, raising flooding concerns and threat to wildlife Almost a third of the 20.8m homes with front gardens have turned them into hardstandings, amounting to just under 7m homes. Photograph: Alamy Millions of […]
Plans for the Silvertown tunnel In May 2018, the Department for Transport granted Transport for London (TfL) permission to construct a new 1.4km road tunnel under the River Thames. The new tunnel will link West Silvertown and Essex-bound A13 north of the Thames, with North Greenwich and the Kent-bound A2 south of the river.
Mayor Sadiq Khan calls for government action to protect the capital’s waterways Fiona HarveyLast modified on Mon 23 Dec 2019 15.37 GMT The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called on the government to provide more funding to clean up the pollution blighting London’s rivers, after a study highlighted the toxic effects on water from
Do the math, and a street parking space in Manhattan may be worth upwards of $6,000 a year. Justin FoxNovember 22, 2019, 1:00 PM GMT Contrary to the practice in other big cities in the U.S. and around the world, parking on most New York City streets is free to all. 1 But it’s an
EditorialThu 26 Dec 2019 16.00 GMT Over the holiday period the Guardian’s leader column examines the challenges of the future by fathoming out the present. Today we look at the changing shape of car culture Lewis Hamilton’s recent declaration of support for climate action attracted derision as well as plaudits. “I like fuel. Can I
Court rules Dutch government has duty to protect citizens’ rights in face of climate change Isabella KaminskiLast modified on Sat 21 Dec 2019 04.15 GMT The Netherlands’ supreme court has upheld a ruling ordering the country’s government to do much more to cut carbon emissions, after a six-year fight for climate justice. The court ruled
18 December, 2019 Data released from the Department for Transport this week covering the nation’s transport habits in 2018 has shown UK cycling levels remain flat. This year’s report mirrors several of those prior, with ‘since 2002’ used regularly within the document as a benchmark for progress. The graph linking then to now is, however,
This week’s Good Cycling Facility is an underpass running directly under (and allowing easy access to) Bilthoven railway station in Utrecht province, in the Netherlands. Previously (as can be seen on Streetview) there was no underpass at this location, and a road crossed the railway at precisely this point on a level crossing. Now only
This week’s Good Cycling Facility is a cycle path running parallel to a fast N-road (the equivalent of a UK A-road) near the town of Zeist in the Netherlands. The path is well-separated from the road with a wide verge, and trees have been planted between the path and the road to increase the feeling
Rebecca Morley The climate change crisis is amongst the greatest environmental and health risks of the 21st century. Transport accounts for 26% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, with the main sources being petrol and diesel cars. It comes as no surprise, then, that Sustrans is calling on all political parties to take bold action
