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Will Bolton Wed, Jul 14, 2021
The DfT has updated its response to a petition calling for a public awareness campaign to address driver aggression towards cyclists. While a paragraph has been added to the top to say the DfT “doesn’t consider that a campaign along the lines specifically requested by this petition is necessary”, it does now say that the departments THINK! campaign will be developing a behavioural change campaign. 
The petition, started by Helen-Louise Smith, said: “The attitude that cyclists should not be on the roads needs to end.”
It called for motorists to be educated about ‘dangerous, inappropriate and aggressive behaviours that can lead to the injury and even death of cyclists.’

Licensing would deter many from cycling, and costs and complexity of system would outweigh benefits, says Baroness Vere

:excerptstartCarlton Reid Jul 14, 2021U.K. transport secretary Grant Shapps has hailed his government’s much-delayed transport decarbonisation plan as “revolutionary” and a “world first”.  However, the plan does not envisage cutting the £27 billion road building program and instead relies on future technologies for aviation and converting the country’s car and truck fleets from petrol engines to electric ones. A

Mark Sutton8 July, 2021

:excerptstartMark Sutton28 June, 2021 Active transport policy is not adapting fast enough to meaningfully address climate and sustainability goals, according to a study collaboration between the Transport Decarbonisation Alliance and World Resources Institute.With transport responsible for 24% of carbon emissions and 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the paper sought to understand to what extent policy changes

Chiswick High Road has also seen fewer collisions and improved air quality

As any cyclist will tell you, there’s something strangely uplifting about being on the road early. Mostly it’s a case of enjoying empty roads and morning light, but perhaps there’s a smidgeon of self-righteousness, too. Mamils have a lie in? Never. As we wheel our bikes out of the Olde Ship in the village of Seahouses, nothing seems to be moving. With a gentle westerly blowing in from our left, we pass the deserted crazy golf course, shout good morning to a lone dog walker and head north close to a lazy expanse of sand dunes.

On my swing to The Netherlands to visit Utrecht, I planned on just trying to gather up enough footage and talk to a few people in Amsterdam regarding the transportation headlines they made a few months ago when they announced they would be removing from 10,000 to 11,000 parking spaces from the city’s core.

Mark Sutton9 July, 2021

Building new roads increases traffic, leading to more carbon emissions. The Government claims new roads will not significantly increase emissions so we decided to find out using their own data.  We used Freedom of Information laws to ask Highways England for the carbon impact of its 50 RIS2 schemes. So far we have data for 45 out of the 50 listed schemes, which reveals that Highways England estimates the extra traffic will lead to almost 32 million tonnes of extra carbon emissions, whilst construction adds another 4 million tonnes.