Author name: Steven Edwards

12/5/21 Dan Saunders

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.

travel options for everyone.

Mainly a bid to reduce road deaths, but recent changes in the way that people move around cities, such as the growing popularity of cycling, is also behind the new restrictionsFrom 11 May, the maximum speed on the majority of Spanish streets will be set at 30km/h. According to an estimate by the DGT state traffic authority, the new measure will affect between 60% and 70% of roads, although this percentage will of course vary from city to city, according to El Pais.

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.

Matt Baynham, head of sustainability at Islabikes, said: “With more home deliveries than ever, and more vans clogging our streets, we are keen to improve air quality and reduce congestion in our home 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.

Markus Stitz’s most recent film, Built to Last, takes place over seven different locations within the Cateran Ecomuseum. The 10-minute documentary launches along with seven new cycling itineraries designed for road, mountain, gravel, and touring bikes as part of Travel for All Our Tomorrows with the aim of developing new regenerative tourism experiences within the area.

The billboard posters criticise the car industry for misleading adverts that have driven up demand for polluting vehicles and private car use – resulting in increased carbon emissions from road transport and worsening air pollution and congestion in towns and cities.

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.

The French government is aiming to encourage more people to ditch the car and start pedalling, in an attempt to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

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.