TV naturalist Chris Packham has urged people in Norfolk to join protest action against plans for the £198m Norwich Western Link road.
Extinction Rebellion Norwich, Friends of the Earth Norwich and other organisations will hold the ‘Witness the Wensum’ event on part of the route of the mooted road on Saturday, January 29.
Motoring Organisations Welcome U.K. Highway Code Changes That See Pedestrians Given Priority On Roads – forbes.com
Still from Cycling UK video showing how priority should be presumed for those traveling straight … [+] ahead. The motorist must therefore cede priority to both the pedestrian and cyclist.
Despite several recent newspaper stories decrying revisions to the Highway Code—the U.K. road safety manual first published in 1931—the U.K.’s main motoring organizations are in favor of the changes.
“Drivers turning into a road should now give way to any pedestrians waiting to cross,” said RAC’s head of roads policy Nicholas Lyes.
He added that changes such as these—which come into force on Saturday—are to be welcomed and “should make the roads safer for the most vulnerable road users, in particular those walking and cycling.”
To Hit Climate Targets London Mayor Mulls Full-Fat Road Pricing – forbes.com
Carlton Reid Jan 17, 2022
A new net-zero report, commissioned by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, outlines several actions that will be required to reduce air pollution, tackle the climate emergency and cut congestion in the U.K. capital by 2030. One of them could be congestion charging on steroids: road pricing.
Khan said the report, published on January 18, must act as a wake-up call for the U.K. government, which he stressed, needs to provide greater support for London to reach net-zero by 2030.
A car-free London is within our reach | Hirra Khan Adeogun – theguardian.com
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“If you want the truth about climate, I thought this video was really really good” – methane thaw @leftymathprof – Twitter
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It’s a couple months old, but I just saw it today.
Chris Boardman Appointed As England’s First Cycling And Walking Commissioner – Forbes
as England’s first walking and cycling commissioner, a powerful new role. He will be working for Active Travel England, an inspectorate and funding body created by the U.K. government in July 2020 but which has lain mostly dormant since. His role will be an interim one, says a U.K. government statement.
Active Travel England—which will be based in York with 100 staff—apportions the $2.7 billion national cycling and walking budget. The body will rate local authorities on how much space they devote to walking and cycling.
100 years ago, Henry Ford was known for his strident fascism – (((Matthew Lewis))) enjoys being offline – Twitter
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100 years ago, Henry Ford was known for his strident fascism. His fascist publications were distributed in car dealerships across the US, Hitler awarded him the highest Nazi honor, and he had a vision of car-dominated cities so naturally, 100 years later …
London needs a ‘new kind of road user charging system’ says Khan – transportxtra.com
A new report states that in order to meet climate change targets, car traffic must reduce by at least 27% in London by the end of the decade
Juliana O’Rourke 18 January 2022
One current option is to Introduce a Greater London boundary charge, which would charge a small fee to non-London registered vehicles entering Greater London, responding to the increase in cars from outside London travelling into the city seen in recent years
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has set a target for London to be net zero carbon by 2030. A “new kind of road user charging system” could be one of the solutions, he has announced, based on new analysis.
In order to reduce transport emissions by anywhere close to the amount required to clean up London’s air, achieve net-zero targets and cut congestion, the capital will have to see a significant shift away from petrol and diesel vehicle use and towards walking and cycling, greater…
France slaps new weight tax on heavy cars, SUV owners to be hit hardest – rfi.fr
In grim news for lovers of big cars, France is to introduce a weight tax for vehicles heavier than 1,800 kilos – though those with hybrid and electric engines will be spared.
The penalty, to take effect from January, 2021, will mainly apply to purchases of SUVs and large four-wheel drives. The exact cost is yet to be determined.
Taxing the weight of polluting vehicles was one of many proposals put forward by the Citizens’ Convention for the Climate (CCC), which called for a penalty of 10 euros to be levied on on every kilogram exceeding 1,400.
Tax on parking: UK cities to impose levy on cars in bid to cut pollution – Observer
Niamh McIntyre
Councils across the UK are using radical strategies to cut the number of polluting vehicles on their streets in response to the climate emergency.
Leicester city council hopes a new charge on workplace parking will improve air quality, fund public transport and incentivise walking and cycling.
The power to raise a “workplace parking levy” (WPL) from local businesses was introduced by Labour more than 20 years ago. But parking is such a controversial issue in local government that Nottingham is the only city in the UK with a scheme.
Leicester is now set to become the second: it is consulting on proposals to charge companies with more than 10 parking spaces £550 a year per space from next year. It is up to employers to decide whether to absorb the cost or pass it on to their staff. It could raise £450m in the next decade to invest in a new fleet of electric buses, an expanded cycle network and train station renovations.