Roger Geffen Thursday, 28 October 2021
The Government’s recent Transport Decarbonisation Plan, Net Zero Review and Spending Review have failed to yield any new funding for cycling and walking. Cycling UK’s policy director, Roger Geffen explains what needs to happen next, if the Government is to meet its 2025 and 2030 targets for cycling and walking
Pavement parking options being considered by ministers – TransportXtra
DfT tells ADEPT it is reviewing pavement parking ban, TRO reform and revised network management guidance
01 November 2021
Two possible approaches to implementing a ban on pavement parking in England are being considered by the Department for Transport (DfT).
The government has been analysing the results of a consultation on a ban on pavement parking with the aim of making streets safer for vulnerable groups including the disabled and children as well as parents with pushchairs.
Last month Sally Gibbons, DfT’s head of traffic signs and street design policy, was speaking to members of the local authority…
How the crossover utility vehicle made us comfortable with SUVs – Vox
In the aughts, there was a backlash against the SUV. Then came the crossover vehicle.
Marina BolotnikovaMar 11, 2020
As a kid, I was furious about SUVs with a passion that now seems embarrassing, telling all the suburban adults I knew that their ugly, gas-guzzling tanks were going to end life on Earth. I didn’t come up with this idea myself: Anti-SUV discourse was everywhere. Mainstream organizations like the Sierra Club — which famously renamed the huge Ford Excursion “Ford Valdez” after the catastrophic Exxon Valdez oil spill — helped create a cultural backlash against these hulking cars. A TV ad campaign run by the Evangelical Environmental Network — “What Would Jesus Drive?” — urged Midwesterners to rethink their addiction to big cars. New York Times reporter Keith Bradsher’s 2002 polemic High and Mighty sneered at the rise of “behemoths that guzzle gas, spew pollution, and endanger their occupants and other motorists.”
…and SUVs are the absolute worst – Taras Grescoe Twitter
Taras Grescoe @grescoe
…and SUVs are the absolute worst. “In 2010, there were 35 million SUVs in the world’s car fleet. Now there are over 200 million. SUVs were the second greatest contributor to the world’s increase in carbon emissions from 2010 to 2018.”
Billionaire Tory peer calls for removal of temporary cycle lanes in London | road.cc
Billionaire Tory peer calls for removal of temporary cycle lanes in London
by SIMON_MACMICHAEL THU, NOV 04, 2021
Last-mile delivery needs a sustainable rethink – transportxtra
Last-mile delivery needs a sustainable rethink
Delivery boom will become unmanageable unless radical new approaches are adopted, says Centre for London
04 November 2021
Worth the Weight: Making London’s deliveries greener and smarter
With the number of parcels delivered in London expected to double by 2030, a new report has set out an roadmap to make deliveries and freight journeys more sustainable and efficient.
The proposals include introducing 65,000 pick-up points and lockers for parcel deliveries, new mayoral powers to incentivise deliveries to pick-up points instead of homes, and prioritising…
Open letter to COP26 asks world leaders not to overlook transport emissions quick fix – Cycle Industry News
Mark Sutton3 November, 2021
COP26 has underwhelmed those in the cycling world with journalists on the inside of the Glasgow event highlighting that, in transport terms, the conference’s focus is squarely pitched at keeping the status quo of private car ownership; albeit with the combustion engine removed.
The Government still isn’t on course to meet its 2025 cycling targets. So what now? | Cycling UK
Thursday, 28 October 2021
The Government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan, its ‘Net Zero’ Strategy and its Budget and Spending Review have come and gone in quick succession. There have been plenty of fine words, not just on cycling and walking, but also on many other aspects of sustainability.
Secretive court system poses threat to Paris climate deal, says whistleblower | The Guardian
Treaty allows energy corporations to sue governments for billions over policies that could hurt their profits
Jennifer Rankin
A secretive investor court system poses a real threat to the Paris climate agreement, activists have said, as governments taking action to phase out fossil fuels face a slew of multimillion-dollar lawsuits for lost profits.
New data seen by the Guardian shows a surge in cases under the energy charter treaty (ECT), an obscure international agreement that allows energy corporations to sue governments over policies that could hurt their profits.
Coal and oil investors are already suing governments for several billions in compensation for lost profits over energy policy changes. For example, the German energy company RWE is suing the Netherlands for €1.4bn (£1.2bn) over its plans to phase out coal, while Rockhopper Exploration, based in the UK, is suing the Italian government after it banned new drilling near the coast.
Councillor who said she’d paint (now removed) bike lane black slams “ignorant” people who painted it back | road.cc
Councillor who said she’d paint (now removed) bike lane black slams “ignorant” people who painted it back
by Simon MacMichael
Nov 05, 2021
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