25 November 2022
The Imperial College London study looked at three LTNs in Islington. PIC: Crispin Hughes/Sustrans
Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) cut traffic and air pollution without displacing the problem to nearby streets, according to research by Imperial College London.
The study looked at three LTNs in Islington to identify their impact on both air pollution and traffic within the zones and in the surrounding area.
Many LTNs were installed during 2020, to prevent an increase in vehicle traffic as people avoided public transport through fear of infection during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Harrow Council confirm Marlborough School Street Scheme ‘will not be reinstated’ – Harrow Online (From survey of 210 respondents – SE)
November 24, 2022 10:20
Following a public consultation, the Marlborough School Street Scheme made permanent by Harrow Council in February this year, will not be reinstated.
School Streets were initially designed to reduce traffic and congestion around the school entrance for approximately an hour at the start and end of the school day.
The scheme was suspended in July as the Summer Holidays started with a ten week consultation held to determine its future.
A letter issued by Harrow Council to local residents said: “I am writing to you with the outcome of the consultation on the future of the Marlborough School Street Scheme and what happens now.
“The 10-week consultation closed on 9 October 2022, and we received 210 responses.
“Some two-thirds (66%) of respondents (139/210) said they lived within the school scheme, or on surrounding roads. 16% of respondents (34/210) said they had children at the school.
DfT told to release forecast traffic levels behind net zero – transportxtra.com
The Freedom of Information request that led to the decision was made by Professor Greg Marsden of Leeds University, who says it is vital both transport professionals and the public know the tough changes transport must make to meet decarbonisation targets, and that all share the same forecasts on which they are based.
Ireland boosts cargo bikes with purchase tax incentive schem
Ireland boosts cargo bikes with purchase tax incentive scheme
Hopes cargo bikes can replace more family cars as Bike to Work limit increased to €3,000 in Ireland
23 November 2022
There are hopes more employers, employees and families will adopt cargo bikes for trips like shopping and the school run after the allowable limit for larger bikes was raised to €3,000 under the Bike to Work Scheme in Ireland this month.
The new increase of a €3,000 limit was sought by the Department of Transport to encourage greater use of cargo bikes, reported the Independent.ie
Cargo bikes can cost substantially more than regular bikes or e-bikes, both of which saw increases in the limits applicable for the Bike to Work scheme in 2020.
The future is now: driving the car-free city revolution – The New European
Transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have increased in the past three decades. Now a backlash is growing, with forward-thinking mayors spearheading new visions of urban centres
“Just because you’ve bought a car it doesn’t mean you’ve also bought 10 square metres of public space to leave it on,” Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores, mayor of the Spanish city of Pontevedra, tells me, firmly.
Once you accept this, he explains in the week that Europe smouldered and hundreds died in an unprecedented heatwave, you’re on your way to saving the planet by challenging the entitlement felt by car owners and purging cities of their domineering climate-destroying vehicles.
Who owns public space? It’s the question at the heart of a defining battle of the climate emergency era. From London to Oslo, through Paris and Barcelona to the Balkans, the fight is on to reduce the burgeoning number and impact of cars – which accounted for nearly a quarter of the European Union’s Co2 emissions in 2019. For decades the answer has been motorists, but this has to change if humanity is to combat what United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres called the “collective suicide” of rampant climate change.
2021) DfT study finds 64% support cycle lanes roll out, even if car space cut – Cycle Industry News
The Department for Transport’s annual National Travel Attitudes (Wave 5) study has found that the majority of people (nearly two thirds) support the roll out of dedicated cycle lanes, even if it comes at the expense of less road space for cars.
Each year the online and telephone survey of people across England seeks to gauge the public mood on various travel forms and, coming on the day #BikeIsBest launch a witty new campaign video (below) asking whether the appropriate tool for the job is used for many journeys, the DfT data confirms a warming stance on cycling for transport.
In the headline findings, off-road and segregated cycle paths (55%), safer roads (53%) and well-maintained road surfaces for cycling (49%) were chosen most often when people were asked about things that would encourage them to cycle more.
How is cycling around your home or workplace? – one of the largest online surveys about cycling worldwide.ends 30 Nov 2022 – Su Bittner – Twitter
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I cycled a different route home this evening and came across this wonderful launderette – Carla Francome – Twitter
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I cycled a different route home this evening and came across this wonderful launderette. Isn’t it beautiful?
The Full Council meeting was unable to take place this evening due to disruption by a small group of protestors – Haringey @haringeycouncil – Twitter
The Full Council meeting was unable to take place this evening due to disruption by a small group of protestors. The Council will consider how best to carry out the public business scheduled and will make an announcement in due course.