Simon MacMichael Oct 07, 2021 17:21
But force underlines that action can be taken against people riding irresponsibly and putting others in danger
September 7, 2015 Mike
There are certain things just about “everyone” does when driving that makes driving less safe for just about everyone. Speeding is one of those things. It makes near-misses turn into collisions, it turns mild collisions into severe collisions, and it turns severe collisions into fatal ones.
I’ve written about dozens of collisions that could potentially have been survivable, had one or both drivers involved not been speeding. I’ve also written extensively about car technologies that are helping people survive collisions that would have been universally fatal just a decade or two ago on our roads, such as side impact intrusion resistance in cars, SUVs, minivans, and small vehicles. This is a topic that deserves as much attention as we can give it as a society.
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I’m Simon Munk, the LCC Campaigns Manager. I’m writing to you, as a signatory of our Dangerous Junctions petition, to update you on the progress of our work to compel the Mayor of London, and London councils, to end danger to cyclists at junctions, following the death of Dr Marta Krawiec in early August, and our protest ride against inaction on dangerous junctions on September 8th. Thank you for signing – I hope to persuade you to share the petition, calling on London’s politicians to do better, with your friends and family, and ask them to add their voice to ours, too.
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The Mayor and Camden Council pledge action – but not enough
Why You Shouldn’t Buy Into Marketing
Over recent years we have seen car companies pushing the development of bigger, taller, heavier models – a trend that started in the US, but which has now become a global phenomenon thanks to aggressive marketing.The rise of the SUV, and its siblings such as the crossover and the compact SUV, has been swift, but so have the emissions and safety implications – and the damaging effect of these vehicles to the environment and pedestrians, cyclists and other road users has come rushing to the fore.
Today we look at the rise of the SUV, and why you shouldn’t buy into the marketing of these vehicles – and why they are a leading cause of the global rise in carbon dioxide emissions.
05 October 2021
Patients in the West Midlands are being offered prescriptions to encourage them to walk and cycle. This includes free bikes and training and access to walking and cycling activities. The scheme, launched by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS), is currently being offered at eight surgeries and health centres.
Council plans to divert car traffic from city via a ring road while providing more buses and cycle lines
Carlton Reid 4/10/21
Birmingham has announced what it calls a “transformative” transport plan that will see the car-centric city becoming a super-sized low-traffic neighbourhood.
City officials hope that closing roads to through motor traffic, introducing a fleet of zero-emission cross-city buses and building additional protected cycleways will create a more liveable city.
With HS2 infrastructure rising from the ground and Birmingham hosting the Commonwealth Games next year, the Labour-controlled council believes removing through car journeys will be essential for the city to prosper.
“We’re one of the original motor cities,” said Birmingham city council’s transport lead, Waseem Zaffar. But like other UK cities, Birmingham suffers from an excess of single occupancy car journeys, he added.
…Here, Carbon Brief provides an analysis of when the world is expected to pass these limits in the absence of large future emissions reductions. This is based on the latest generation of climate models – known as ”CMIP6” (see Carbon Brief’s explainer) – that are being run in the lead up to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth assessment report expected in 2021-22.
Our analysis shows that:
• The world will likely exceed 1.5C between 2026 and 2042 in scenarios where emissions are not rapidly reduced, with a central estimate of between 2030 and 2032.• The 2C threshold will likely be exceeded between 2034 and 2052 in the highest emissions scenario, with a median year of 2043.• In a scenario of modest mitigation – where emissions remain close to current levels – the 2C threshold would be exceeded between 2038 and 2072, with a median of 2052.
Donnachadh McCarthy 6 days ago
Never before in my life have I read a report and felt to the core of my being that every parent who loves their kids must read it. And this is also the first time I have ever opened a column with a mental health warning that what follows may be emotionally disturbing. But when I read the Chatham House Climate Change Risk Assessment report last Friday, I was left devastated at how desperate our situation is.
As I thought how best to convey the essential, terrifying message of the report, I decided I should just lay out the raw facts and let them reach your soul.
The two most civilisation-shattering facts are these. Firstly, under the current global government commitments to cut carbon emissions, as laid out in the Paris Climate Agreement, we have only a 1 per cent chance of not breaching a 1.5˚C rise of global temperatures. This is the temperature that prompted 200 health journals around the world, including the British Medical Journal, to simultaneously issue an editorial last week telling governments that passing this 1.5C rise would pose the greatest catastrophic, irreversible threat ever to human health.
