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The Liberation of Paris From Cars Is Working – msn.com
Over the past six years, Paris has done more than almost any city in the world to take space back from cars. Mayor Anne Hidalgo has opened linear parks in the old highways along the Seine, phased out diesel cars in the city, opened bus lanes, raised parking meter prices, and plowed bike lanes down hundreds of streets. When COVID hit, Paris eliminated cars from the Rue de Rivoli, its major crosstown thoroughfare. Plans are in the works to pedestrianize the Champs-Elysées and plant thousands of trees to green, clean, and cool the city.
Cycling trips made by women in England rose 50% in 2020, study finds | The Guardian
Quieter roads of lockdown thought to explain dramatic increase among traffic-wary demographic
Peter Walker and Niamh McIntyre
The number of cycling trips made by women in England rose by more than 50% in 2020, official statistics show, as the quieter roads of lockdown seemingly helped to tempt a demographic known to be more wary of traffic danger on to their bikes.
While for men there was a 12% overall rise in the average number of cycle “stages” – rides that formed part of a greater journey – made per person in 2020 compared with the year before, for women the increase was 56%, Department for Transport (DfT) statistics show.
Overall, men still cycled more on average over the year, as has long been the case. However, while in 2019 men cycled almost three times as many stages as women, in 2020 this fell to twice as many.
Outrage as Italy faces multimillion pound damages to UK oil firm | Oil and gas companies | The Guardian
Outrage as Italy faces multimillion pound damages to UK oil firm
Josephine Moulds
Italy could be forced to pay millions of pounds in damages to a UK oil company after banning new drilling near its coast.
The case has sparked outrage at the secretive international tribunals at which fossil fuel companies can sue governments for passing laws to protect the environment – amid fears that such cases are slowing down action on the climate crisis. It is also fuelling concern that the UK is particularly exposed to the risk of oil firms suing to prevent green policies, potentially hampering climate action.
Rockhopper Exploration, based in Salisbury, Wiltshire, bought a licence to drill for oil off Italy’s Adriatic coast in 2014. There had already been a wave of opposition to the project, with protests that drew tens of thousands of people. Within two years, the campaign won over the Italian parliament, which imposed a ban on oil and gas projects within 12 nautical miles of the Italian coast.
Climate crisis: fifth of London schools now susceptible to flooding | The Guardian
Sadiq Khan to warn time is running out to tackle emergency as he puts pressure on UK government to act
A fifth of London’s schools are now susceptible to flooding and millions of people living in the capital are at “high risk” of suffering from the effects of the climate crisis, according to analysis from City Hall, as Sadiq Khan warns time is running out to tackle the issue.
In a speech on Thursday, the London mayor is due to pile pressure on the UK government to ensure bold action is taken when it hosts world leaders for Cop26 in Glasgow in two months’ time, and add that without a significant commitment there will be “catastrophic” impacts on the environment and air quality.
The outcome of the UN conference will “determine whether we are going to avert the worst consequences of climate change, which could be devastating”, Khan is expected to say, alongside the launch of a public awareness campaign designed to encourage residents, communities and businesses in London to do their bit.
Climate change: M4 drivers asked for views on tolls for older cars – BBC News
21 hours ago By Cemlyn Davies BBC Wales political reporter
It asked for the public’s views in a survey about some motorists paying to use parts of the M4 motorway and A470 in a bid to tackle air pollution.
The survey asked for views on tolls for older cars on the M4 around Newport, Wales’ busiest stretch of motorway, and the A470 around Pontypridd.
But the survey said a “clean air zone” is not proposed “at this stage”.
An air pollution expert said any suggestion would be unlike any other air pollution measure in the UK, which normally charges motorists for driving into cities rather on stretches of road.
The Welsh government has declared a climate emergency and has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
The government survey asked drivers if their commuting or travelling habits would change if some vehicles had to pay to use those stretches of road.
Jun 23, 2015) Rich Hall’s You Can Go To Hell, I’m Going To Texas – YouTube
From the Alamo to the oil industry
Some incredible insights re the first strike for oil – and how the subsequent attempt to find way to make money out of this new commodity.
Few cars, a few hundred yards of roads.
Soon the world’s navies were converting fleets to run on oil, and along came all the rest
Bus lanes and bike bridge for Leicester – transportxtra
Bus lanes and bike bridge for Leicester
Deniz Huseyin18 September 2021
A bike friendly footbridge, new bus lanes and footpaths and junction improvements feature in a £7.5m scheme for Leicester’s Abbey Park Road, the city council has announced. Around £6m will come from the DfT’s Transforming Cities Fund as part of a programme to support sustainable transport across the city.
APPGCW calls for new Highways Act – transport xtra
With a specific emphasis on cycling and walking, new Act would require authorities to improve facilities for active travel as part of any change to the road network, say MPs
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) has released its inquiry report into the Government’s upcoming 2nd Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2).
The inquiry, exploring what CWIS2 should look like, took place in July and the list of witnesses can be found online. Three evidence sessions were held.
The report makes a number of detailed and wide-ranging recommendations – which are based on evidence received from a variety of stakeholders, provided both in virtual sessions and in writing.
Fighting Traffic by Peter Norton – YouTube
Fighting Traffic by Peter Norton Mar 25, 2019
Vince Graham
Peter Norton teaches history of technology, social dimensions of engineering, research, and professional ethics in the Department of Engineering at the University of Virginia.
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