17 March, 2020 The UK’s Department for Transport, in tandem with the Energy Savings Trust, have published a guidance paper for businesses assessing improving their last mile delivery processes. The contents page gives strong indication of the strands the report goes down, with topics including “How can businesses use eCargo bikes” aligned with numerous case […]
Hayley Everett20 March, 2020 The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) has launched its Climate Safe Streets report, a roadmap to de-carbonise the capital’s roads in the next 10 years. According to the LCC, the roadmap shows how London can create a new, zero carbon, healthier and more efficient system for road travel that would render it
Mark Sutton19 March, 2020 Against a backdrop of glum news has come a bounce for cycle shops as people buy bikes for transport, numerous retailers have told CyclingIndustry.News. “Our phones are certainly not quiet, that’s for sure,” e-Bike specialist Energise e-Bikes told CI.N. “We did have a spike on the weekend sales wise, particularly in
“The Mayor of Amsterdam says in this interview: “Hop on your bike if you can, it is the healthy option!” This is a good message for the governments of Italy and Spain” Pascal, Amsterdam, Velo Mondial, ‘Autovrij,Tenzij’ @Pascal_Amsterda 17 maart 2020, 10:48 Interview De manier waarop Amsterdammers omgaan met de coronacrisis is ‘ontzagwekkend en ontroerend’,
After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019 Jessica MurrayMon 16 Mar 2020 10.20 GMT They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars and generally made life harder for motorists. Now it appears the work is paying off. Two of Europe’s smaller capital cities – Oslo
The boss of Transport for London today put drivers on notice that private cars “do not have a long-term future” in the centre of the capital. Transport Commissioner Mike Brown said that in the “medium to long term there is a major question to be asked about whether they should be in a central city
By Winnie Hu Updated 11:20 a.m. ET More New Yorkers are turning to cycling to minimize their coronavirus exposure. Citi Bike trips surged to more than half a million this month. Halimah Marcus’s bike had been collecting dust for five years. But as coronavirus fears exploded in New York, she pumped air into the tires
11 March 2020 Snow on the morning of the 26th of February last! Surprisingly, this was only the very first snow of the entire winter of 2019/2020 in the Netherlands. For that reason I simply had to get out in the morning and film a bit. If it hadn’t been for the winter weather and
Rishi Sunak fails to even mention energy efficiency, the no-brainer climate policy Damian CarringtonLast modified on Wed 11 Mar 2020 23.35 GMT The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and in his budget the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, headed off down the motorway towards climate catastrophe, all the while proclaiming his intention to protect
Cities placing amenities within 20-minute walk, cycle or public transport trip to combat climate crisis Gary FullerThu 12 Mar 2020 21.30 GMT One quarter of car journeys in England and Wales are less than 3km. Nearly two-thirds are less than 8km. Converting these journeys to walking, cycling or public transport could tackle air pollution, climate
