Mayor Sadiq Khan calls for government action to protect the capital’s waterways Fiona HarveyLast modified on Mon 23 Dec 2019 15.37 GMT The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called on the government to provide more funding to clean up the pollution blighting London’s rivers, after a study highlighted the toxic effects on water from […]
Do the math, and a street parking space in Manhattan may be worth upwards of $6,000 a year. Justin FoxNovember 22, 2019, 1:00 PM GMT Contrary to the practice in other big cities in the U.S. and around the world, parking on most New York City streets is free to all. 1 But it’s an
EditorialThu 26 Dec 2019 16.00 GMT Over the holiday period the Guardian’s leader column examines the challenges of the future by fathoming out the present. Today we look at the changing shape of car culture Lewis Hamilton’s recent declaration of support for climate action attracted derision as well as plaudits. “I like fuel. Can I
Court rules Dutch government has duty to protect citizens’ rights in face of climate change Isabella KaminskiLast modified on Sat 21 Dec 2019 04.15 GMT The Netherlands’ supreme court has upheld a ruling ordering the country’s government to do much more to cut carbon emissions, after a six-year fight for climate justice. The court ruled
18 December, 2019 Data released from the Department for Transport this week covering the nation’s transport habits in 2018 has shown UK cycling levels remain flat. This year’s report mirrors several of those prior, with ‘since 2002’ used regularly within the document as a benchmark for progress. The graph linking then to now is, however,
This week’s Good Cycling Facility is an underpass running directly under (and allowing easy access to) Bilthoven railway station in Utrecht province, in the Netherlands. Previously (as can be seen on Streetview) there was no underpass at this location, and a road crossed the railway at precisely this point on a level crossing. Now only
This week’s Good Cycling Facility is a cycle path running parallel to a fast N-road (the equivalent of a UK A-road) near the town of Zeist in the Netherlands. The path is well-separated from the road with a wide verge, and trees have been planted between the path and the road to increase the feeling
Rebecca Morley The climate change crisis is amongst the greatest environmental and health risks of the 21st century. Transport accounts for 26% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, with the main sources being petrol and diesel cars. It comes as no surprise, then, that Sustrans is calling on all political parties to take bold action
Rebecca Morley The Mayor of Bristol has completed VOLT’s e-bike challenge – to cycle to as many of his mayoral engagements across a two-week period as possible. Marvin Rees completed the challenge last week and over the period had cycled to and from work every day, as well as riding to all engagements in Bristol,
Rebecca Morley Almost three-quarters of consumers (74%) would be happy to wait longer for goods if the delivery method was more sustainable, a survey commissioned by international branding and customer experience agency I-AM has revealed. The ‘HERE: NOW Exploring The Next Generation of Convenience’ survey reports that these planet-conscious consumers would approve of deliveries by
