June 23 2019, 12:01am, Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Tom Calver Railway bosses and their staff are being ordered to fly around Britain for some journeys — because it is cheaper than taking the train. Network Rail says it has an expenses policy stipulating that staff should take the plane not the train when it saves money. […]
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Qualitative research with cyclists identifies four reasons for high mode satisfaction. Abstract Introduction This paper explores the reasons why cyclists are the happiest commuters. Cyclists are consistently shown to have the highest levels of satisfaction with the trip to work, yet the reasons for this contentment remain understudied. Exercise science points to the critical role
Pedal power to take more goods to the customer, people to work and kids to the nursery June 17, 2019 It is the technology that is changing the face of the school drop-off. At many London primary schools, alongside the children arriving in cars, on bikes and by scooter, a growing number are arriving strapped
Christopher CherryLast modified on Thu 20 Jun 2019 10.43 BST Most UK cities have had illegally polluted air for nearly a decade, and the effect of air pollution is particularly bad on children. Ahead of Clean Air Day, we conducted an experiment to assess the air quality on a school run in central London, using
Thu 20 Jun 2019 What is the best way of wrecking a city? Pour cars into it. Heavy traffic, 50 years of research shows, breaks up communities, disrupts social life and crushes local cultures. Noise drowns out conversation and drives people indoors. Pollution makes streets inhospitable. Cars take up the space that might have been
Hayley Everett19 June, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) has announced construction work on a new segregated cycle route in south-east London will begin on 5th July. Cycleway 4, which will run between Tower Bridge and Greenwich, will include a segregated cycling lane and new pedestrian crossings in a bid to make cycling and walking safer
Bill Laurance December 18, 2016 7.01pm GMT If you asked a friend to name the worst human threat to nature, what would they say? Global warming? Overhunting? Habitat fragmentation? A new study suggests it is in fact road-building. “Road-building” might sound innocuous, like “house maintenance” – or even positive, conjuring images of promoting economic growth.
Last modified on Thu 20 Jun 2019 The strategy unveiled this week by the airport is monstrous – and the former London mayor has gone quiet about opposing it This week Heathrow came up with its latest plan for a third runway. It is a plan so monstrous, so expensive, so disruptive and so archaic
Joshua S Hill March 22nd, 2019 by A new report published this week shows that 33 global banks provided $1.9 trillion to fossil fuel companies since the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement at the end of 2015 and that the amount of fossil fuel financing has increased in each of the past two years.
