Evening Standard 2 days ago
The latest annual Travel in London report shows some promising signs. Cycling has increased by 40 per cent since the start of the pandemic, including a near-doubling of journeys on weekends. This is impressive, particularly when the total number of trips by all modes of transport remains 11 per cent down on pre-Covid levels.
The Mayor has an ambitious target that 80 per cent of all trips in the capital be made on foot, by cycle or using public transport by 2041. This went into reverse during the pandemic and the early recovery, but is now back on the right track.
To keep it up, we need to see further investment in segregated cycle lanes and fewer retrograde steps, such as the bizarre decision taken by Kensington and Chelsea council to scrap its cycle scheme. We must consider more pedestrianised zones, including on Oxford Street, rather than risk consigning what was once Europe’s premier shopping street to decline.
Council seeks views on Mini Holland cycle scheme in a Nottinghamshire town | West Bridgford Wire
Council seeks views on Mini Holland cycle scheme in a Nottinghamshire town
Nov 2022
Residents and businesses are being encouraged to have their say and find out more about the feasibility of introducing a ‘Mini-Holland’ scheme in a Nottinghamshire town at a series of events through December.
A Mini-Holland scheme in Stapleford aims to make an area, over time, as cycle and pedestrian-friendly as possible by making changes to the local roads to make walking and cycling trips in the area easier and more pleasant.
Nationally RIS2 will increase emissions by 38,682,487 tonnes CO2e, equivalent to operating the coal mine for 97 years – space for gosforth – Twitter
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Nationally RIS2 will increase emissions by 38,682,487 tonnes CO2e, equivalent to operating the coal mine for 97 years, creating more pollution and adding more traffic to local roads. Thank you as ever to @TransportActio2
for collating the information.
This is so perfect from @Lorespontevedra . All other civic leaders should be kept in after school until they understand it – Philip Insall – Twitter
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This is so perfect from @Lorespontevedra . All other civic leaders should be kept in after school until they understand it.
Cycling Professor @fietsprofessor “It’s not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it’s the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you’re going to put them.” ~@Lorespontevedra, Mayor of #Pontevedra (re-elected SIX times)
Revealed: The UK towns and cities that could be swallowed by the sea this century – euronews.com
Rebecca Ann Hughes 22/11/2022
The maps, published by news organisation Climate Central, present a sobering image of the disastrous effects of climate change on the UK.
Climate Central has predicted that much of London could be underwater by 2100.
A 3˚C global temperature rise would have a “disastrous impact” for Britain, the non-profit organisation said.
And it’s not just Britain at risk. Climate Central estimates that 275 million people live in the areas that will go underwater by 2100.
Roll out congestion charges nationwide, bus operators tell ministers – telegraph.co.uk
telegraph.co.uk Oliver Gill, Chief Business Correspondent 4 December 2022
Congestion charge zones urgently need to be widely implemented in towns and cities to meet climate change goals, ministers have been told.
A £7 daily charge, imposed on motorists across parts of the country, is being proposed by bus operators.
It is one of a radical package of “carrot and stick” measures to make buses more attractive proposed in a report that was shared by bus industry bosses with the Government last week.
Speeding motorists in Austria risk having cars seized and auctioned | Austria | The Guardian
E-bikes seen as natural replacement to cars in cost of living crisis – Transport Xtra
15 November 2022
Half the respondents to a survey believe that, faced with the cost of living crisis, electric bikes are the natural replacement for cars.
Cycle advocacy campaign Bike is Best commissioned the survey to explore the impact the rising cost of living is having on people’s habits.
Of the 2,000 respondents, two thirds (69%) have changed or are considering changing their transport behaviour, with 86% citing saving money as the reason for the change.
The study found that 84% plan to drive a lot less
Diesel vans ’67 times more environmentally damaging’ than e-bikes – Transport Xtra
Rapidly decarbonising London’s transport system will not just make the city healthier, cleaner, and safer; it will also save Londoners money, says a new report Delievering Value from Just Economics.
“I love sharing the road with speeding vehicles” – Twitter – Dr. Natalia Barbour
@natalia_barbour
“I love sharing the road with speeding vehicles”
*said no one ever.