Sarah  @SarahJ_BerryInstead of urban motorways we could have this. It’s an absolute no brainer.(TikTok handle: travelwithanya)link to original article

Extinction Rebellion activists outside the DfTprotest against new road schemes
Ben Webster  November 11 2021
The government secretly sought advice on how to minimise “the chilling effect on road-building” of the need to cut emissions the day before announcing its transport decarbonisation plan.
The request was revealed in documents obtained by campaigners bringing a new legal challenge to try to block 20 major road schemes.
They argue that the government’s £27 billion road building programme is inconsistent with the government’s transport decarbonisation plan because the new roads will increase traffic emissions and make people more dependent on cars.
The schemes include widening the A66 across the Pennines, the A1 in Northumberland, the A12 and A120 in Essex, the A417 between Gloucester and Cirencester, putting the A303 in a tunnel at Stonehenge, and a new crossing of the Thames between Kent and Essex.
Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, published a transport decarbonisation plan on July 14, which he said would deliver “a step change in the breadth and scale of our ambition to reduce transport’s GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions to reach net zero”.
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Over 100 million car and taxi trips in the UK’s seven city regions could instead be completed on e-bikes if the Government is able to meet its cycling target, according to a new report by consultants Steer for the Urban Transport Group (UTG).The Fully Charged report – which was commissioned by the Urban Transport Group representing the UK’s

@carltonreidCOP26’s final document crap and weak? Obviously. Remember this was a save-the-Earth summit that platformed car executives instead of walk/bike/train org folks:link to original article

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NEW: activists have deflated the [tyres] of around 60 4X4s in a Glasgow’s west end in protest at the cars high levels of emissions. according to the International Energy Agency SUVS were the 2nd largest contributor to the increase in global carbon emissions after power 2010-2018

Carlton Reid Nov 10, 2021 “It’s crazy cycling isn’t on the main agenda here at COP26,” mused Chris Boardman, Greater Manchester’s transport commissioner.Instead, today’s main agenda item on the COP26 Transport Day focussed primarily on electric vehicles. Cycling, walking, trains, and buses were all excluded from the high-level discussions.Twenty-four countries—and some of the world’s leading automotive companies—have

A new agreement would phase out fossil fuel vehicles but activists want a focus on public transport, walking and cycling Oliver Milman Governments and car manufacturers have coalesced at the Glasgow climate talks around new targets to drastically ramp up the use of electric vehicles. But activists at the summit have urged a more fundamental question –

Daniel Boffey It is being viewed as the correction of a historic mistake. More than 40 years after parts of the canal that encircled Utrecht’s old town were concreted over to accommodate a 12-lane motorway, the Dutch city is celebrating the restoration of its 900-year-old moat.In an attempt to recast its residents’ relationship with the car, Utrecht’s

Mark Sutton 10 November, 2021 The bicycle industry had many visitors to COP26, but in terms of stage presence and demonstrations of a vehicle that stands to offer significant emissions reductions the event is missing an open goal. Ben Knowles, Founder of PedalMe writes on a widely held view that big business is trampling on the agenda…Amazing, passionate people