Mark Sutton3 November, 2021 Scottish electric bike motor start-up Freeflow Technologies will tomorrow lift the lid on one of its first OEM partnerships alongside British gravel bike maker and wooden frame specialist Twmpa Cycles.When the Rouleur Live event opens its doors in London tomorrow Stand RC5 will display the collaboration, which will house a battery in the downtube’s lowers and […]

Rory Poulter A Kingston cycling instructor has spoken of his horror after he was sent crashing to the ground by a BMW in a deliberate and aggressive close pass in Richmond Park.David Williams suffered a broken collarbone and bruising in the frightening incident earlier this week, which is being investigated by the police.Mr Williams, who teaches school

11 March 2021Paris is rethinking its future. Ideas range from a ban on cars to a new ’15-minute city’.link to original article

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@GeorgeMonbiot Nov 11, 2021 Could we please stop describing this nightmare as “a high quality of life”.1,229 Retweets 72 Quote Tweets 7,055 Likeslink to original article

Joe TaloraSadiq Khan has been urged to take “rapid action” to address critical safety issues at dangerous junctions in London to protect pedestrians and cyclists.At least 53 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed on London’s roads so far this year, while 55 pedestrians and seven cyclists were killed during 2020.At a meeting of the London Assembly on Thursday, members agreed to forward a

Richard Murphy November 10 2021 As the FT notes this morning: Despite months of pressure by the UK, four of the world’s five largest carmakers — Volkswagen, Toyota, the Renault-Nissan alliance, and Hyundai-Kia — have not signed up [to ending new car emissions by 2040].BMW is also holding back, I believe. There may be others doing

Mark Sutton 10 November, 2021 Glasgow has joined 25 cities around the globe in joining the Cycling Cities Campaign, an Institute for Transportation and Development Policy concept that is designed to share the tools and learnings from around the globe where successes in growing cycling levels have become evident.Launched yesterday at COP 26, the Cycling Cities campaign is dedicated to

Mark Sutton 9 November, 2021 In what will come to be one of the UK’s largest electric cargo bike fleets, Laundryheap will invest £2.5 million to add 200 vehicles to its fleet following successful trials.The astonishing investment has electric cargo bike firm EAV as the main beneficiary of the cash outlay. The firm’s EAV2Cubed vehicle will form the basis of

Taras Grescoe @grescoe
“NASA has deared automobiles are the largest net contributor of climate change pollution in the world.”
Your regular reminder that cars aren’t part of the problem—they *are* the problem.
[And replacing 1.3 billion gas cars with EVs isn’t going to help.]
https://giss.nasa.gov/research/news/