With a sharp drop in auto traffic due to the coronavirus, cities around the globe have closed streets to cars and expanded pedestrian thoroughfares and bike lanes. But as life edges back to normal, will these initiatives survive, especially if virus-wary citizens shun mass transit? By Cheryl Katz • June 1, 2020 With a sharp […]

Leo Murray 1.8.2019 Unless we radically decarbonise our transport system, we cannot build a just post-carbon society. But rapid decarbonisation won’t be achieved without re-imagining how we move and connect. The future will be different. This report sets out the contours of an alternative vision for transport: public focused, multi-modal, and zero carbon. It sets

The project, the first of its kind in the UK, is designed to get polluting cars off the road 12:30, 21 FEB 2020 People in Coventry are being offered a unique opportunity to be paid up to £3,000 a year to give up their cars. A Transport for West Midlands scheme is being launched in

Posted on May 29, 2020 At the end of April, the retail consultant Mary Portas appeared on the BBC’s World at One programme to discuss how physical shopping could continue to function during the coronavirus crisis. Portas has a bit of form for, shall we say, car-centric ‘solutions’ to high street problems, proposing the quack

Carlton Reid01:26pm EDT |1,094 views|Jun 1, 2020, “There is no justification for the mass reallocation of road space to dedicated cycle lanes,” argues the Road Haulage Association (RHA), representing some 7,000 U.K. trucking companies. The Freight Transport Association, which represents air, rail, and sea haulage companies as well as road haulage, is also opposed to

Data reveals police recorded seven incidents of motorists in UK driving over 130mph Lisa O’CarrollTue 2 Jun 2020 00.01 BST Two-thirds of Britain’s police forces caught people driving in excess of 100mph during the first three weeks of the coronavirus lockdown, new data has shown. The extreme speeds were not confined to motorways, as drivers

Monday June 01 2020 While public transport use has dropped by more than 90 per cent since lockdown began, and car journeys by 60 per cent, cycling has risen. Last month there were a record 170,000 extra bicycle trips in Greater Manchester in just one day. That’s the equivalent of 1,950 tightly packed double decker

Libby Brooks Published on Fri 29 May 2020 08.06 BST A chance to clear the head after a stressful day; a safe and speedy means of travel in these anxious times; the opportunity to explore a longer-term lifestyle change: bicycles mean many different things to the frontline workers in Edinburgh and Perth who have taken

Cross-party group highlights new evidence on how dirty air may worsen infections Damian Carrington 29 May 2020 Air pollution must be kept at low levels to help avoid a second peak of coronavirus infections, according to a cross-party report from MPs. There is growing evidence from around the world linking exposure to dirty air and

Move would promote social distancing, take thousands of cars off roads and make it safer for riders, Australian cycling organisation says Elias Visontay Australia’s peak cycling organisation is calling on governments to capitalise on a surge in lockdown-induced bicycle sales by fast-tracking the construction of all 750km of planned bike lanes around the country, a