Mark Sutton16 December, 2019 Ireland’s state-owned postal service will shift towards the use of an electric cargo bike fleet in order to make efficiency gains, C.I.N has learned. The large scale contract landed by Irish specialist retailer and distributor GreenAer will initially see around 138 rear-loaded Radkutsche cargo haulers distributed to the postal service with […]

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are a key part of delivering safer, better, healthier streets in London by removing through (or “ratrun”) motor traffic from an entire residential area. They cut overall motor traffic and create large neighbourhoods where air pollution, carbon emissions, noise and congestion are dramatically lowered. These are great for walking and cycling,

I want to get one for a two-year old, but the choice is enormous Sat 21 Dec 2019 07.00 GMT Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper. I want

Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis Dec. 20, 2019    Deforestation and other fast-moving changes in the Amazon threaten to turn parts of the rainforest into savanna, devastate wildlife and release billions of tons carbon into the atmosphere, two renowned experts warned Friday. “The precious Amazon is teetering on the edge of functional destruction and, with it, so

People cycling were on the receiving end of 91 per cent of tickets by the Metropolitan Police on a major cycleway corridor into London, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed – despite the fact 90 per cent of casualties on the route the previous year involved motor vehicles. According to the Metropolitan Police

PM should use his majority to push for investments, but he may lack the political bravery Peter WalkerWed 18 Dec 2019 07.30 GMT The election is over, Boris Johnson has an 80-strong majority to wield, and many are now wondering what the prime minister will do with all this power over the next five years.

PA Media Tue 17 Dec 2019 13.56 GMT Ella Kissi-Debrah, nine, who lived near South Circular Road in south London, died in 2013 An inquest in 2014 concluded Ella Kissi-Debrah’s cause of death was acute respiratory failure as a result of a severe asthma attack. Photograph: Ella Roberta Family Foundation A fresh inquest into the

Alleen Brown December 13 2019, 5:30 p.m. The same day that 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg gave a stirring speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September, in which she criticized delegates for “stealing my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,” the architects of the climate crisis welcomed select youth participants

Can bike taxis really compete with Uber? Pedal power v petrol for the morning commute Pedal Me is taking on Uber with its taxi and cargo cycles. It claims to be faster, cleaner and more fun than petrol rivals. The FT’s Daniel Garrahan and Bethan Staton put it to the test by racing to the

There were more than 1,800 hit-and-run crashes in the region from 2014 to 2018 with six of them fatal Six people were killed in hit-and-runs in the North East over the last five years, new figures show. From 2014 to 2018, there have been a total of 1,827 hit-and-run collisions on the region’s roads. Of