Leo MurrayMon 4 Nov 2019 10.37 GMT West Country asthmatics breathed a deep sigh of relief last week, as Bristol city council unveiled long-awaited plans for a clean air zone in the city. The proposals would see a total daytime ban (from 7am to 3pm) on diesel vehicles entering a small central zone – a

By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent 30 October 2019 Millions more people will be at risk of coastal flooding from climate-driven sea-level rise later this century. That’s the conclusion of new research conducted by Climate Central, a US-based non-profit news organisation. It finds that 190 million people will be living in areas that are projected

Mark Sutton28 October, 2019 A meeting of experts and interested parties recently discussed the possibility of growing cargo bike sales by a further two million units by 2030. Co-organised by Cycling Industries Europe and attended by the likes of Uber, UPS and with European Commission speakers, the October 15th gathering drew on insight from around

Opponents fear east London scheme will increase traffic and pollution and heighten risk of flooding Jessica MurraySat 2 Nov 2019 08.00 GMT Campaigners and politicians are making a last-ditch attempt to halt the Silvertown Tunnel project over fears of increased traffic and air pollution, as the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, prepares to sign a contract

Watch this event 19 April 2018 In this lecture, Brian Deegan and Richard Pearson will examine the successes and failures of the £100 million London Cycle Network project and discuss the standard of the highway engineering schemes delivered. By highlighting areas where changes could have been made to improve the delivery of the project, it

London is the first city in the world to collect data on cycling infrastructure on such a large scale Data has been added to TfL’s Journey Planner which can now show users where they can park their bikes The information is also being shared as open data, which could be used by third parties to

To those who point to the provision of cycle paths alongside roads with high volumes of traffic, or with high speed limits, as one of the principle ingredients of Dutch cycle policy – an ingredient that serves, partly, to explain why the Dutch cycle in such large numbers – some UK cycle campaigners opposed to

Transportation is the greatest source of greenhouse gases in the United States. Why are all the 2020 candidates so scared to say it? Michael Hobbes Few objects symbolize America’s unique place in the world better than the automobile. Residents of the United States drive more than 37 miles per day, nearly twice as much as

Cities are testing new systems to reduce the pollution and congestion caused by of the final leg of a package’s journey from warehouse to doorstep Tracey LindemanMon 4 Nov 2019 12.40 GMT The cube truck sidled up to a row of parked cars on a busy Montreal street and threw on its hazard lights, blocking