In the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths – and fierce activism – to turn Amsterdam into the cycling nirvana of today Renate van der ZeeLast modified on Fri 11 May 2018 13.15 […]

By 5pm, there were hundreds of people on Whitehall. Watching the action was James Brown, a Paralympic cyclist who had returned to London after being arrested for climbing on top of a passenger plane at City airport last Thursday. He said he had been able to mount the plane because, as a disabled person, he

Jonathan WattsFri 18 Oct 2019 03.00 BST The Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts, tells Anushka Asthana about the polluters series, which identified 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the world’s oil, gas and coal reserves can be directly linked to more than one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions in the modern era.

Joe Parkin DanielsLast modified on Fri 4 Oct 2019 17.57 BST As the cable cars that connect downtown Medellín – Colombia’s second city – to the hillside slums pass overhead, a band of teenage cyclists have gathered at the side of the road. Vallejuelos is a downtrodden neighbourhood, rife with crime and unemployment, but “gravity

Last modified on Fri 11 Oct 2019 She has barely ever been in a car, and never eaten meat or flown. Now 31, she lives on the 15th floor of a city centre tower from where she can just see the ocean 500 yards away on one side and the suburbs and informal settlements sprawling

I do like those little places that one just stumbles across in the street network which give joy and Lamlash Garden tucked behind the Elephant and Castle in London is one just place. I was on my way back to the City from a meeting in Brixton using one of Central London’s hire cycles and

Last modified on Mon 7 Oct 2019 Roger Hallam, 52, organic farmer from Wales and XR co-founder Hallam was arrested in 2017 for criminal damage when he and another person spray-painted “Divest from oil and gas”, “Now” and “Out of time” on walls at King’s College London, using water-soluble chalk-based paint. Both were cleared of

In a week where the government has proudly said it will fund £13m for bikeability training in a press release that as usual just drones on about cycling being a good thing I am still looking at tumbleweeds rolling past on design guidance. For a rounded rant about the lack of funding for cycling infrastructure,

Escalating pressure from investors is pushing airlines to address environmental concerns, according to the International Air Transport Association (Iata), which acknowledged that the trend toward “flight-shaming” could weigh on the industry’s future growth. Speaking at a conference in London where airlines vied to demonstrate plans to decarbonise, Iata said the climate was now “top of

The city just approved a plan to redesign Market Street, making it safer for pedestrians, adding protected bike lanes, and eliminating private vehicles to help speed up buses and lower the injury count on the street. San Francisco’s Market Street, which leads from the city’s iconic Ferry Building through the financial district and past shops,