Fares for public transport around London should be abolished, says a new campaign briefing from Fare Free London.
… Pirani | 19th March 2024 | Comment Public TransportTransport For London Pollution Activism … Fares for public transport around London should be abolished, …
Public transport often doesn't work for travellers because it's fragmented, deregulated and operated for short-term profit, writes Rupert Read. A Green transport policy would force operators to coordinate their schedules, integrate multiple transport modes, and entice travellers out of their cars building a real public transport 'system'.
… Greening transport - we can do it, if we want to! Rupert Read | 16th February 2015 Comment Transport UK Climate Change Politics bus-jam-cut.jpg Public transport often doesn't work for travellers …
Transport emissions are a political hot potato - mobility is often associated with as 'freedom', while the most environmentally aware are also most addicted to high carbon emissions from travel, writes Scott Cohen. To cut transport emissions means tackling four big political taboos.
… Political taboos leave trail of rising transport emissions Scott Cohen | 24th August 2014 Comment Transport Climate Change Politics jet-in-flight-usaf-cut.jpg Transport emissions are a political hot potato …
Planned air transports of high-enriched uranium from Dounreay in Scotland to the US state of Tennessee would risk of accident or a terrorist seizure of weapon-usable nuclear material, writes Ernie Galsworthy. The motive for the transport appears to be purely commercial - and would thus put the public at needless risk for the sake of a cut-price nuclear waste / fuel deal between US and UK authorities.
… UK-US air transports of high enriched uranium: global … 3rd May 2016 News Nuclear Energy WMD Security Transport UK USA dounreay.jpg Planned air transports of high-enriched uranium from …
The National Planning Policy Framework will sideline smart growth in favour of out-of-town sprawl - rolling back decades of town centred development. Now campaigners have launched a toolkit to reduce travel demand within local transport plans
… Campaign For Better Transport: how to reduce the need to travel … Activism Politics And Economics Health Energy Transport Development Public Transport carpollution.jpg The National …
Sustainable transport offers not only a golden ticket out of our pollution- and traffic-choked cities, but also a means of improving the health and well-being of travellers and society alike.
… Sustainable transport - a green roadmap? Hank Dittmar | … News Sustainable Cities Sustainable Urban Transport Green Traffic Cities City Urban … Illustration: Clare Nicholas Sustainable transport offers not only a golden ticket out …
Road transport subsidies of up to €140bn ($184bn) a year are preventing attempts to reduce Europe's greenhouse gas emissions.
… Global Warming 26th February 2007 News Transport Roads Fuels Cars Subsidies Pollution … Climate Change News web pic 2_226.jpg Road transport subsidies of up to €140bn ($184bn) a … the role subsidies play in choices of transport. The report found €270bn-€290bn is …
More investment in existing rail lines, joining up the high speed line to public transport and ensuring rail fares are sustainable and affordable are what the government should focus on argues Campaign for Better Transport
… Politics And Economics Climate Change Health Transport Sustainable Development train.jpg … joining up the high speed line to public transport and ensuring rail fares are … should focus on argues Campaign for Better Transport So the plans for the HS2 high speed …
The implementation of the Silvertown Tunnel project has steamrolled democracy and will pollute the local area and trash the climate.
… has to be considered in the context of transport policy as a whole. Promises The only … and the danger of global warming. We need a transport policy that favours public transport, like the fabulous new Crossrail, …
The UK Government focus on electric cars is opposed by researchers of climate science, transport policy, engineering and urban planning.
… is opposed by researchers of climate science, transport policy, engineering and urban … is opposed by researchers of climate science, transport policy, engineering and urban … an immediate, giant shift towards public transport, cycling and walking – and away from …
London is pressing ahead with a £2 billion climate-trashing tunnel project just as UK prepares to host COP26 international climate negotiations.
… of climate science, air pollution and transport policy. Financial The tunnel, a … Covid-19, looks even worse now: long-term transport projections are being rewritten and Transport for London desperately needs …
A new Forum for the Future report outlines radical ways in which British - and worldwide - cities need to reinvent transport infrastructures to deal with excessive populations
… Cities must ‘radically change’ transport systems to cope with population … explosion Kara Moses | 2nd December 2010 News Transport Population Cities News Society … - and worldwide - cities need to reinvent transport infrastructures to deal with …
When looking at the numbers of cars cruising Britain's roads, the amount of carbon being constantly released is staggering. Paul Creeney looks at how public transport is evolving to become a viable alternative....
… | 10th October 2013 Ethical Living Public Transport Carbon Footprint … staggering. Paul Creeney looks at how public transport is evolving to become a viable … recent statistics from the Department for Transport (DfT) show that there are 34.7 …
Only one party is challenging the mainstream concensus on transport, write Rupert Read, Sandy Irvine and Bennet Francis - massive spending on roads and HS2, and the little that's left for everything else. It's time to throw away the old thinking and commit to an effective, sustainable transport system that begins with local needs.
… Roads to nowhere: why is transport policy getting lost in this … Irvine Bennet Francis | 1st May 2015 Comment Transport UK Politics … is challenging the mainstream concensus on transport, write Rupert Read, Sandy Irvine and …
Are the UK's new high speed rail plans part of a sustainable future for public transport in the UK or a big statement that only benefits a minority?
… | 27th January 2012 News High Speed Rail Transport HS2 Sustainability Environment … plans part of a sustainable future for public transport in the UK or a big statement that … a minority? When Secretary of State for Transport Justine Greening announced approval …
Back in 2000 John Prescott mooted 25 different tram projects across the UK, but a decade later where has that dream gone? Robert Williams laments how we have lost a solution to cutting cars and reclaiming our urban streets
… Robert Williams | 26th April 2011 News Trams Transport Politics And Economics Society … cutting cars and reclaiming our urban streets Transport has been the Cinderella department … mobility, the funding and provision of public transport and the increase in cars on the …
With a government seemingly intent on pushing through the latest road-building programme via its localism agenda campaigners are readying themselves for combined resistance using legal experts, alliance groupings and direct action
… Osborne’s expensive toy. The Department of Transport has given it a low profile [refusing … the environmental cost’.” The Department of Transport (DfT) has 191 road schemes on its … books according to the Campaign for Better Transport, with around 68 projects now in …
Forget environmental considerations, money’s in the driving seat when it comes to approving transport schemes. It’s time to reappraise the appraisers, says Rebekah Phillips
… Rebekah Phillips | 19th June 2008 Comment Transport Driving Greenhouse Gas Cars Carbon … the driving seat when it comes to approving transport schemes. It’s time to reappraise the … says Rebekah Phillips The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced plans to let …
Protest at political inaction on climate breakdown has reinforced opposition to the Silvertown tunnel project in east London.
… | 15th July 2019 News Silvertown Tunnel Transport Change Makers … also contribute to the further growth of car transport – at a time when the climate change danger means moving towards transport systems with fewer cars. Downright …
Stop advertising cars on public transport, say climate groups.
… December 2022 | News Climate Breakdown Public Transport Advertising Editor’s Picks … Stop advertising cars on public transport, say climate groups. … for an end to advertising high-carbon private transport such as cars to help deliver crucial …
The Campaign for Better Transport is working hard to bring down train fares and is inviting you to join them in their fight
… Hebditch | 12th August 2009 Comment Comments Transport Train Fares Airplanes Department For Transport trainfares1.jpg The Campaign for Better Transport is working hard to bring down train …
Electric cars are backed as a climate panacea by the majority, but are there negative impacts we're missing in the rush to electrification?
… an eco car show has lessons for sustainable transport across the UK. The Cornwall-based … hard to encourage visitors to use green transport, offering the bribe of cheaper entry … anyone who arrived by bike, foot or public transport. It didn’t work. So, in 2007, Eden’s …
Parliament has recommended it, Sainsbury’s has tried it and Tesco is doing it, but what is the future for sustainable transport along the UK’s inland waterways?
… 2008 News Waterways Sainsbury's Tescos Transport Climate Change Carbon Off-Setting … it, but what is the future for sustainable transport along the UK’s inland waterways? … become the ‘first major UK retailer to start transporting freight by canal’. The scheme is …