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Policy rethink required to avoid worsening congestion
Ecologist
8th July, 2009
Building more roads is not the answer to worsening motorway congestion, according to new research from the Campaign for Better Transport, which advocates more low-impact solutions more...
From Latvia with love...
Ewan Kingston
3rd July, 2009
Whilst worrying about the footprint of his ferry, Ewan gets an Eastern-bloc geography lesson, and is told some uncomfortable home truths about rainy old Blighty... more...
The Visionaries
Ecologist
20th March, 2009
Mark Anslow, Laura Sevier, Dan Box and Matilda Lee profile 10 visionaries with 10 big ideas for a better world.more...
Your chariot awaits
Tom Hodgkinson
19th June, 2009
Giving up your car doesn't mean giving up luxury or freedom- you'll save time, money and discover a more regal existence without one. more...
Sustainable transport - a green roadmap?
Hank Dittmar
1st June, 2009
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. more...
Coach travel: why we need to get onboard
Mark Anslow
11th March, 2009
Mark Anslow explains why the Government’s bottom line is trumping our most efficient form of transport more...
Why can't the automobile industry get a handle on low-carbon cars?
Harriet Williams
19th February, 2009
A hub of invention, why can't the automobile industry get a handle on low-carbon cars? The answer's in the profit margins - which is why the credit crunch offers hope for the future, says Harriet Williams more...
What car do you drive?
Richard Heinberg
19th June, 2008
The question arises soon after readers or lecture audiences first become acquainted with global oil depletion and climate change. I must be asked it at least once a week.more...
A bad appraisal
Rebekah Phillips
19th June, 2008
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 more...
The future of waterways
Tom Savory
1st January, 2008
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? more...
Campaigners outraged at escalating costs of road widening
News
31st July, 2007
Campaigners from Transport 2000, the sustainable transport group, have exposed the escalating costs of the M6 road-widening scheme. more...
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On your bike: Cycling soars in London
News
2nd July, 2007
As the UK looks forward to the Tour de France's launch in London and Kent next weekend new figures from Transport for London show that Londoners now make an average of 480,000 journeys a day by bike, an increase of 83% since 2000. more...
4x4s will pay more to park up
News
6th June, 2007
A North London council is proposing to double residential parking charges on high-emission 4x4 vehicles. more...
It's electrifying...
Mark Anslow
17th May, 2007
Once you get over the fact that not even tinted windows, a subwoofer, and Snoop Dogg riding shotgun would make the Maranello IV electric car ‘cool’, you can begin to think about driving and car ownership in a whole new way. more...
Biofuels Report: Introduction
Pat Thomas
1st March, 2007
In his final State of the Union address, George Bush announced his support for the adoption of biofuels on a massive scale. But is the plan such a good idea? By Pat Thomas more...
Paying for Pollution: Road Subsidies Promote Global Warming
News
26th February, 2007
Road transport subsidies of up to €140bn ($184bn) a year are preventing attempts to reduce Europe's greenhouse gas emissions. more...
Biofuels - facts and fiction
Mark Anslow
19th February, 2007
The claims for biofuels make it seem truly a wonder crop. Mark Anslow separates the wheat from the chaff more...
Road pricing is 'part of the answer'
News
13th February, 2007
Environmentalists have urged the government to support road pricing plans against a rising tide of protest. more...
Blair: 'no' to carbon quotas; 'yes' to flying and driving
News
6th February, 2007
Tony Blair yesterday reiterated his belief that "you will not get people to give up the motor car or cheap air travel," and that he would 'stop short' of introducing carbon quotas. more...
Debate: Sports Utility Vehicles (4x4s)
Michael Harvey and Paul Kingsnorth
21st May, 2005
Are SUVs a crime against civilisation, or paragons of efficiency? Are they ugly, arrogant and antisocial, or bright, beautiful and mobile? And do the polar passions they arouse pit the politics of envy against the Americanisation of British culture? Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Harvey discussmore...
Solutions for a farming future
Steven Gorelick
7th June, 2000
Steven Gorelick lays out just a few of the policy changes, priority shifts and new approaches that could help save rural life, and lead to more sustainable farming more...Members
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