Bus Operators Propose £7 Congestion Charge Zones Bus operators have asked the government to implement congestion charge zones in English towns and cities, urgently and widely. The proposed charge for driving in urban areas is £7. It should only be
Wetherby Road Crossing for Slingsby Walk A new crossing of Wetherby Road for Slingsby Walk is to be considered at a North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) Executive meeting tomorrow. Harrogate District Cycle Action (HDCA) have given some context, in 8
Reversing the Decline in Active Travel Would Have Substantial Health Benefits – CMO Reversing the decline in active travel would have substantial health benefits, according to the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty. In his Annual Report 2022, he focused on
Stop Seeing the World Through a Windscreen, Says Health Professor Orthopaedic surgeon Professor Scarlett McNally says that we should stop seeing the world through a windscreen. In her article published in the British Medical Journal, she notes that 27,450 people
Contraflow Cycling Does Not Increase Crash Rates Contraflow cycling on one-way streets does not increase crash rates, researchers have discovered. Method & Results Robin Lovelace of the Institute for Transport Studies at Leeds University looked at road segments in London,
Cycling in London 40% Higher than in 2019 Cycling levels in London in Autumn 2022 were 40% higher than pre-pandemic, Autumn 2019. That’s according to TfL’s annual Travel in London report, summarised in a TfL press release. Cycling Weekday cycling
Islington LTNs Reduce Traffic and Air Pollution Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods in Islington are reducing traffic volumes and air pollution, research by Imperial College London shows. The New Scientist reports that Dr Audrey de Nazelle of ICL and her team studied three
Pannal Ash Safe Streets Zone Presented to Council Pannal Ash Safe Streets Zone was presented to the council on Thursday 24th November 2022. A petition for safer streets around four schools in the area has been gathering signatures. It was
Gilligan Blasts LTN Critics Former government special advisor on transport Andrew Gilligan takes aim at critics of Low Traffic Neigbourhoods in today’s Guardian. He says that the real reasons some people object to cycling and walking infrastructure are: But they
Residents Want Big Cities to Be Less Car-Dominated Residents of big cities want their streets to be less dominated by cars. That’s according to a poll by Survation for the Car Free Megacities campaign, reported in Cycling Industry News. The