All Party Cycling Road Justice Report The All Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) has published a new Road Justice report. It is a follow-up to the APPGCW’s inquiry into cycling and the justice system in 2017. Introduction
Laughable Tory “Plan for Drivers” The Tories have published a laughable “Plan for Drivers” as a government policy paper. Foreword The Foreword is full of gaslighting and Doublespeak such as ‘the easy political choice is to vilify the private car…’
Irresponsible Sunak Wants More Dangerous Streets Irresponsible Prime Minister Sunak wants English streets to be more dangerous, reports the BBC. Apparently Sunak is against traffic-calming schemes and 20mph zones. He says he wants to end a fictional “war on motorists”.
Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme Rumbles On The Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme (HTIP) rumbles on with no results so far. History HTIP began in October 2019 following the Congestion Study, which showed a big appetite for improvements to walking and cycling
Disadvantage of the Term ‘Active Travel’ The term ‘active travel’ means getting about in a physically active way. It covers walking, wheeling and cycling, and usually refers to short trips such as those to school, work or the shops. Scooting
Harrogate Station Gateway Plan to Increase Traffic Instead of Sustainable Transport Harrogate Station Gateway project appears to be changing from a sustainable transport project to a high-traffic neighbourhood scheme. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) have suggested that the £11 million funding
Why Cambridge Sustainable Travel Zone is Needed – Sustrans Update 8th September 2023: at a meeting yesterday, the Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly effectively abandoned the Sustainable Travel Zone and Making Connections plan. This follows the current fashion, inspired by
York Cycling Plans to be Published this Autumn York’s cycling plans are to be published this Autumn. The information comes from a York Cycle Campaign post, after the campaign had a chat with its former Chair, Kate Ravilious. She is
Pickup Truck Drivers 200% More Likely to Kill People they Hit Pickup truck drivers are 200% more likely to kill pedestrians or cyclists they hit than drivers of average vehicles. The risk of serious injury to vulnerable road users increases
Majority of Car Trips are for Leisure or Shopping In a blow to those who like to portray cars as essential, government statistics show that the majority of drivers are pootling to a National Trust property or their local shops.