Paris Mayor Celebrates 40% Less Traffic and Pollution Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo yesterday celebrated the French capital’s achievement in reducing traffic and pollution by 40% in 10 years. In her Tweet, she said that she hadn’t finished yet, and linked
DfT Major Road-Building Policy Pays Minimal Attention to Climate and Nature The DfT is planning to bust the UK’s carbon budgets and destroy wildlife habitat by carrying on with road-building business as usual. It is consulting on a draft National
Motonormativity British people accept risks and harms from motor vehicles that they would not accept in other areas of life. That’s the conclusion of a study by Ian Walker, Alan Tapp and Adrian Davis, reported in the Guardian. The researchers
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
Air Quality Consultations DEFRA has launched two consultations on air quality. Air Quality Management by Local Authorities The first is aimed at local authorities’ Air Quality Action Plans and Local Air Quality Management. The consultation asks questions about whether the