Two of the top ranked Conservative councils in Britain are blazing trails in opposite directions by developing radical new approaches to parking in the Capital. One way to go, currently on trial in Westminster, has triggered rising waves of objections and protest. The other has triggered an outburst of support from local businesses and cross-party [...]
Protagonists of road humps and other physical traffic calming measures had until now rejected or ignored claims over many years that such measures have serious adverse side-effects on emergency services response times and pollution in residential areas. See recent report on air quality damage here and BBC news of problems from 2003, including noise from [...]
A procession of over 150 bikers rode through central London on Thursday lunchtime and rallied outside Conservative HQ. The angered riders were protesting against an unprecedented move by Westminster City Council to trial new charges for parking this congestion busting mode in previously free Solo M/C bays on public highways. See more photos and U-Tube [...]
Nationwide Bus and Rail company FirstGroup gets 50% of its revenue from tax payers but it became the “second-worst performing stock in the FTSE 100″ yesterday. This clearly indicates that while UK government places great faith in the merits of travel by buses and trains, and expects public use of them to continue growing, investors [...]