Plans to increase tax on fuel and energy supplies in the name of tackling climate change are being greeted with increasing scepticism and hostility as the ongoing financial crisis sharpens views on what people are prepared to do to ‘save the planet’ from climate change. Now, the BBC says that the UK government has is […]
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 […]
Congestion Charging aka Road Pricing was the golden key to solving UK transport problems until last week. It would cut traffic congestion and be a rich new source of funding for public transport and schemes to encourage cycling and walking. And, it was also an essential tool in a box of measures to save the […]
The Western half of London’s Congestion Charge Zone will be scrapped – barely a year after former Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone doubled the zone in 2007, despite 70% of Londoners and 80% of businesses saying ‘no’ at the time as Ben Webster of The Times reported. Go here to see how lovely it all was […]