My stepmum on her e-trike - she’s 76 and struggles to walk long distances, but this makes door to door trips easy!

Don’t love the tone of this. Leans into lots of stereotypes.

Amazing to see this Will! How far this project has come in a year - thanks in significant part to your hard work.

Interesting policy suggestion from @transenvuk.bsky.social - Large Vehicle Levy, where cars are charged £10 per kg over 1600kg in weight (with a 400kg allowance for EVs).

Suggest it would raise £2 billion for the Treasury.

The U.K. isn’t using its tax regime to disincentivise SUV purchases.

A UK driver pays just £3200 acquisition tax on an £85k car, compared to *£66k* in France!!

As a result, 4x as many are sold here in the U.K. than France.

@transenvuk.bsky.social

Shocking stats that show that adults are 17% more likely and children are *77%* more likely to suffer fatal injury if hit by an SUV, compared to a normal car.

Back to school now…it’s not just speed, but weight of cars that matters when determining outcomes of crashes…including fatalities.

We are now onto the substance - and some shocking stats on SUV sales 👇

Kicking off with @carltonreid.com in conversation with @sianberry.bsky.social and @barrysheerman.bsky.social - starting with a bit of history on Urban 4x4s and the campaigns against them.

This is not new! But it *is* pressing and urgent that we address SUVs in cities now.

www.linkedin.com/posts/charlo...

Now in the Commons committee stage there are proposed amendments and new clauses which, if passed, would ban the use of floating bus stops and end cycling as transport for most people in England.

Clauses 30, 31 & 32 are key here

3/n

publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

Just returning from South of France where it has been mindbendingly hot 🥵

Businesses clearly struggling, natural environment dry as a bone, local lake can’t be swim in because water levels too low and green algae everywhere.

Everyone I spoke to was deeply concerned. And they should be.