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"The larger it is, the more it pollutes" - Mayor of Paris
We need more local leaders prepared to speak out and take action on this literal growing threat
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We need more local leaders prepared to speak out and take action on this literal growing threat
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Carspreading’ is on the rise - not everyone is happy
In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"The larger it is, the more it pollutes" - Mayor of Paris
We need more local leaders prepared to speak out and take action on this literal growing threat
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We need more local leaders prepared to speak out and take action on this literal growing threat
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Potentially good news for the nation's health: woodburning stoves are a huge source of air pollution. They damage the lungs of people inside the house as well, especially those who sleep in upstairs bedrooms who are exposed at high levels overnight.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan
Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Potentially good news for the nation's health: woodburning stoves are a huge source of air pollution. They damage the lungs of people inside the house as well, especially those who sleep in upstairs bedrooms who are exposed at high levels overnight.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We have "car experts" who think it's in any way sustainable to have cheaper driving and therefore more driving, who oppose any moves to make driving even a tiny bit 'worse' or more 'costly' despite the clear demographic skews of car ownership & use. We need less driving, now, fast. It's that simple.
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We have "car experts" who think it's in any way sustainable to have cheaper driving and therefore more driving, who oppose any moves to make driving even a tiny bit 'worse' or more 'costly' despite the clear demographic skews of car ownership & use. We need less driving, now, fast. It's that simple.
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There's always money for more driving
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Industry experts welcome extra incentives but fear a consultation on a mileage tax sends mixed messages
Drivers will be able to claim government subsidies to cut the cost of buying a new electric car until 2030 under plans to be announced by Rachel Reeves at next week’s budget.
The chancellor will unveil an extra £1.3bn for subsidies for new electric vehicles (EVs) and a further £200m for charging points, as she attempts to prevent the market for clean cars drying up amid concerns about a new pay-per-mile tax. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
There's always money for more driving
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What is motonormativity? I'm on my way to an air pollution event in a city centre and the organisers have put the driving directions ahead of the public transport directions in the email
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
What is motonormativity? I'm on my way to an air pollution event in a city centre and the organisers have put the driving directions ahead of the public transport directions in the email
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Shall we all bookmark this for when the Budget decides the Bike to Work scheme is unaffordable? www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Shall we all bookmark this for when the Budget decides the Bike to Work scheme is unaffordable? www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Proposed new eastern entrance to Cambridge Station from Clifton Road eastwestrail.co.uk/you-said-we-...
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Proposed new eastern entrance to Cambridge Station from Clifton Road eastwestrail.co.uk/you-said-we-...
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Bristow is being accused of "dithering and delaying " bus franchising
www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/delay-t...
He promised to deliver bus franchising with no precept, so it's about time he comes clean with how he will fund this.
Plus the free parking and his new crime commissioner
www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/delay-t...
He promised to deliver bus franchising with no precept, so it's about time he comes clean with how he will fund this.
Plus the free parking and his new crime commissioner
Delay to bus franchising sparks political row as Cllr Elisa Meschini accuses Mayor Bristow of ‘dither and delay’ - News for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire
Plans to overhaul the bus network across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have been pushed back, leaving passengers facing more years of inconsistent services.
www.cambsnews.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Bristow is being accused of "dithering and delaying " bus franchising
www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/delay-t...
He promised to deliver bus franchising with no precept, so it's about time he comes clean with how he will fund this.
Plus the free parking and his new crime commissioner
www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/delay-t...
He promised to deliver bus franchising with no precept, so it's about time he comes clean with how he will fund this.
Plus the free parking and his new crime commissioner
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This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
So the govt is going to 'build' a new National Forest between Cambridge and Oxford. As a taster, here's some of what that might look like
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
So the govt is going to 'build' a new National Forest between Cambridge and Oxford. As a taster, here's some of what that might look like
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Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'.
Okay.
Okay.
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'.
Okay.
Okay.
What Cambridge could've had ...
It is perhaps indicative of how effectively the congestion charge is working in Oxford City that my bus this morning had to hold at 4 different stops to regularise the service to the timetable. It's night and day from the bus experience of Cowley road prior to introduction.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What Cambridge could've had ...
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Looking forward to this garbage coming to London.
youtube.com/shorts/8ltYK...
youtube.com/shorts/8ltYK...
Welcome to San Francisco! #waymo #selfdrive #techgadgets
YouTube video by Mia McCarthy
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November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Looking forward to this garbage coming to London.
youtube.com/shorts/8ltYK...
youtube.com/shorts/8ltYK...
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It is not true “England cannot effectively subsidise travel costs”. Retired people get free travel. By freezing the fuel duty escalator we are subsidising car drivers, which compounds inequality. See more here: bettertransport.org.uk/media/groups...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It is not true “England cannot effectively subsidise travel costs”. Retired people get free travel. By freezing the fuel duty escalator we are subsidising car drivers, which compounds inequality. See more here: bettertransport.org.uk/media/groups...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Traffic deaths are a societal choice
We decide we’re OK with such deaths or we’re not OK
In 1975, Oslo had 44 traffic deaths—now they have zero deaths per year
Oslo made a choice. It had a vision of zero deaths, & chose to take the steps needed to end deaths (www.wired.com/story/oslo-p...)
We decide we’re OK with such deaths or we’re not OK
In 1975, Oslo had 44 traffic deaths—now they have zero deaths per year
Oslo made a choice. It had a vision of zero deaths, & chose to take the steps needed to end deaths (www.wired.com/story/oslo-p...)
The other sad thing is how normalized the everyday average between 10 - 20 deaths has become. If any other transportation mode melted glaciers while also caused this 👇, there’d be nationwide bans.
Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Traffic deaths are a societal choice
We decide we’re OK with such deaths or we’re not OK
In 1975, Oslo had 44 traffic deaths—now they have zero deaths per year
Oslo made a choice. It had a vision of zero deaths, & chose to take the steps needed to end deaths (www.wired.com/story/oslo-p...)
We decide we’re OK with such deaths or we’re not OK
In 1975, Oslo had 44 traffic deaths—now they have zero deaths per year
Oslo made a choice. It had a vision of zero deaths, & chose to take the steps needed to end deaths (www.wired.com/story/oslo-p...)
This is one car I *would* like to see driving around Cambridge
Utrecht has a fleet of ~6 of these cars topped with LiDAR. They circle Utrecht making images of parked cars throughout the day.
Since people don't always follow parking rules, Utrecht earns €50-100K a day. All that € goes into street improvements.
All it takes is cars with license plates (+ LiDAR)
Since people don't always follow parking rules, Utrecht earns €50-100K a day. All that € goes into street improvements.
All it takes is cars with license plates (+ LiDAR)
October 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is one car I *would* like to see driving around Cambridge
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The Congestion Charge went live today - so it's a great time to talk about a book (published this year) I recently finished reading.
Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
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Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
🧵
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Congestion Charge went live today - so it's a great time to talk about a book (published this year) I recently finished reading.
Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
🧵
Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
🧵
As gov.uk casts around for ways to plug a financial black hole, desperate measures are being contemplated. But is there one particular traditional tax concession which will prove sacronsanct? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
As gov.uk casts around for ways to plug a financial black hole, desperate measures are being contemplated. But is there one particular traditional tax concession which will prove sacronsanct? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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It never ceases to amaze me how politicians can say one thing about the climate and do the opposite www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heathrow third runway plans to be fast-tracked for ‘full benefits sooner’
Transport secretary says updated airports national policy statement (ANPS) will be published by next summer
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how politicians can say one thing about the climate and do the opposite www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I just received an email with the subject "Parking just got more rewarding!" and I think I need to go lie down now.
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I just received an email with the subject "Parking just got more rewarding!" and I think I need to go lie down now.
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Great to hear the good news from Bradford about improved air quality, and safer access for those with disabilities now the centre has had cars removed.
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Great to hear the good news from Bradford about improved air quality, and safer access for those with disabilities now the centre has had cars removed.
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My favourite objection to a cycle hanger was the "Poor Feng Shui" one, sub'd to Brent Council in Jan 2020.
The cycle hanger was installed.
#PoorFengShui
The cycle hanger was installed.
#PoorFengShui
October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My favourite objection to a cycle hanger was the "Poor Feng Shui" one, sub'd to Brent Council in Jan 2020.
The cycle hanger was installed.
#PoorFengShui
The cycle hanger was installed.
#PoorFengShui
Periodic reminder: electric cars are not here to save the planet; they're here to save the car industry www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Periodic reminder: electric cars are not here to save the planet; they're here to save the car industry www.theguardian.com/environment/...