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2025
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Volunteers turn old rail track into walking route, BBC News (Jan 25, 2025) - All change! Why England’s public transport system could look very different very quickly, theconversation.com (Jan 16, 2025)
2024
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- CPRE submits response to consultation on planning system, cpre.org.uk (Sep 25, 2024) — Among CPRE's many recommendations in response to the wide scope of the consultation, CPRE calls for a more transparent method of assessing genuine housing need, a new definition of affordable so that house prices reflect average local incomes, and a greater focus on sustainable travel.
- The Guardian view on the future of public transport: time to invest and think big, Editorial, theguardian.com (Aug 25, 2024)
- Labour investment in cycling and walking will be unprecedented, says Louise Haigh, theguardian.com (Aug 20, 2024)
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- Expanding London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) has improved air quality and reduced harmful emissions from cars and vans says City Hall, BBC News (Jul 25, 2024)
- ‘It’s unbelievable the difference a path has made’: how volunteers are building a cycle network a yard at a time, theguardian.com (May 16, 2024)
- Five years of a car-free Thames crossing, wearepossible.org (Apr 10, 2024)
- People want a shift in funding from driving to improving walking, cycling, and public transport, sustrans.org.uk (Mar 27, 2024) — 58% support more cycle paths protected from traffic even if this removes space for cars
- E-bikes are freewheeling through rain and over hills, with huge promise for sustainable transport in rural tourist areas, theconversation.com (Feb 06, 2024)
2023
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- Self-driving buses that go wherever you want? How the UK is trying to revolutionise public transport, theconversation.com (Sep 29, 2023)
- Orkney islands to trial electric ferries to cut carbon emissions, theguardian.com (Sep 11, 2023)
- More voters annoyed by cars than by traffic calming measures, polling suggests, opendemocracy.net (Aug 29, 2023)
- Where have all the buses gone? Their neglect is an English national failure, John Harris, theguardian.com (Aug 06, 2023)
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- ‘I want a city which prioritises cyclists, walkers and wheelers over cars', bristol247.com (Jun 07, 2023)
- Ministers face legal challenge over cuts to walking and cycling investment in England, The Guardian (Jun 05, 2023)
- Creating a genuine national transport policy, Transport Action Network (May 05, 2023)
- Your favourite walk may have an expiry date, The Conversation (Apr 17, 2023)
- Climate groups taking government to court over “dangerous” aviation strategy, wearepossible.org (Mar 28, 2023)
- Why England urgently needs a roads reset, Transport Action Network (Mar 03, 2023)
2022
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- The Guardian view on buses: a subsidy for £2 fares is money well spent, The Guardian (Dec 22, 2022) — Making mass transport more affordable will both help people now and reduce carbon emissions
- Glasgow’s Urban Transport Revolution, bellacaledonia.org.uk (Nov 11, 2022)
- Cost of living: The family who gave up a car to cycle every day, BBC News (Jul 13, 2022)
- Leicester's ‘forward-thinking’ green transport plans are 'model for rest of country', say charities, leicestermercury.co.uk (Mar 15, 2022)
- UK ministers urged to promote e-bikes to tackle health and climate crises, theguardian.com (Mar 13, 2022)
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