Category Archives: Transport

Will City Deals promote sustainable transport?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

This post is by Stephen Joseph, CEO of the Campaign for Better Transport. Launched to some fanfare last July by Nick Clegg, the City Deal programme is supposed to free larger urban areas from the dead hand of Whitehall, allowing … Continue reading →

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The hidden giants of infrastructure

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

This post first appeared on BusinessGreen. Industrial strategy hasn’t been fashionable for a long time. Anyone romantic enough to have spent February 14th watching Harold Wilson Night on BBC Parliament will have seen the last moment when industrial strategy took … Continue reading →

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Making your world sustainable – one eco challenge at a time

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

This is a guest post from Matt Walters, a broadcaster and resident of London on a mission to live more sustainably. I am peering through the blinds of my flat like a suspicious neighbour with something to hide. I have got … Continue reading →

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“Rail fares up by 13% but war on motorists ‘over’”

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

This was one of the headlines greeting bleary-eyed Londoners on their way back to work on Tuesday, as they flicked through the city’s free morning newspaper, Metro. Why had the paper surmised this? Because on the same day that train, … Continue reading →

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Socialising by hologram – life in 2040

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

By 2040 most of us will live in cities, but they’ll probably look radically different to the ones we have today. Yesterday Forum for the Future launched ‘Megacities on the Move’ which imagines four scenarios for urban life by 2040. ‘Renew-abad’ (embedded above) looks best to … Continue reading →

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I wish my bike was hot

Posted on September 24, 2010 by

I’m waiting for the day when I go to collect my bike and find a ‘your bike is hot’ label on it.

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Top Gear and scary lorries: the real messages we get on cycling

Posted on September 24, 2010 by

I rode into work by bike today. It was the first time in seven months I had braved London roads, having just returned from a sabbatical abroad. All too soon I was reminded of what a battle it is cycling.

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