free parking is not a solution transportxtra.com/publicatio… (Parking Review)

Facinating report, out today, from @SMFthinktank: "Freezing fuel duty does little to alleviate transport poverty. Fuel duty freezes since 2011 have only saved the median UK household £13 per month, decreasing poverty by just 0.3 percentage points, despite a cost of £100 billion to the Exchequer. This money would be better spent reversing cuts to public transport in poorer areas, giving those in transport poverty a cheaper option. Every 10% increase in the speed of public transport relative to driving saves the average household over £434 per year"

🚑🚗🚲 The new NHS Net Zero Travel and Transport Strategy is a significant milestone in our journey towards tackling climate change and improving health now and for future generations. 👇 england.nhs.uk/publication/n… #GreenerNHS

What does the evidence on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods really show? Article by @jamiewfurlong, @ersilia_v, and me in Public Sector Focus, p.40 flickread.com/edition/html/i…

... it made the case for #GentleDensity rather than sub-suburban sprawl. This is the best way to create new places with space, autonomy & dignity for residents whilst also permitting high streets, shops and schools to be walkably accessible ...

#OnThisDay in 2021, a daytime Bus Gate in Church St and 5 LTN filters were implemented. In Church St, which has 112 businesses, 6 pubs, 2 schools, 2 nurseries and 2 parks, footfall and cycling have increased. Traffic on 'boundary roads' largely unchanged, per traffic analysis.

Congratulations Wales.. We rolled out 20mph across Bristol 10 years ago in the face of loud opposition.. It is now widely accepted that the city is a safer place, encouraging walking & cycling - saving lives and cost to our health services @20splentyforus

🚨New evidence on 'traffic evaporation'🚨: Instead of a collapse, traffic calming leads to more relaxed streets AND surroundings. Meta-study shows decrease by: ⬇️ 15-28% in extended projects ⬇️ 25-69% in city centers ⬇️ 4-52% in street projects 📚: repository.difu.de/bitstream…

NEW. The populist mantra has it that "luxury flats" in London "push out the poor". The true effect of new market-rate homes on their localities tends to be rather different: onlondon.co.uk/why-luxury-fl…. #HousingCrisis @guardianopinion @NewStatesman @PGSMurray

The city center of Brussels transformed into a low-traffic zone exactly 1 year ago. The results are excellent: less transit traffic, more cyclists, faster public transportation, & more space for inhabitants. Here, in the Zennestraat, transit traffic decreased with 58%. #brusselschanges #welovegoodmove

- 70% of Hackney households don’t own a car. - Around 80% of penalties related to LTN breaches in Hackney have been issued to vehicles registered outside the borough. - 40% of vehicle journeys in Hackney neither start or end in Hackney. inews.co.uk/news/children-ar…

I live on a boundary road in Islington. It’s always been jammed. Before and after LTN. But at least most of the streets around are free for walking and cycling. And some residents finally discovered walking and cycling. You’ve got to be mad to oppose people friendly streets.

As ever Trevor is on the money. The mayor-led city model works. There are good and bad mayors but the UK already has the most centralised economy in the Western world. Mayors know their patch better than any government official. We need more direct city management not less.

Important roads story risks being over-shadowed by Met Office. Here it is: The government should use its current road-building budget to fill potholes instead, and work on squeezing demand for driving, the Commons Transport Committee says.

Parking pricing are not an anti-car policy. How is it anti-car to be have a guaranteed spot waiting for you for a predictable price? How is it pro-car to have to spend 15 minutes circling the block for a spot?

New study finds that after expanding the M1 motorway north of London, "traffic moved more slowly than before the scheme opened." Expected speed improvements never materialized. Score it as another W for induced demand and a L for road engineers. doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.1…

The Sun paid for a big UK poll on net-zero but forgot to report the key finding Maybe they didn't want you to know that there's HUGE, cross-party public support for net-zero? 65% support net-zero 19% opposed 46 net support 23 net support (Con 2019) 72 (Lab) 72 (LD)

On average, 67% of residents in big EU cities can reach their city centre by public transport within 30 mins compared to just 40% in Britain’s big cities 🇪🇺🇬🇧 This has a negative impact on productivity & costs the UK economy more than £23.1bn per year 💷 centreforcities.org/publicat…

Shared beyond belief. 🙃