We were asked this week to share our views on the changing face of transport in London. Here’s what we said. One of Transport for London’s environmental goals is to decrease the emissions to the air from traffic. What do you see is being currently done to improve London’s transportation system from a sustainable perspective and in relation to this…
A love affair with cars and decades of apathy from politicians and planners has perpetuated a transport caste system – a back-to-front approach to how we organise our lives which sees people forced to defer to motorised traffic. The cost of maintaining this status quo is high: Tens of thousands of people in Britain each year die in crashes and…
What’s the heaviest thing you’ve carried on a bicycle? With the exception of child seats, few people here in Britain use bicycles as a way of carrying stuff. Elsewhere, cyclists have become expert at balancing or lashing all manner of cargo to a standard bike – the addition of luggage racks fore and aft transforms it into a veritable workhorse,…
The ETA Trust is currently working with the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to help deliver road shows to promote cycling as part of their Go Cycle programme. Win a set of lights To celebrate the start of this year’s events later this month, we have five sets of LED lights and five puncture repair kits to give away. Simply…
It looks like European law is finally about to catch up with a new breed of faster electric bicycle. And it’s about time, too. While the uptake of electric cars remains painfully slow, the popularity of the 30 mph speed pedelec is soaring. Sales in Holland increased by over 30 per cent last year alone. One such speed pedelec is the Stromer…
13/01/17
13/01/17
