The French channel port of Dunkirk has recently introduced free public transport for all, and in so doing joins an increasing number of cities seeking to reduce car dependency and tackle deadly air pollution. With its metropolitan population of 200,000, Dunkirk becomes the largest city in Europe to offer free public transport via its fleet of hop-on-hop-off buses. There is…
In the face of road danger, deadly air pollution that kills over 30,000 a year, crippling congestion and an obesity epidemic that costs the NHS over £10bn a year, you might assume the government would grab at the opportunity to promote a safe, clean and healthy mode of transport. So-called pedelecs may not be environmentally benign like conventional bicycles, but…
Daylight Savings Time (DST), the twice yearly changing of the clocks across Europe causes disruption and has been shown to be damaging to health. Britain ran an experiment between 1968-1971 in which British Summer Time was left in place all year round; clocks went forward in March 1968 and not put back until October 1971. The experiment resulted in an…
Air pollution in British cities can damage our health from before we are born, dog us throughout our lives, and for over 40,000 of us every year, kill us. Our poisoned air affects all of us, no matter our age and recent studies highlights the damage extending far beyond the lungs. Earlier this year, research revealed that air pollution causes…
The government has announced £2 million to support the uptake of cargo e-bikes. The news comes seven years after the introduction the ‘plug-in grant’ for electric cars, which sees the buyers of battery-powered cars offered up to £4,500 off the purchase price. The subsidy for electric cars has already cost the tax payer over £400m and for many years campaigners…
07/09/18
