what is the rate of manual intervention and who intervenes? where are they based? what are their terms of employment? do they have the appropriate driving licenses? what are the risks associated with remote manual operation of vehicles and who is liable when things go wrong?
I’ll be on TalkTV at 15:30 chatting about why 20mph zones are necessary, how effective they are, and why - despite the unevidenced bleating of some - we should ALL be supporting them in our communities. Tune in! #20isplenty
ban cars. reinstate the harbour.
Great photo. No cars = children playing out on the street.
this is the kind of vision and ambition sorely lacking here in the UK
A complete absence of ambition and conviction. Very on-brand for this Labour government. She just does and says whatever she thinks will play with noisy, car-brained Reform voters.
I hope I live to see the day we take such a civilsed approach to urban mobility here in Bristol but I wouldn’t bet on it.
If we were looking to design and implement the most financially expensive, least space efficient, least resource efficient, most environmentally damaging and most harmful to public and individual health, way of getting around, this would be it. We smashed it out the park.
what do I need to do to get Christmas out of my life?
Here in Bristol we are very jealous of your lovely Edinburgh Trams. And we note that Phase 2 (the Leith Walk extension) was delivered on time and on budget.
Absolutely, housing too. But transport and housing should go hand in hand; except here in Britain where, if we build anything at all, we build it to be car dependent.
History repeating itself in Leeds and it doesn’t bode well for our car-dependent provincial cities. Is there any other area of social policy where we know exactly what we need to do, have all the tools and resources we need, but are so completely incapable of getting the thing done?
History repeating itself in Leeds and it doesn’t bode well for our car-dependent provincial cities. Is there any other area of social policy where we know exactly what we need to do, have all the tools and resources we need, but are so completely incapable of getting the thing done?
History repeating itself in Leeds and it doesn’t bode well for our car-dependent provincial cities. Is there any other area of social policy where we know exactly what we need to do, have all the tools and resources we need, but are so completely incapable of getting the thing done?
History repeating itself in Leeds and it doesn’t bode well for our car-dependent provincial cities. Is there any other area of social policy where we know exactly what we need to do, have all the tools and resources we need, but are so completely incapable of getting the thing done?
History repeating itself in Leeds and it doesn’t bode well for our car-dependent provincial cities. Is there any other area of social policy where we know exactly what we need to do, have all the tools and resources we need, but are so completely incapable of getting the thing done?
History repeating itself in Leeds and it doesn’t bode well for our car-dependent provincial cities. Is there any other area of social policy where we know exactly what we need to do, have all the tools and resources we need, but are so completely incapable of getting the thing done?
the comments in the article are depressing to say the least
Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
and fully electrified ones at that!
Lady and the Tram #ASongOrMovieForTransportationMeans
#ASongOrMovieForTransportMeans
Trams-Europe Express
Trams get drivers out of their cars. Fewer cars on the road = good for cycling. Public transport and active mobility are complementary, symbiotic even. Don’t fall for the auto-industry led conspiracy against trams. It’s the same one that demonizes cyclists.
Imagine this level of expenditure on public transport and active mobility. We’d have trains, subways, buses, trams and cycleways covering every city, town and village. Instead we have gridlock, pollution, environmental disaster, disease and traffic violence. Oh what a wonderful world.
If only we could have some of this type of thinking in the UK. I am 42 and I wonder whether I will live to see the day this country takes a civilised approach to urban design and mobility. Meanwhile, just across the water, the Dutch are apparently the only people actually living in the 21st century.
Absolutely god damn right. I must have missed the meeting where they decided cars were more important than people and children.
A variation of the official UK no overtaking sign, replacing the car on the left with a person on a bike to indicate that along this stretch of road, it would be illegal to overtake anyone on a pedal cycle or ebike.
In addition to 20mph speed limits, the true way to unlock a massive network of safe cycle routes would be to prohibit overtaking of people on bikes on residential streets. While 20mph limits make streets feel safer, being closed passed remains as a barrier to many choosing to cycle instead of drive.
The importance of protected cycle lanes.
Note to self : Remember never to read below the line in the Bristol Post.
Seeing more of this all around the country - the infantilisation of Britain. Our litigiousness and culture of ambulance chasing no doubt to blame.
