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Local Transport Today
Media monitor
Rik Thomas
On 28 August the BBC’s News 24 channel warned its viewers (and, subsequently, its online readers) that: “Electric cars ‘may be... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular feature
Rik Thomas
SOME OF the numbers are impressive, there is no question of that. The mayor of London, for example, wants to have 25,000 electric vehicle (EV)... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Stephen Plowden
Phil Goodwin’s account of the argument in my letter in your issue of 6 August is not quite correct. Phil ascribes to me the view that we should... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Anthony Lambert
Am I alone in feeling that a disproportionate amount of space in Letters to the Editor is given over to the airings of Paul Withrington et al and the... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Calum Alexander
So Messrs Biggs and Withrington, the Tweededum and Tweedledee spokespersons of the contrarian road safety movement, have made it into your letters... continue
Local Transport Today
Phil Goodwin
Phil Goodwin
‘Peak car’ is the idea that car use may not saturate, but turn down. In Part One in June I discussed the experience of rail use after... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Paul Biggs, Association of British Drivers, Environment spokesman, Tamworth, Staffs B77
I take issue with the hysteria surrounding the long overdue speed camera ‘switch-off’ as expressed by the likes of Mick Giannasi . The... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Transport for London has awarded a two-year contract for a business carsharing website to a new entrant in the UK market. Canadian firm Rideshark... continue
Categories: Car use, Greater London
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Stephen Plowden, London
There could be various reasons why road traffic has not grown as expected in recent years, and it is interesting to speculate about them. But for... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Hugh McClintock, Convenor, East Midlands Cyclists’ Forum, Nottingham
What kind of blinkered world is Keith Peat living in if he really considers that “cyclists and ramblers ... are really not engaging in much... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Chris Peck. Policy co-ordinator, CTC, Guildford
No doubt Keith Peat of the Association of British Drivers was attempting to be both flippant and contrary with his latest absurd missive to LTT on... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
The distance people travel in Britain has fallen for the fourth consecutive year, according to the new National Travel Survey. The survey reports... continue
Local Transport Today
In brief
The House of Commons transport committee has announced a new inquiry into drink and drug driving law. Evidence is invited by 31 August.... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Edward Gibbins
Paul Withrington (LTT 544) remarks that I ‘would say that my book demolishes conversion’. He can’t say it didn’t, because he... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Keith Peat, East Midlands regional coordinator
If only the anti-car lobby could make a point without becoming personal like Dave du Feu of Spokes. “Only The Association of British Drivers... continue
Local Transport Today
Phil Goodwin
Phil Goodwin
The trend in car use has been less than forecast, over a much longer period than the recession, but exactly the same rather flat current pattern... continue
Local Transport Today
In brief
The Olympic Delivery Authority is drawing up a strategy to reduce non-games traffic in London during the 2012 Olympics. “A strategy of managing... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Transport for London has insisted that the capital is on course to deliver 25,000 electric vehicle charging points across the capital by 2015. Graeme... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
The last Government sought an increase in fuel duty that caused civil disobedience and was deemed to be a declaration of war on motorists. The... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
David Metz, Centre for Transport Studies, University College London, London
I read with interest Phil Goodwin’s article in which he introduced the concept of ‘peak car’, and look forward to his promised... continue
Categories: Car use, Greater London
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