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Getting rid of the nasty stuff
Most PM2.5 – the nasty airborne particles that we inhale and can lodge in lungs, heart and bloodstream, causing all manner of disease – now comes from brake dust and tyre wear, not tailpipes, says Prof Alastair Lewis, chair of … Continue reading
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Tagged air quality, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, PM2.5, Prof Alastair Lewis, ULEZ
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ULEZ debacle
ULEZ = paying for the right to pollute. Where is the sense in that? Of course we want clean air but there is a way to achieve greater cuts in emissions without coercion and without pain.
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Tagged clean air, cutting emissions, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ
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Is Starmer an ideas vacuum?
You could be forgiven for thinking so. On BBC News last night, Starmer agreed that ULEZ had lost Labour the Uxbridge by-election. Quizzed by Chris Mason about next steps, Starmer said he would have to reflect, and Khan would have … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Sadiq Khan, Sir Keir Starmer, ULEZ, Uxbridge by-election
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No you Khan’t! Yes I can!
Does Sadiq Khan think he’s the only politician who wants clean air? Who doesn’t want it, O pious Mayor? There is of course a way of achieving the aim without the pain. It would bring a host of accompanying benefits too. Followers … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, London mayor, Martin Cassini, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ, Uxbridge by-election
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Latest swipe at the system
With my usual proposals for change. In Transport Watch.
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Tagged Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Richard Wellings, Transport Watch
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Apathy at BH?
I’ve whinged before about the failure of the BBC to respond to my attempts to air the ideas expounded here. I just came across an email I sent Radio 4’s Today Programme on 4.2.22. Like countless others, it didn’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, pedestrian safety, road safety, Today Programme
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The speed trap
If the law is an ass, nowhere is it more asinine than in the traffic arena. “Speed kills,” we are told. No. It’s speed in the wrong hands, or inappropriate speed that can kill. Who is the better judge of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Huhne, Equality Streets, Fiona Onasanya, speeding, Suella Braverman
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Deaf ears
As if we didn’t already know, we are failing our children on air pollution, according to the European Environment Agency. Polluted air causes the premature death of at least 1200 children across Europe every year, as well as untold developmental … Continue reading
BBC Panorama on LTNs – critique
Email to Karen Wightman, Editor, BBC Panorama, 18.4.23 May I offer a few observations about last night’s programme? Justin Rowlatt stated that LTNs are “part of a push to improve air quality!” I waited for a fuller picture, but no, … Continue reading
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Lethal law of the land
State policy and the law of the land set the tone for road-user relationships. Current rules promote a culture of conflict, competition, intolerance and enmity that causes injustice and harm on a vast scale. It would be so easy to … Continue reading
