E-bikes have huge potential for #DecarbonisingTransport but only if the scare stories stop before they cause an evidence-free knee-jerk ban.
An e-cargo bike can move almost as much stuff just as fast as an EV in urban areas, on a fraction of the electricity
#ActiveTravel
An e-cargo bike can move almost as much stuff just as fast as an EV in urban areas, on a fraction of the electricity
#ActiveTravel
April 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
E-bikes have huge potential for #DecarbonisingTransport but only if the scare stories stop before they cause an evidence-free knee-jerk ban.
An e-cargo bike can move almost as much stuff just as fast as an EV in urban areas, on a fraction of the electricity
#ActiveTravel
An e-cargo bike can move almost as much stuff just as fast as an EV in urban areas, on a fraction of the electricity
#ActiveTravel
Good that there’s “unprecedented funding for #ActiveTravel” though?
(If they’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they should be putting money for EV subsidies towards a rolling rail electrification programme, instead of pausing this)
(If they’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they should be putting money for EV subsidies towards a rolling rail electrification programme, instead of pausing this)
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Good that there’s “unprecedented funding for #ActiveTravel” though?
(If they’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they should be putting money for EV subsidies towards a rolling rail electrification programme, instead of pausing this)
(If they’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they should be putting money for EV subsidies towards a rolling rail electrification programme, instead of pausing this)
Good that there’s “unprecedented funding for #ActiveTravel” though?
If they’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they should be putting money for EV subsidies towards a rolling rail electrification programme, instead of pausing this.
If they’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they should be putting money for EV subsidies towards a rolling rail electrification programme, instead of pausing this.
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Industry experts welcome extra incentives but fear a consultation on a mileage tax sends mixed messages
Drivers will be able to claim government subsidies to cut the cost of buying a new electric car until 2030 under plans to be announced by Rachel Reeves at next week’s budget.
The chancellor will unveil an extra £1.3bn for subsidies for new electric vehicles (EVs) and a further £200m for charging points, as she attempts to prevent the market for clean cars drying up amid concerns about a new pay-per-mile tax. Continue reading...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Good that there’s “unprecedented funding for #ActiveTravel” though?
If they’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they should be putting money for EV subsidies towards a rolling rail electrification programme, instead of pausing this.
If they’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they should be putting money for EV subsidies towards a rolling rail electrification programme, instead of pausing this.
If we have to have the lower Thames crossing, then it needs to include a rail line bypassing London. Otherwise it will do nothing to promote #DecarbonisingTransport
The Lower Thames Crossing will increase carbon emission by over 6 million tonnes and undermine rail freight by encouraging more HGVs on our roads, especially in the Midlands and the North.
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Don't let the Lower Thames Crossing take all your funding
Another south east road will take your funding!
On 25 March, the Labour government made a decision with huge ramifications for the rest of the country when it approved the construction of the Lower T...
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May 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
If we have to have the lower Thames crossing, then it needs to include a rail line bypassing London. Otherwise it will do nothing to promote #DecarbonisingTransport
#CycleToWork has a number of problems, but this isn’t addressing the biggest one - that those on the lowest wages who would benefit the most can’t access the scheme. #DecarbonisingTransport @walkridegm.org.uk @heidialexander.bsky.social
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
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November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
#CycleToWork has a number of problems, but this isn’t addressing the biggest one - that those on the lowest wages who would benefit the most can’t access the scheme. #DecarbonisingTransport @walkridegm.org.uk @heidialexander.bsky.social
Something something “unprecedented funding for #ActiveTravel” something.
If they were serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they’d not be pausing rail electrification again…
If they were serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they’d not be pausing rail electrification again…
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Something something “unprecedented funding for #ActiveTravel” something.
If they were serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they’d not be pausing rail electrification again…
If they were serious about #DecarbonisingTransport and creating growth they’d not be pausing rail electrification again…
This is very disappointing, especially if it's accompanied by a further freeze in fuel duty. Neither intervention will do anything to encourage necessary #ModalShift, especially in a #ClimateEmergency where above all we need less private car use for short journeys #DecarbonisingTransport
Awful decision. Increasing bus fares will harm patronage, hit those on the lowest incomes and do nothing to encourage modal shift away from cars. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bus fares cap in England to be raised to £3
Bus fares cap in England to be raised to £3
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2024 at 1:45 PM
This is very disappointing, especially if it's accompanied by a further freeze in fuel duty. Neither intervention will do anything to encourage necessary #ModalShift, especially in a #ClimateEmergency where above all we need less private car use for short journeys #DecarbonisingTransport
It’s important because a legal e-bike is a bike and has a huge potential for micro mobility and #DecarbonisingTransport, electric motorbikes as in this case are largely illegal, of questionable road worthiness, and ridden recklessly and enforcement is non-existent.
May 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
It’s important because a legal e-bike is a bike and has a huge potential for micro mobility and #DecarbonisingTransport, electric motorbikes as in this case are largely illegal, of questionable road worthiness, and ridden recklessly and enforcement is non-existent.
Is it once again an article that fails to differentiate between legal e-assist and illegal and fire-prone e-mopeds, which is an enforcement issue?
Stuff like this carried a real risk of undermining the potential benefits of e-assist for #DecarbonisingTransport
Stuff like this carried a real risk of undermining the potential benefits of e-assist for #DecarbonisingTransport
January 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Is it once again an article that fails to differentiate between legal e-assist and illegal and fire-prone e-mopeds, which is an enforcement issue?
Stuff like this carried a real risk of undermining the potential benefits of e-assist for #DecarbonisingTransport
Stuff like this carried a real risk of undermining the potential benefits of e-assist for #DecarbonisingTransport
And we know what we need to do. The problem is doing it & doing it fast enough - for example #DecarbonisingTransport (which is a major part of *our* CO2 footprint - but we do little to make the switch to active/public transport fast enough & we need fewer, cleaner, cars & vans @libdemcycling.org.uk
January 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
And we know what we need to do. The problem is doing it & doing it fast enough - for example #DecarbonisingTransport (which is a major part of *our* CO2 footprint - but we do little to make the switch to active/public transport fast enough & we need fewer, cleaner, cars & vans @libdemcycling.org.uk
🚗 Dr. Sarbast Moslem presented the latest on ROBUST: at #SEAI 's Decarbonising Transport Conference! Great to share our work on sustainable mobility hubs with policy makers and leaders.
#ROBUSTProject #DecarbonisingTransport #NetZero #Ireland #EV
#ROBUSTProject #DecarbonisingTransport #NetZero #Ireland #EV
September 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚗 Dr. Sarbast Moslem presented the latest on ROBUST: at #SEAI 's Decarbonising Transport Conference! Great to share our work on sustainable mobility hubs with policy makers and leaders.
#ROBUSTProject #DecarbonisingTransport #NetZero #Ireland #EV
#ROBUSTProject #DecarbonisingTransport #NetZero #Ireland #EV
⚓️ University of Southampton Response to the DfT Call for Evidence on Decarbonising Smaller Vessels
👉 Read the full summary and recommendations: buff.ly/3R4x7xc
#MaritimePolicy #CleanShipping #NetZeroMaritime #DecarbonisingTransport #PublicPolicy
👉 Read the full summary and recommendations: buff.ly/3R4x7xc
#MaritimePolicy #CleanShipping #NetZeroMaritime #DecarbonisingTransport #PublicPolicy
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
⚓️ University of Southampton Response to the DfT Call for Evidence on Decarbonising Smaller Vessels
👉 Read the full summary and recommendations: buff.ly/3R4x7xc
#MaritimePolicy #CleanShipping #NetZeroMaritime #DecarbonisingTransport #PublicPolicy
👉 Read the full summary and recommendations: buff.ly/3R4x7xc
#MaritimePolicy #CleanShipping #NetZeroMaritime #DecarbonisingTransport #PublicPolicy
Labour has been disappointing on #DecarbonisingTransport - this, but a focus on drivers, having neither reinstated the statutory council guidance on #ActiveTravel, nor delivered the ‘unprecedented funding’ initially promised.
#CarDependence is a public health issue as much as an environmental one.
#CarDependence is a public health issue as much as an environmental one.
To be clear, there is no silver bullet when it comes to sustainable flying. Green technology in aviation is simply aspirational at this time; demand management is the only option currently available, to address aviation's rapidly increasing carbon footprint!
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Pushing airport expansion while rail travel languishes – so much for Labour’s green agenda | Polly Toynbee
The climate damage done by avoidable flying is huge, yet the government continues to see planes as the answer to its economic woes, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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August 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Labour has been disappointing on #DecarbonisingTransport - this, but a focus on drivers, having neither reinstated the statutory council guidance on #ActiveTravel, nor delivered the ‘unprecedented funding’ initially promised.
#CarDependence is a public health issue as much as an environmental one.
#CarDependence is a public health issue as much as an environmental one.
I wonder why, if we’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport, there isn’t a subsidy to ferry freight from e.g. Rosyth to Europe rather than trucking the length of the UK motorway network, and taking only marginally less time to do it?
September 22, 2024 at 11:31 AM
I wonder why, if we’re serious about #DecarbonisingTransport, there isn’t a subsidy to ferry freight from e.g. Rosyth to Europe rather than trucking the length of the UK motorway network, and taking only marginally less time to do it?