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Should there be a Manchester congestion charge?
This new scheme, proposed by the Assocation of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA), is to charge motorists £5 to drive into the centre of Manchester and out again in the busiest times of the day.
Whilst the plans will take into consideration vunerable groups and essential service vehicles, etc, is this a solution to Manchester’s congestion problem?
Greater [...]
Run your car on water!
Can you run your car, or any other energy consuming product, on water?
Whilst many leading scientists claim this to be thermodynamically impossible, there is a growing amount of interest in this technology.
There is in the region of 326,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons (326 million trillion gallons) of water on the planet (don’t quote me on that!), so it’s [...]
What is the world coming to?
Front-page news today - Train prices have gone up again!
Looks like it’s now cheaper to fly than get the train.  The most ecologically sound method of transport, the train, remains more uncomfortable, busier than ever and above all, far more expensive.
According to the front page of the independent:
Planes, trains, and the road to ruin [...]
M1 Widening?
The debate over the widening of the M1 is far greater than I’d imagined! After hearing a news article on the radio last week, I’ve been investigating it ever since. One site in particular was of interest: www.nowideningm1.org.uk, who are attempting to publicise the recently begun widening of the M1 at a preposterously [...]
Climate Change will cost trillions!
Quote:
Climate change could shrink the global economy by a fifth at a cost of up to £3.68 trillion unless drastic action is taken; a government-sponsored review is to warn.
Reference: Climate change ‘brings huge cost’Â
All over the press today, there is a great deal of talk about pollution levels and how if we continue along [...]
Can road pricing pay for improved public transport?
So discourage road use, why doesn’t the government charge for the use of the road and pass that money back into the public transport infrastructure?
Too Many Cars
Why are there so many cars on Britain’s roads? As soon as there is any kind of problem, an accident or a broken down vehicle, this fact becomes dreadfully apparent.
This morning there were 5 accidents on the A1 in Hertfordshire, including a three litre engine blocking one of the lanes if you can believe that. My journey takes me from junction 9 to junction 4 (17 miles), this took me 2 entire hours, so that was less than 10 miles an hour.
Was privatisation the cause? Or the solution?
It seems that many people believe that a major factor in causing the problems we face daily in getting around was the Privatisation of the UK’s rail and bus services.
Although some time ago now, Chris Keene, the Green Party’s campaign co-ordinator commented in Aug 2004:
Something is wrong…
As I was driving to work this morning I realised that there is something fundamentally wrong in the UK at the moment. At 7.30am all roads from my house to work (it took 45 minutes for a 24 mile journey) were packed. Queues on the motorway, queues getting off the motorway, queues to get into the car park.
The cheapest price?
According to Jenni Price from the Guardian, May 22, 2006:
“In a scathing report published last Friday, the transport select committee attacked the chaotic, impenetrable and costly system of train fares in Britain. Its call for government action was welcome and overdue. For the uninitiated, buying a rail ticket has become a surreal exercise
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