Coventry makes progress with its trial to pay drivers £3,000 to give up the car and use public transport
Coventry City Council is making progress with a trial that will see 150 people given 3,000 to give up their cars and use public transport instead. In exchange for giving up their car, people taking part in the incentive will receive £3,000 loaded onto a travel card – even if their vehicle is worth less than […]
The public wants 60mph speed limits, according to new survey
Lowering the motorway speed limit to 60mph is among the measures supported by the public in an effort to reduce carbon emissions, a new survey has found. According to the survey by conservation charity WWF and think-tank Demos, the move to reduce speeds could form part of a raft of measures to cut the UK’s […]
Air quality improves in Lutterworth for the third year in a row
Air quality has improved in Lutterworth, Harborough for the third year in a row – boosted by a string of Covid lockdowns. The annual average levels of nitrogen dioxide in the air continued to fall in Lutterworth’s Air Quality Management Area in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The positive up-to-date pollution picture has been revealed in the Air […]
Multevo launches world’s first high performance, low emission, multi-purpose highway maintenance machine
Multevo has developed the world’s first Hydrohog – a high performance and multi-purpose highway maintenance machine with ultra-low emissions displacing diesel by up to 40% through dual-fuel diesel/hydrogen technology. The Hydrohog is capable of undertaking arduous applications such as road planing and snow blowing as well as heavy duty flail mowing and flood water pumping by interchanging […]
Hebden Bridge Flood Alleviation Scheme goes electric
The Hebden Bridge Flood Alleviation Scheme (FAS), led and developed by the Environment Agency, aims to improve flood protection for approximately 400 properties and is vital to improving the town’s flood defence. The range of electric vehicles being used include: Electric cars – for site visits throughout Hebden Bridge and the Calder Valley Small electric […]
St Helens to focus on improving public transport and will not introduce CAZ
St Helens Borough Council is to focus on improving public transport and has no plans to introduce a Clean Air Zone in the borough. This is according to its Cllr Andy Bowden, St Helens Borough Council’s cabinet member for transport and environment, who said: “We regularly test levels of nitrogen dioxide – one of the […]
Date set for Clean Air Zone launch in Portsmouth despite reservations
Portsmouth City Council has announced that its cabinet has heard a recommendation that its Clean Air Zone (CAZ) starts charging non-compliant vehicles at the end of November. In the Portsmouth CAZ, non-compliant vehicles are buses, coaches, taxis, private hire vehicles and heavy goods vehicles which do not meet euro 6 standards if diesel, or below […]
New research investigating future of freight and deliveries in London points to changes in mobility and improving congestion as being central to efficiencies
Now is the time to rethink the mobility of our goods to ensure the increased demand does not come at the expense of public health and the environment, according to a new report by the Centre for London. At the same time, in its report, the Centre also highlights an opportunity to remove inefficiencies in […]
Online tool helps people reduce the impact of traffic-related air pollution
Researchers at the University of Surrey have released a new online tool to help schools, hospitals and residents understand and reduce the impact of traffic-related air pollution. The Hedge Design for the Abatement of Traffic Emissions (HedgeDATE) online tool allows users to describe their environment, such as a road with buildings on one side, and then recommends actions citizens can take […]
More than £50m approved for City Deal low carbon programme as air quality and hydrogen take centre stage
A air quality monitoring project, low emission vehicle charging infrastructure and a hydrogen stimulus project have been approved as part of low carbon city deal for Swansea Bay City Region. The UK and Welsh Governments have approved the £58.7 million Swansea Bay City Deal’s Supporting Innovation and Low Carbon Growth programme. The programme will help […]