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Free bike schemes in deprived communities improve people's health, wellbeing and social mobility, report shows
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Fuel duty has been frozen at 57.95p a litre since 2011; they'll subsidise drivers for eternity, but not public transport
Ross Lydall@RossLydall
Tube fares bombshell: Sadiq Khan told by ministers to hike fares above inflation until 2030 | The Standard standard.co.uk/news/transport…
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Meanwhile I've just spent £197 on a return train ticket from Huntingdon to Dundee.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
No one wants to spend their Easter weekend stuck in traffic. So we're lifting more than a thousand miles of roadworks over Easter. And to save you money, we've frozen fuel duty and delivered record funding to fix potholes. Drivers — I'm on your side.
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This is the official Police response to whether children can play in the street.
Motornormativity exists everywhere, in this case, prioritising the potential feelings of drivers over the independence of children. How utterly depressing.
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NY City's congestion charge after one month:
👻 1 Million cars disappeared
⌚️ Rush hour traffic delays down 59%
🚍 Bus ridership up 6-21%
🚇 Metro ridership up 7-12%
💰 Expected daily revenue of 3 Million $
♥️ 'We love it!'
Source: fastcompany.com/91272434/a-mil…
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Sorry for the dreadful commentary but this is a depressing site.
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Kensington & Chelsea’s draft 25/26 budget increases children’s table tennis fee by 96.3% while to park the most polluting car increases by 4.1%
It will be cheaper to park a diesel G-wagon than for a child to play table tennis
Oh adult table tennis fees ⬆️ 96.9% to £15.75/hr🤑
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New research from @livingstreets shows that people who walk or wheel to do their shopping spend more money and pedestrianised high streets see bigger sales. livingstreets.org.uk/policy-reports…
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So to recap…
Bus fare cap ⬆️ 50%
Rail fares ⬆️ 4.6%
Rail cards ⬆️ by £5
Fuel duty… still frozen.
Gov talks of delivering on the environment yet undermines itself by failing to adequately tax our most polluting forms of transport & support the most sustainable. #Budget2024
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Analysis by Greener Journeys found that the fuel duty freeze has cost HM Treasury £50 billion in lost income, has led to 5% more traffic, 250 million fewer bus journeys, 75 million fewer rail journeys, an extra 5 million tonnes of CO₂ and an extra 15,000 tonnes of NOx emissions.
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SAD news that Europe's largest indoor advertising screen - the eighth wonder of the world - has been switched off
Ross Lydall@RossLydall
Giant advertising boards at Euston to be shut down immediately as part of review of the poor "passenger experience" at the station - ordered by Transport Secretary @LouHaigh
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@WeAreCyclingUK @leetreads 👀👀reason 1735 why you need an off road bike...
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🥁 Drum roll! We’re excited to announce the name of our brand-new long-distance route launching 15th October…
🎉 Marcher Castles Way 🎉
Gear up for an epic adventure on the English-Welsh border! Sign up now to be the first to grab the GPX route.
👉 cyclinguk.org/new-route-upda…
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@BenObeseJecty Thanks Ben.
I speak to Cath and Nic regularly. I'm not asking for help, beyond our basement we aren't flooded, yet.
I'm disappointed that you have a constituency full of severe flood warnings and your interest is point scoring. What are you doing for constituents re flooding?
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Hi Tom, this is the first I’ve heard of homes being flooded within the constituency. I’ve not received any emails or social media messages on the subject.
I can see you’re in St. Ives South. Have you heard anything from your local councillors, Cath Gleadow or Nic Wells? What immediate assistance do you require?
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“… this is entirely undeserving of holding the title of Labour Prime Minister.”
For Rosie Duffield to launch such a blistering personal attack on Keir Starmer, less than three months into his premiership, suggests much wider discontent within Labour’s parliamentary party.
Sam Coates Sky@SamCoatesSky
“The sleaze, the nepotism and the apparent avarice are off the scale. I am so ashamed of what you and your inner circle has done to tarnish and humiliate our once proud party” Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield quits Labour
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