News
News articles about ACT TRAVELWISE, and sustainable transport initiatives which are published in the international press are published here. Members also regularily submit news items covering initiatives at their organisation.
- Press Watch: Manchester public support road charge
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19 August 2008 THE people of Greater Manchester would vote for congestion charging, according to secret polling data obtained by the M.E.N. A survey of more than 5,000 people shows 53 per cent support plans to use the peak-hour charge ...
- Press Watch: Golden opportunity to get on your bike
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19 August 2008 The success of the British cycling team, has led to a higher profile for cycling and can be used by Travel Planners as a catalyst for promoting bicycle commuting, as this article from Wales Online suggests.
- Press Watch: Dundee to introduce public use bicycle scheme
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14 August 2008 Dundee is set to join Barcelona, Paris and Stockholm by introducing a self-service cycle hire scheme. People would be able to pick up a bike at places like the train or bus station then drop it off at certain points ...
- Press Watch: Cycling to work is booming, says Halfords
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14 August 2008 BikeBiz reports that 42 percent of Brits might switch from cars to bikes. Halfords has published evidence from a YouGov poll which they comissioned as a way of promoting its version of the Government's Cycle to Work ...
- Press Watch: American's buy fewer SUVs and drive 3.7% fewer miles in reponse to high gas price
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13 August 2008 The U.S. economy is starting to figure out how to curb its legendary appetite for energy. Consumers are buying fewer sport-utility vehicles and Americans drove 9.66 billion fewer miles in May than they did a year ...
- Press Watch: Your first job is to keep London moving, Boris
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12 August 2008 Kulveer Ranger, Mayor Johnson's transport policy adviser, in his first appearance before the London Assembly's transport committee, distanced himself from the long accepted consensus that there is a hierarchy of road ...
- Press Watch: Pedal power is key to turn city green
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12 August 2008 Local newspapers are always looking for news articles, and can be an excellent way to promote the activities of Local Authority Travel Planners. So getting to know your local journalists is always worthwhile. This ...
- Press Watch: Cycle homes to be built in Bristol
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11 August 2008 The cycle homes are part of a mixed-use regeneration project that includes the transformation of the Greenbank Chocolate Factory. Facing on to the Bristol-to-Bath cycle path, the terraced townhouses will have three or ...
- Press Watch: Expense 'does not deter drivers'
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8 August 2008 Contrary to a number of studies which show that the effect of rising petrol prices is seeing significant reductions in traffic, a poll of driver's attitudes conducted by e-sure found that many drivers would rather pay ...
- Press Watch: Councillors paid to get on their bikes
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8 August 2008 VOTERS have been telling politicians to get on their bike for years. But now city officials are paying York's councillors to do just that. Nine members of City of York Council are being paid a monthly allowance of ...
