- Why the last thing London needs is more Clouds, Rob Hopkins, November 11, 2009...[1]
Jan-Sep 2009[edit | edit source]
A welcome pause for thought on the Western Extension, CBT, September 23[2] News that Boris Johnson will not dismantle the Western Extension of the Congestion Charge Zone by next spring is good for congestion levels, air quality and TfL's public transport budget.
Mayor must do more to green London, FoE, April 30[3] "Abandoning the western extension to the congestion zone and the C-charge for gas-guzzlers, and pursuing a massive new airport in the Thames estuary have seriously undermined his green credentials. They have also overshadowed welcome policies, such as scrapping the six-lane Thames Gateway road bridge and pushing for electric vehicles and cycle hire schemes."
London "nine meals away from anarchy", March 30[4]
2008[edit | edit source]
Campaign for Better Transport deplores decision to abolish the western extension of London congestion charge zone, November 27[5]Monthly mass cycle ride in London not unlawful, law lords rule, November 26[6]
Campaign for Better Transport welcomes the Mayor of London's announcement that the Thames Gateway Bridge has finally been cancelled, November 6[7]
Parking plans will mean London congestion chaos, Campaign for Better Transport, September 3[8]According to CBT, "The Olympics site will be surrounded by vast new parking lots." Car travel to the Games themselves is to be discouraged (at least for spectators) but developments at Stratford and the Lower Lea Valley have planning permission for over 11,000 parking spaces. Thousands more have been built or approved at the Royal Docks just to the south.
- Research by Campaign for Better Transport has revealed that car-dependent development will predominate in most if not all of the major development areas of outer London. This includes the Thames Gateway area of east London where the Government has said that it wants low-carbon, sustainable communities to be built. Campaign for Better Transport notes that developments with large car parks are being approved despite policies to reduce the need to travel by car, and to promote walking, cycling and public transport.
- "Parking on this scale is more like Los Angeles in the 20th century than London should be in the 21st. If we want to tackle congestion and climate change we will need to be much more serious about controlling parking. These developments are being planned as though people had never heard of global warming. We need much more car-free development where it's easy to walk and cycle and public transport is close." Richard Bourn, London Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport.
Mayor launches London's Climate Change Adaptation Strategy to prepare London for climate change, August 28[9] The strategy proposes 'greening' the city by improving and increasing London's greenspaces to keep the city cool in summer, managing flood risk coming from the tributaries to the Thames and surface water flooding from heavy rainfall, encouraging Londoners to use less water and raising public awareness to flood risk. The Mayor's intention is to publish the public consultation draft of the London Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in 2009.
New mayor must do more to tackle climate change, FoE, August 6[10]
Recycling bin pilot in Hyde Park over the next three months, June 2[11]Campaign for Better Transport and FoE applaud London gas-guzzler congestion charge rise, February 12[12]
2007[edit | edit source]
Cycling seems to have been forgotten in the redesign of St Pancras, say London Cycling Campaign, November 14[13]Koy Thomson of LCC: "If Eurostar presents itself as the modern low-carbon alternative to air travel, it must think beyond its stations and help customers make sustainable choices."
Diverse communities join London Sustainability Weeks 2007. For the second year running, London Sustainability Weeks, June 3 - 17, will include events from a range of ethnic and faith communities across Greater London, Love London
New tunnel to give London a 21st century river Thames,[14] March 22
London Congestion Charge extension welcomed by Friends of the Earth, February 19[15]
See also[edit | edit source]
- London news (latest), 2021-2022, 2018-2020, 2017, 2016, 2012-2015, 2010-2011, 2007-2009
- London
- London and South East England
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Transition Culture
- ↑ Campaign for Better Transport
- ↑ Friends of the Earth
- ↑ Doors of Perception weblog
- ↑ Campaign for Better Transport
- ↑ Friends of Earth
- ↑ Campaign for Better Transport
- ↑ Campaign for Better Transport
- ↑ Mayor of London
- ↑ Friends of the Earth
- ↑ Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- ↑ Campaign for Better Transport, Friends of the Earth
- ↑ London Cycling Campaign
- ↑ Defra
- ↑ Friends of the Earth
