“When you see cars piling up on the way to school taking their children, the fumes directly from the vehicle in front are being vented straight into the car behind, and exposing their child – and yet we are ignoring this,” – Prof Holgate

25 Thursday Feb 2016

19 Friday Feb 2016

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Interview with Harriet Sinclair of International Business Times

01 Monday Feb 2016

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/london-mayor-candidate-rosalind-readhead-outsider-who-wants-abolishes-car-parks-capital-1540902

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There are over 1.2 billion motorised vehicles in the world today, and the number is expected to double by 2030. Accounting for 23% of the global energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2010, transport emissions could double by 2050, and are expected to increase more rapidly than any other energy end-use sector.

16 Saturday Jan 2016

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http://2014.newclimateeconomy.report/cities/

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We have a perfect storm of public health crises; air pollution, obesity, inactivity, urban diabetes, as well as congestion, overcrowding on public transport, climate change and a housing crisis. If that doesn’t focus the mind, what will?

12 Tuesday Jan 2016

http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/ben-rogers-at-last-is-this-the-end-of-the-private-car-as-king-in-our-cities-a3153396.html

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Are cars our greatest mistake?

10 Sunday Jan 2016

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http://carbusters.org/2011/09/08/are-cars-really-our-greatest-mistake/

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Electric cars are no solution for immense health and economic impacts of cars in London

08 Friday Jan 2016

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http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/jan/08/electric-cars-wont-save-our-cities-transport-self-driving-robots

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Simple, inexpensive and beautiful, car-free Queen Elizabeth’s walk, Stoke Newington circa 1913

31 Thursday Dec 2015

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Milan bans cars for 3 days to cut suffocating air pollution. From Delhi to Paris to Beijing and now Milan, banning cars a proven way of cutting air pollution

24 Thursday Dec 2015

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35174780?SThisFB

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Christmas message: Circle of traffic hell as 240 acre car park came to a standstill. Shoppers were trapped in Bluewater car park for 6 hours as they queued to get out!

23 Wednesday Dec 2015

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-called-to-bluewater-shopping-centre-after-shoppers-forced-to-queue-for-up-to-six-hours-a6783166.html

Ban Private Cars in London

~ Reclaim the streets for people who cycle and walk

“When you see cars piling up on the way to school taking their children, the fumes directly from the vehicle in front are being vented straight into the car behind, and exposing their child – and yet we are ignoring this,” – Prof Holgate

Car addiction….

Interview with Harriet Sinclair of International Business Times

We have a perfect storm of public health crises; air pollution, obesity, inactivity, urban diabetes, as well as congestion, overcrowding on public transport, climate change and a housing crisis. If that doesn’t focus the mind, what will?

Are cars our greatest mistake?

Electric cars are no solution for immense health and economic impacts of cars in London

Simple, inexpensive and beautiful, car-free Queen Elizabeth’s walk, Stoke Newington circa 1913

Milan bans cars for 3 days to cut suffocating air pollution. From Delhi to Paris to Beijing and now Milan, banning cars a proven way of cutting air pollution

Christmas message: Circle of traffic hell as 240 acre car park came to a standstill. Shoppers were trapped in Bluewater car park for 6 hours as they queued to get out!