Tag archives for transport
Councils must do more to make our cities car-free
In January this year, myself and my Green colleagues put forward a proposal to Brighton and Hove City Council – calling on them to consider the possibility of implementing a…
Wales needs public services it can be proud of
Public services in Wales are under-resourced, and in many cases, this lack of funding has been a feature of Welsh life long before the start of the Conservative austerity agenda.…
Scotland’s transport system needs a radical overhaul
Radical transformation of transport will have to form the bedrock of any meaningful response to the climate emergency. Transport is the single biggest source of net carbon emissions in Scotland…
Why the Green Party is calling for free bus travel for everyone
The Times’s Matt Chorley wrote his Red Box column for today before reports started to came out from Green Party conference - including the new plan for free bus travel…
Rail Renationalisation: Edinburgh meeting with Christian Wolmar
While I was first becoming interested in a serious way in politics there were lots of interesting things happening. I was very interested in the peace process in the north…
Caroline Lucas’ bill to renationalise the railways published today
Green MP Caroline Lucas will table a private member's bill later today, in a bid to reverse the disastrous privatisation of the railways and bring the network back into public…
East Coast rail re-privatisation is a foolish mistake
by George Woods Yesterday, the Government announced it is accelerating the re-privatisation of the East Coast railway, which they say will now take place in December 2014. The story of…
The fight for Better Buses means a better democracy
Patrick Harvie, Glasgow's Green MSP, has launched a new campaign for the interests of the city's bus users, Better Buses. Harvie said at the launch of the site: Motorists have…
The Case For High Speed Rail
Photo by Irargerich via flickr I was quite shocked to discover that during their party conference at the weekend, the Green Party of England & Wales has voted to oppose…
The Case Against High Speed Rail
The proposed High Speed Rail (HSR) project can not be part of a green solution to Britain's transport infrastructure problems. The carbon emissions from a trip using HSR would be…