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Has this bus company solved socially distanced public transport?

Published 13 August 2020
By Kieran Ahuja
A Czech company has modified its off road buses to allow passengers to travel in a socially distanced manner.
Garden villages have created car-dependent populations, says report

Planned garden villages 'too car-dependent'

A new study has found that the rural idyll of garden towns may have, in reality, formed populations completely dependent on cars.
Published 16 June 2020
Public transport restrictions could put 1m more cars on the road

One million extra cars on road after lockdown

Limits on the capacity of public transport during rush hour will lead to an extra one million cars on the road, according to new research.
Published 10 June 2020
Coronavirus could usher in age of the e-scooter

Coronavirus could usher in age of the e-scooter

New proposals might see e-scooters legalised in Britain as commuters are urged not to use public transport.
Published 20 May 2020
Coronavirus: car dealerships open for click-and-collect

Car dealerships open for click-and-collect

NEW GOVERNMENT advice will allow car dealerships in England to open for click-and-collect sales, although showrooms won't open until June.
Published 14 May 2020
Motorists to be paid up to £3,000 to give up cars

Motorists to be paid up to £3,000 to give up cars

Private vehicle owners in Coventry will be given as much as £3,000 in exchange for surrendering their car and switching to public transport.
Published 25 March 2019

Electric scooters could soon be road legal in UK

Road legal electric micro-scooters are one part of a new plan to keep Britain "at the heart of the next mobility revolution".
Published 22 March 2019
York becomes second city to ban Uber

York becomes second city to ban Uber

York has become the second UK city to ban Uber after receiving more than 150 complaints about the taxi-hailing app.
Published 20 December 2017
Jeremy Clarkson: ban buses or bicycles to reduce road deaths

Jeremy Clarkson: ban buses or bicycles

Jeremy Clarkson has proposed banning either buses or bicycles in order to reduce the number of deaths and injuries on Britain's roads.
Published 18 November 2017
Public transport worse than driving for exposure to air pollution

Commuters warned of new air pollution risk

Travelling by public transport exposes commuters to up to eight times as much air pollution as those who drive to work, a groundbreaking study fo
Published 21 February 2017