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Pitiful analysis
The Today Programme, 11 August 2025. Discussion prompted by government announcing that 3-year eye tests are to be introduced for drivers aged 70+. The BBC wheeled in the usual spokesperson, Edmund King, formerly with the RAC, now “President” of the … Continue reading
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Bureaucracy kills the joy
One of my themes is how over-regulation makes life on the roads a misery when it could be a pleasure. Bureaucracy too can kill the joy. From Freedom for Drivers Foundation: The FT on planning impediments to a major congestion-cutting … Continue reading
Old post
Just came across an old blogging site I used to use. It doesn’t seem fully functional, which isn’t surprising as it’s 16 years since I wrote this post (dated 2.3.2009): Depressing announcement from the Association of Chief Police Officers. They … Continue reading
ULEZ. Who should we believe?
The idea that Sadiq Khan would distort the findings of Imperial College about the effects of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, or that Imperial’s research could be “bought” smacks to me of conspiracy theory. What I do know is that … Continue reading
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Tagged air quality, coercive control, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ
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To prove a point
ULEZ has cut NO2 levels in the capital significantly, reports the Telegraph. Air quality monitoring at Hither Green Lane and Catford, near Ella Aloo-Kissi-Debrah’s home, show NO2 has fallen by over 50% since 2012, with half that taking place since … Continue reading
Getting rid of the nasty stuff
Most PM2.5 – the nasty airborne particles that we inhale and can lodge in lungs, heart and bloodstream, causing all manner of disease – now comes from brake dust and tyre wear, not tailpipes, says Prof Alastair Lewis, chair of … Continue reading
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Tagged air quality, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, PM2.5, Prof Alastair Lewis, ULEZ
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ULEZ debacle
ULEZ = paying for the right to pollute. Where is the sense in that? Of course we want clean air but there is a way to achieve greater cuts in emissions without coercion and without pain.
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Tagged clean air, cutting emissions, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ
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No you Khan’t! Yes I can!
Does Sadiq Khan think he’s the only politician who wants clean air? Who doesn’t want it, O pious Mayor? There is of course a way of achieving the aim without the pain. It would bring a host of accompanying benefits too. Followers … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, London mayor, Martin Cassini, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ, Uxbridge by-election
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Latest swipe at the system
With my usual proposals for change. In Transport Watch.
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Tagged Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Richard Wellings, Transport Watch
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