⛽️"The fuel panic – I won’t call it a crisis, as it is largely self-made – exposes many things, and one of them is our dependence on cars" writes @TanyaGold1
"Too often big cars, which need a lot of fuel".
Does the UK have a car problem?
🧵👇
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
"Too often big cars, which need a lot of fuel".
Does the UK have a car problem?
🧵👇
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
🚘The SUV market continues to grow, particularly in cities.
Gold writes: "Only a farmer needs an SUV. In central London, where they are most popular, they are entirely performative"
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
Gold writes: "Only a farmer needs an SUV. In central London, where they are most popular, they are entirely performative"
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
There are 40 million cars in Britain now, the issues these vehicles cause are endless...
⚠️Traffic
⛔️Parking
🚴Danger to cyclists
🍃Growing threat of air pollution
🌳Paved over so many gardens for parking spaces
telegraph.co.uk/gardening/prob…
⚠️Traffic
⛔️Parking
🚴Danger to cyclists
🍃Growing threat of air pollution
🌳Paved over so many gardens for parking spaces
telegraph.co.uk/gardening/prob…
🚫One third of London schoolchildren are being educated close to roads with illegal levels of air pollution.
There are almost 10,000 premature deaths a year from air pollution in the capital alone
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
There are almost 10,000 premature deaths a year from air pollution in the capital alone
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
⚡️"Electrification is coming, and it can’t come soon enough".
The fuel panic we are witnessing is "transport panic".
🔚"We are watching what I pray is the last act of our addiction to cars" writes @TanyaGold1
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
The fuel panic we are witnessing is "transport panic".
🔚"We are watching what I pray is the last act of our addiction to cars" writes @TanyaGold1
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
Looking back at crises of the past, @TanyaGold1 notes "panic can create opportunity."
🗓️"In 1973, during the oil crisis, the Dutch banned driving on Sundays.
"I wouldn’t go that far, but it did create a fashion for cycling which still endures"
🗓️"In 1973, during the oil crisis, the Dutch banned driving on Sundays.
"I wouldn’t go that far, but it did create a fashion for cycling which still endures"
"I am not surprised by the fuel panic, because I read the Department of Transport’s breakdown of UK journeys... The Department of Transport is in denial" writes Gold.
2018 work commute:
🚗68% traveled by car
🚶10% walked
🚆10% took the train
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
2018 work commute:
🚗68% traveled by car
🚶10% walked
🚆10% took the train
telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…
⛔️In the 1960s Dr Richard Beeching closed 2,300 stations and 5,000 miles of track so that we could properly begin our addiction to the car.
But there were only 13.5M cars on Britain’s roads in 1970...
"Beeching couldn’t see a future in which our cars choked us" @TanyaGold1
But there were only 13.5M cars on Britain’s roads in 1970...
"Beeching couldn’t see a future in which our cars choked us" @TanyaGold1
"We could begin with a commitment to getting cars off British roads. Look around. It’s time" writes @TanyaGold1
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Read more⬇️
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