Cities Set To Scrap Congestion Charges

Friday, 9. July 2010

To make congestion charges or not to make congestion charges – that is the question that the city council of York has been wrestling with and decided – no charge – at the moment. Not wishing to be a cynic but I feel it may have had something to do with the removal of millions of pounds of funding, introduced by the Labour government to encourage cities to make the charges. But whilst this, and other proposed Read more »

What Would You Choose Sex Or Your Car?

Monday, 28. June 2010

What would your choice be – sex or a car? Yep the question has actually been asked of  Canadians. They were actually asked if they would prefer driving to having sex? Amazingly only 1 percent said they would give up driving over a range of pleasures including sex although more were prepared to give up junk food and coffee there were still a few that would give up sex as reported by the Toronto Star. Would I give up sex in place of my car? Don’t be daft – but would you? By Graham Hill

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Political Party Views On Transport

Friday, 5. March 2010

If you have no children to educate, no elderly relatives in need of care, you are employed in something that pays more than minimum wages it may be that your biggest priority in life is your car and what it costs you to run. If that’s the case you may be interested in some information kindly provided by Fleet News. They have looked at some of the major transport proposals and initiatives  and compared the Read more »

Nottingham City Council Gets Approval Fo Workplace Partking Levy

Sunday, 30. August 2009

It looks as though local councils are now to launch the publicised workplace parking levy. First to make the move is Nottingham City Council, much to the annoyance of one of their biggest employers, Boots, who have 3,000 affected parking places that will incur an annual charge of £253 per car rising to £350 per car after 2 years. The rule, approved by the government to start from Read more »