In reply to Post #200
Congratulations on her award.
She states it's "Environmental Racism" because the majority affected aren't white. Do you agree with her Blankalot?
Congratulations on her award.
She states it's "Environmental Racism" because the majority affected aren't white. Do you agree with her Blankalot?
In reply to Post #201
Yes I agree with her.
Yes I agree with her.
In reply to Post #200
Well deserved. Even if she's still battling against local and central government spin.
It's a problem that pre-dates LTN's imo (although it will have been made worse in some areas as she / you say)
I moved to London in the early 90's to retrain / study. In my whole life until that point, I'd only seen 2 people who had really bad asthma and needed inhalers. I was really surprised to see a half dozen others on my course, all younger than me, who were already reliant on them. The common denominator was that they were all native londoners...
Well deserved. Even if she's still battling against local and central government spin.
It's a problem that pre-dates LTN's imo (although it will have been made worse in some areas as she / you say)
I moved to London in the early 90's to retrain / study. In my whole life until that point, I'd only seen 2 people who had really bad asthma and needed inhalers. I was really surprised to see a half dozen others on my course, all younger than me, who were already reliant on them. The common denominator was that they were all native londoners...
In reply to Post #203
It's just so wrong that she gets awards and is listened to, they use the death of her daughter (which is what Ros wants) to advocate improvements but our council mayor conveniently forgets about it when his mates are creating their own little gentrification in an affluent high car ownership area.
I went to Ella's vigil about a year ago and our mayor Damien Egan made a speech about how he was improving air quality when the reality is the road Ella used to live in he's made worse.
I wanted to shout and heckle him but out of respect I kept quiet and along with a few others turned our back on him.
How Rosamund tolerates him I don't know but I suppose it has it's benefits.
For instance exhibition
It's just so wrong that she gets awards and is listened to, they use the death of her daughter (which is what Ros wants) to advocate improvements but our council mayor conveniently forgets about it when his mates are creating their own little gentrification in an affluent high car ownership area.
I went to Ella's vigil about a year ago and our mayor Damien Egan made a speech about how he was improving air quality when the reality is the road Ella used to live in he's made worse.
I wanted to shout and heckle him but out of respect I kept quiet and along with a few others turned our back on him.
How Rosamund tolerates him I don't know but I suppose it has it's benefits.
For instance exhibition
In reply to Post #204
Maybe the whole process is upside down
Instead of 'punitive ' measures for drivers using cars - usually financial so effectively reinforcing the wealth / opportunity disparity (some people can afford charges that others can't) - maybe reward people for less / more environmentally sound use of cars. It's there in some forms with 'greener' vehicles having lower road rax. There could be other ways of doing it too...
The problem still remains that there are too many cars making too many unnecessary journeys.
Maybe the whole process is upside down
Instead of 'punitive ' measures for drivers using cars - usually financial so effectively reinforcing the wealth / opportunity disparity (some people can afford charges that others can't) - maybe reward people for less / more environmentally sound use of cars. It's there in some forms with 'greener' vehicles having lower road rax. There could be other ways of doing it too...
The problem still remains that there are too many cars making too many unnecessary journeys.
In reply to Post #205
It certainly needs some alternative thinking Mal, encouragement rather than punishment
Putting a box of dirt and weeds at the end of your own road, telling the neighbours in the next road along that you are fighting climate changing, that you're some sort of eco warrior, while having a 4x4 (albeit euro 6) on your drive is not the way forward
It certainly needs some alternative thinking Mal, encouragement rather than punishment
Putting a box of dirt and weeds at the end of your own road, telling the neighbours in the next road along that you are fighting climate changing, that you're some sort of eco warrior, while having a 4x4 (albeit euro 6) on your drive is not the way forward
In reply to Post #205
Making EV drivers pay the same as a diesel is not the way forward either.
https://www.greencarguide.co.uk/2022/11/evs-to-pay-road-tax-from-2025-ev-bik-to-remain-low/
Making EV drivers pay the same as a diesel is not the way forward either.
https://www.greencarguide.co.uk/2022/11/evs-to-pay-road-tax-from-2025-ev-bik-to-remain-low/
In reply to Post #207
I'd agree.
Although the cost of electric vehicles is another example of the widening of the wealth and opportunity gap. The initial cost means that they're still out of reach for most working class families who then become trapped in the ever increasing spiral of fossil fuel costs.
I'd agree.
Although the cost of electric vehicles is another example of the widening of the wealth and opportunity gap. The initial cost means that they're still out of reach for most working class families who then become trapped in the ever increasing spiral of fossil fuel costs.
In reply to Post #205
The problem is close to 68 million people and rising all crammed on an island.
all the other problems are a direct result of that.
but nobody wants to talk about that.and it gets worse woldwide.
The world population has grown rapidly, particularly over the past century: in 1900, there were fewer than 2 billion people on the planet. The world population is around 8.05 billion people in 2023.
we live globally by a socio-economic model that operates as a Ponzi scheme with each generation robbing the next of space and resources, while celebrating with quasi-religious fervour, the idea of blanket human domination of the entire planet until there is little room for any other species, as if that abominable outcome were some kind of glorious achievement.
Why should I celebrate a tidal wave of surplus humanity when it comes at the price of other species? You may think the human is worth more than all other forms of life. I do not. In fact in a good many instances it is worth considerably less, when you weigh what they take out against what they put back. When such moral a deficit becomes the accepted norm, I see little to celebrate in the ever expanding tide of my own kind.
The problem is close to 68 million people and rising all crammed on an island.
all the other problems are a direct result of that.
but nobody wants to talk about that.and it gets worse woldwide.
The world population has grown rapidly, particularly over the past century: in 1900, there were fewer than 2 billion people on the planet. The world population is around 8.05 billion people in 2023.
we live globally by a socio-economic model that operates as a Ponzi scheme with each generation robbing the next of space and resources, while celebrating with quasi-religious fervour, the idea of blanket human domination of the entire planet until there is little room for any other species, as if that abominable outcome were some kind of glorious achievement.
Why should I celebrate a tidal wave of surplus humanity when it comes at the price of other species? You may think the human is worth more than all other forms of life. I do not. In fact in a good many instances it is worth considerably less, when you weigh what they take out against what they put back. When such moral a deficit becomes the accepted norm, I see little to celebrate in the ever expanding tide of my own kind.
Morning tinhead
Thought you might find this an interesting read. Slight tangent but an area I know you're interested in
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/13/pollutionwatch-citizen-science-alarm-uk-air-pollution
Thought you might find this an interesting read. Slight tangent but an area I know you're interested in
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/13/pollutionwatch-citizen-science-alarm-uk-air-pollution
In reply to Post #210
I'll take a look but after a quick glimpse I see Imperial College is mentioned, I don't trust them one little bit, they falsify data and Peter Walker of the Guardian peddles it.
I'll see if I can work through that.
I'll take a look but after a quick glimpse I see Imperial College is mentioned, I don't trust them one little bit, they falsify data and Peter Walker of the Guardian peddles it.
I'll see if I can work through that.
How to pretend reduce traffic
Cause a traffic outside with vehicles only edging along, then only measure cars doing over 10Km/hour.
Cause a traffic outside with vehicles only edging along, then only measure cars doing over 10Km/hour.
Oxford in the news again.
There is a video that starts with the cost to the council to repair vandalised LTN bollards.
At this point in the video it shows how unfair and divisive some LTNs can be.
There is a video that starts with the cost to the council to repair vandalised LTN bollards.
At this point in the video it shows how unfair and divisive some LTNs can be.
I urge everyone to sign this petition.
It's not a petition for or against LTNs (Low Traffic Neighbourhoods), it's just a review to make sure they are installed properly and fairly.
Safeguard yourself. If you local council wants to install a LTN in your area then surely you want it independently reviewed?
LINK
It's not a petition for or against LTNs (Low Traffic Neighbourhoods), it's just a review to make sure they are installed properly and fairly.
Safeguard yourself. If you local council wants to install a LTN in your area then surely you want it independently reviewed?
LINK
In reply to Post #214
Signed it. I don't agree with the tin foil hat scaremongering that some people are trying to attach to the proliferation of LTN, but they are a pain in my hole trying to get around.
Signed it. I don't agree with the tin foil hat scaremongering that some people are trying to attach to the proliferation of LTN, but they are a pain in my hole trying to get around.