Here’s why Cameron’s ‘road privatisation’ plans are nonsensical
David Cameron’s ‘road privatisation’ proposals, which he unveiled today, are nonsensical, writes Sustrans’s Eleanor Besley.
Eleanor Besley
Website Eleanor writes for Left Foot Forward on planning and transport issues. She is a policy adviser at Sustrans, a leading UK charity that enables people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of their journeys; Sustrans works with families, communities, policy-makers and partner organisations so that people are able to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys, with better places and spaces to move through and live in.
Transport poverty is hitting the headlines – it’s time for fair thinking on fuel
Eleanor Besley argues that we can’t focus just on car drivers when it comes to transport policy – and that if we put all our effort on to fuel price, we risk subsidising the rich.
The push for cycling needs to be backed by funding, not just words
Eleanor Besley presents the results of Sustrans’ new report on cycling, and argues that good intentions and supportive words just aren’t enough.
Gideonomics: A rogue chancellor fails to run the greenest government ever
Sustrans’s Eleanor Besley dissects the government’s abdication of David Cameron’s claims it will be the “greenest government ever”.
Boris’s backward steps for London on pollution and traffic congestion
Boris’s lifting of the Western Extension Zone of the London congestion charge has led to more traffic and pollution
Vote 2011: The sustainable transport challenges in NI, Scotland & Wales
Left Foot Forward’s Eleanor Besley, a policy advisor at Sustrans, outlines the sustainable transport measures the devolved administrations should take.
Budget 2011: Osborne the Clarksonesque showman
Mr Osborne has missed a golden opportunity to invest the £2 billion from the oil companies in providing alternatives to car travel; people are now being encouraged to drive in a 1970s dream that could soon evaporate with a change in the price of oil, writes Eleanor Besley.
Fuel poverty and social inequality should be the focus – not fuel cost
The debate on the ‘Fuel crisis and the cost of living’ in Parliament yesterday, unsurprisingly, placed focus on the cost of fuel rather than letting fuel poverty and social inequality take centre stage, writes Eleanor Besley.
Carbon Plan shows a disappointing shortfall in policy breadth
Despite some fantastic coverage in last Sunday’s Observer, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne this week launched the Carbon Plan to very little media response, reports Eleanor Besley.
The transport secretary’s oil addiction
If we want to make transport policy sustainable and equitable, it is vital that the price of transport is addressed and that this fuel price windfall is re-invested in more sustainable modes, making them more accessible to all.