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Mayor of London helps 71 schools get pupils cycling

3 February 2012 | No comments

The Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) are helping 71 schools in outer London to set up cycling clubs through grants to help them buy bikes and cycling equipment for pupils.

Consultation on ‘home to school’ transport

5 December 2011 | No comments

Birmingham City Council is consulting on how it provides transport for children to get to school.

Will escalating fuel prices drive UK economy off the road?

23 November 2011 | 2 comments

The recent E-petition backed by Tory MP Robert Halfon has stirred a massive debate as to where our fuel seems to be taking us in the UK. Although there was some criticism as to the sloppy wording of the petition,

Travelling Safely to School

21 November 2011 | No comments

Hundreds of nursery and primary school children could benefit from a safer journey to school if new traffic regulations are introduced.

Where is the Local Transport Plan taking us?

3 November 2011 | No comments

The Transport systems in the UK have long been problematic. Most of the issues involve profitability, a symptom of the lack of integration and co-operation between commercially run enterprises and government subsidized transport.

Watchdog committee opens school transport failure investigation

26 October 2011 | No comments

A wide-ranging investigation into recent failures of home-to-school transport in Dorset is underway.

Storm brewing over biofuel flights

13 October 2011 | No comments

History was made last week as the first British commercial flight to be partly powered by biofuels took off from Birmingham Airport. Thomson Airways’ service to the island of Lanzarote may have seemed like any other to the passengers on board, but the experiment has caused a stern backlash from green groups, some of whom branded the exercise a ‘PR stunt’ and turned up at the runway to protest.

Stepping out for Walk to School Month

7 October 2011 | No comments

Children at schools across Brighton & Hove are stepping out for Walk to School Month during October.

Changes for school transport decided by Cabinet

20 September 2011 | No comments

Changes to the future provision of school transport were agreed by Cabinet on 19 September 2011, following a public consultation on the plans.

Council takes action over school transport problems

16 September 2011 | No comments

Dorset County Council has taken action in response to concerns by parents regarding problems with some school transport services since the start of the new term.

Council and college provide green travel options

15 September 2011 | No comments

Both Clackmannanshire Council and Forth Valley College provide green travel plans for their staff and college students.

Trafford Council’s Home to School Transport policy revisions

7 September 2011 | No comments

Trafford Council’s Executive Councillor John Holden has confirmed that last night’s extraordinary Council meeting upheld the previously considered Executive decision to revise Trafford’s home to school transport policy.

The search is on to find the country’s Fleet Heroes

22 August 2011 | No comments

The Energy Saving Trust is about to begin its search for the country’s Fleet Heroes: organisations that have made a successful contribution to reducing their carbon footprint through their organisation’s travel and transport policies

Changes to school transport

1 August 2011 | No comments

Warwickshire County Council will be making changes to a number of its school transport services from September 2011.

Spotlight on Sustainable Blacon

28 June 2011 | No comments

What is Sustainable Blacon?

Blacon is one of 22 communities chosen by the Department of Energy and Climate Change to lead the way to a low carbon future.

Government determined to help UK car industry flourish

13 June 2011 | No comments

As BMW announced an additional £500 million investment in its UK production network over the next three years, some of Europe’s biggest car manufacturers came to Downing Street today to discuss the advanced manufacturing industry and the Government’s commitment to its success.