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Transport

Sharing the carbon pie with a frequent flyer levy

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Sharing the carbon pie with a frequent flyer levy

How do we fly less without air travel becoming the preserve of the wealthy?

Alex Chapman

18 April 2024

Flights, farmers and food

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Flights, farmers and food

Our government’s greed for ever more air travel could come back to bite them

Alex Chapman

20 March 2024

There are other ways to tackle the cost of living crisis - just ask France and Spain

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There are other ways to tackle the cost of living crisis - just ask France and Spain

From rent caps to free public transport, here are the French and Spanish policies our government should be looking at

Paulo Yunda

19 January 2024

Driving us round the bend: another fuel duty freeze

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Driving us round the bend: another fuel duty freeze

Fuel duty has been frozen for the 13th year in a row. When will the government abandon this regressive, environmentally damaging policy?

Alex Chapman

20 March 2023

The Jet Zero strategy is an abdication of responsibility to the planet and future generations

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The Jet Zero strategy is an abdication of responsibility to the planet and future generations

Drawing a downward slanting line on a piece of paper and crossing your fingers is not a ‘strategy’

Alex Chapman

28 July 2022

On a wing and a prayer

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On a wing and a prayer

Five ways the government’s irresponsible plans for aviation are putting us all at risk

Alex Chapman

25 April 2022

Stop airport expansions

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Stop airport expansions

Help us support local communities fighting high-carbon expansions

Alex Chapman

22 April 2022

The £62bn carbon giveaway

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The £62bn carbon giveaway

Aviation industry will only pay for 16% of climate damage from eight ongoing airport expansion projects

Alex Chapman

27 January 2022

Up in the air

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Up in the air

Our consumer choices, from buying less tobacco to more diesel, are shaped by government policy. What if we applied it to air travel?

Alex Chapman

12 July 2021

Three lessons from Bogota on making cities safer for women

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Three lessons from Bogota on making cities safer for women

We need to ensure everyone has the right to move around freely and participate in public life

Tiffany Lam

30 March 2021

The dodgy economics behind expanding our airports

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The dodgy economics behind expanding our airports

Despite what airport executives say, expanding our airports won’t tackle unemployment or bring more money to the UK.

Alex Chapman

15 September 2020

Flybe’s near collapse should be a wakeup call for the government

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Flybe’s near collapse should be a wakeup call for the government

Instead of cutting taxes on airlines, we should be using them to fight the climate crisis.

Christiane Heisse, Griffin Carpenter

15 January 2020

Beyond middle-class men in Lycra

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Beyond middle-class men in Lycra

We won't get more Londoners cycling without making it more inclusive.

Tiffany Lam

20 August 2019

The road to prosperity?

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The road to prosperity?

Why extending the M4 is not the way

Alex Chapman

18 September 2018

Who are you calling 'deliberately misleading'?

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Who are you calling 'deliberately misleading'?

We used Department for Transport numbers to show the projected value of Heathrow's third runway is now below zero

Andrew Pendleton

27 March 2018

Can anyone compete with Uber?

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Can anyone compete with Uber?

Ethical alternatives are possible, and are popping up across the world.

Robbie Warin

29 January 2018

NEF launches crowdfunding campaign to build an ethical alternative to Uber

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NEF launches crowdfunding campaign to build an ethical alternative to Uber

We want to build a driver-owned minicab firm and ride-hailing app

Stefan Baskerville

07 November 2017

Put drivers in control

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Put drivers in control

A driver-owned alternative to Uber is not wishful thinking – we’re building it right now

Stefan Baskerville

20 October 2017

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