Transport

Comment by Mike Grenville on June 26, 2008 at 9:42

Peak Oil - How Will You Ride the Slide?

Comment by Laurence Green on November 13, 2008 at 12:43

Dear members of the Transport Group,
It's time for the Transport Group to start providing input to the Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP). I was asked to join the Transport Group and notify you about this during the EDAP meeting at Mike Grenville's last night. We have been given questions to answer. How do we see transport in 2030? What are the steps needed to achieve this vision? (How can the present situation be described in an accessible manner?)
Who is chairing the Transport Group? Could someone offer a venue for a meeting within the next fortnight in Forest Row please? I'm in East Grinstead and my house is still a bit of a building site, otherwise I'd suggest my place. Regards Laurence Green

Comment by Mike Grenville on November 28, 2008 at 10:08

Transition Town Lewes' Transport Group decided to support proposals to reopen the Lewes - Uckfield railway line. We'd like to ask you to sign the online petition at

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Cuckoo/

The petition closes on December 3, so please sign up immediately, and
ask friends to do the same. Reopening the line would take pressure off
the Brighton to London line, and traffic off the local roads.

The proposal is widely supported across the political spectrum,
including official support from both Wealden and Lewes District
Councils. However, a recent feasibility study decided that the scheme
is technically feasible, but doesn't meet the current economic
requirements.

Many people think that the line was closed as part of the Beeching
cuts in the 1960's. In fact, it wasn't. It was supposed to be rerouted
to make way for the Lewes northern bypass - an act of parliament was
passed to enable this. The bypass was never built - except for the
Phoenix Causeway Bridge which was enough to block the railway route.
And then, the line was never rerouted.

You can read more about the railway line at the Wealden Line
Campaign's excellent new website at http://www.wealdenline.co.uk/ -
but please don't forget to sign the petition!

Comment by Laurence Green on April 2, 2009 at 12:15

PlusBus tickets, that combine train tickets with discounted unlimited bus travel at either end of the rail journey, will soon be available online. UK/International rail ticket websites QJump.co.uk and thetrainline.com will be introducing the service in April and June respectively. For details of the 260 towns and cities participating in the scheme, check out plusbus.info. Metrobus and Stagecoach (Eastbourne Buses) which serve Forest Row are participating in the scheme. Costs are reasonable, with £2 giving you unlimited travel in Brighton for the day.

Comment by Laurence Green on April 2, 2009 at 13:19

RAIL & CAR JOURNEY CARBON CALCULATOR

thetrainline.com has a carbon calculator for rail and car journeys. It's on the website under Gadgets & Tools.

Comment by Laurence Green on May 20, 2009 at 16:19

Battery Swop Station Demo & New Prototype Battery Technology
Better Places battery swop station is demonstrated on this video at this link:
There is also some promising research in the UK into extending the amount of energy a give weight of battery can hold by creating a battery-fuel cell hybrid, see this link.
With at least two potential solutions for extending the range of electric cars, will the very much less efficient hydrogen fuel cell car continue to be a contender in the future?

Comment by Claudine Taylor on June 27, 2009 at 22:57

Dear Transport Group,

Before widely publicising the following, I would like to share it with you to find out what you think of the "lift share" aspect of it.



Best wishes,
Claudine from the "Resources" transition group.

SHARE YOUR RESOURCES
with your community

Go to www.transitionforestrow.org and click on “groups”
at the top then on “resources” and then on the green link
to offer or request the following:

Books (CDs and DVDs)
Tools (and objects)
Skills (and services)
Lifts (from, to or in Forest Row)

Please try to check at least once a week if anybody is
requesting something you are able to provide.
Tell your friends to also lend what they have or borrow what
they need in this way.
Offer to check for them if they have no access to a
computer.

Comment by Mike Grenville on October 27, 2009 at 16:10

The Commission for Integrated Transport has released new guidance on "planning for sustainable travel". It was developed by Halcrow, Oxford Brookes, and University of Oxford (Transport Studies Unit).

It pulls together an evidence base on the role that key land use levers can play in facilitating sustainable travel so includes things like:
- settlement size: bigger is better
- density: higher equals lower emissions
- accessibilty to key facilities
- mix of uses
- neighbourhood design and street layout
- traffic demand management/smarter choices
- parking policy

www.plan4sustainabletravel.org

Comment by Mike Grenville on September 9, 2010 at 12:12

Spinning Our Wheels: The Failures of the Auto Industry and Government in the Quest for Lower Carbon Emissions, and What We Can Do – Right Now – to Change Our Transportation System


In Spinning Our Wheels, energy analyst Pat Murphy traces the history of the thus-far-ineffective search for an alternative to the gasoline-fueled private car. He reveals a string of failures: two fuel cell efforts, an earlier version of the electric car, and the Clinton administration’s Program for a New Generation of Vehicles. He outlines how a similar process is taking place with the proposed electrification of transport via the experimental Pluggable Hybrid Electric Vehicle, describes the risks and problems of this approach, and questions the optimistic time schedule. He points out that the constant hyping of unproven breakthrough options has kept the public complacent and uninvolved.

Finally, Murphy outlines a plan for Shared Transport, which many refer to as the Smart Jitney, with enormous potential for reducing energy use and CO2 emissions. The products to implement such a system, he tells us, have been developed and are ready for use.


You can download the book free here:
http://www.communitysolution.org/spinningwheelsbk.html

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