http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New transport policy en Sun, 31 May 2026 09:20:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1473#post-13916 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:45:32 +0000 chdot 13916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Labour's war on the car"</p> <p>He thinks he means 'Labour's war on the motorist' (whoever he or she was).</p> <p>As Morningsider points out, there have been a lot more cars (and presumably more motorists), in the last 30 years - and more roads.</p> <p>AND the recently deceased Labour Government <em>paid </em>people to buy new cars! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1473#post-13911 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:07:37 +0000 Morningsider 13911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The speech closed with a pledge to "save the car and the planet". Save the car from what exactly - there were 14,162m private cars in the UK in 1979 (the start of the last Tory government) a total which rose to 27,021m in 2008 (latest figures available). </p> <p>"Labour's war on the car" - ooh, my sides! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1473#post-13901 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:16:38 +0000 kaputnik 13901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"greening" of cars (subjective of course, one can argue endlessly that it's just displacing the point of pollution or requires polluting battery and electronics technologies in itself) does nothing to address gridlock, traffic accidents, bad driving, road layouts that give the car priority, cycle lanes and residential streets being used as car parks and I could go on so I fail to see how it will tackle congestion. So long as there are fleets of cars with one driver only in them all then we're never going to get anywhere fast. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1473#post-13900 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:00:13 +0000 chdot 13900@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> "Motoring can again become part of our future transport planning, as the greening of the car saves it from extinction," Mr Hammond says. "We can end Labour's war on the motorist and focus on the real enemies, carbon and congestion." To do this, the transport secretary says, the government will support businesses developing ultra-low emission and electric cars.</p> <p>"<br /> BBC News </p> <p>"A transport secretary that truly believes congestion will be cured by electric cars is certifiably mad."</p> <p>carltonreid on Twitter </p>