February 2017 – Twansport

February 20, 2017 Leeds Transport

Are we right to not demonise driving?

One of the points made last week is that driving should not be demonised with the caveat that was as long as drivers paid all their associated costs. A weekend read from @CityLab: Don't Demonize Driving, Just Stop Subsidizing It https://t.co/hCW27IrgUJ — Roads to Nowhere (@Roads2Nowhere) February 17, 2017 It’s

February 12, 2017 Leeds Transport

Scrappage schemes are not the magic bullet

This morning I was looking through Twitter and came across the below. A local air quality campaign was drawing the attention of an MP to a scrappage scheme for diesel vehicles. .@GregMulholland1 please support this policy for Leeds, we have worse #airquality than London https://t.co/6SxZnZKdK9 — Healthy Air Leeds (@HealthyAirLeeds)

February 4, 2017 Leeds Transport

The problem with Tram-Train on the Harrogate line

One of the schemes being pushed to give Leeds a tram train is to convert the Harrogate line to tram train. Some options are full conversion with only the London trains operated by heavy rail trains. Other options are to run tram trains between the city centre and Leeds Bradford