by Simon Bowens | Feb 25, 2019 | Transport
Sheffield City Region Mayor, Dan Jarvis, has launched a review of the region’s bus network. The review, to be led by Clive Betts MP, seeks to address a reduction in bus usage of over 18% in the last decade at a time when we should be increasing investment in...
by Simon Bowens | Feb 15, 2019 | Transport
A new report published by Friends of the Earth has called for free bus travel to be extended to all people aged under 30. The initiative, mirroring the current provision for over-65s, is one of the solutions proposed by the report’s authors, Transport for the...
by Simon Bowens | Jun 29, 2018 | Air Quality, Transport
Air pollution causes 40,000 early deaths across the UK every year and the majority of the population breathe illegally polluted air. Parts of Yorkshire have a serious air pollution problem. Data from Public Health England reveals over 2500 premature deaths caused by...
by Tony Herrmann | Apr 21, 2016 | ZCY News
Ambitious decarbonisation plan launched for Yorkshire The COP 21 Paris Agreement in December 2015 committed the UK and world governments to radical carbon emission cuts to keep within safe climate levels. Environmental campaigners in Yorkshire believe that the UK...