I’m writing this starting at 10:05 sat on a stationary train headed for Rugby. Not – as I should be – walking through the streets of Coventry having got off the train five minutes ago, heading towards a meeting which is due to start at 10:30. It is of course entirely my own fault. I [...]
Unlike parking on yellow lines or overstaying in parking bays – which are now civil offences – parking on the pavement is still actually illegal. Not only this, it is downright antisocial – the weight puts extra strain on pavement masonry which is designed to carry pedestrians, not cars, invariably a car parked on the [...]
“Motorists will be offered subsidies of up to £5,000 to encourage them to buy electric or plug-in hybrid cars under plans announced by the government.vIt is part of the government’s £250m plan to promote low carbon transport over the next five years”.
“Hundreds of homeowners deterred from having dropped kerbs fitted outside their homes because of the sky-high council cost have been thrown a lifeline” – what’s happenning is the council’s monopoly on doing the work is going to be ended, and people will be able to choose from a list of 11 preferred contractors to do [...]