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The Wuhan Effect? An interesting distraction

4th May 2020 by Christina Shield
Yellow Crane Tower, Wuhan China

by Greg Marsden Traffic levels in Wuhan post lockdown have bounced back to greater than before – The Wuhan Effect is beginning to creep into our professional discourse. Really? In 25 years of working in transport planning no-one has ever pointed Wuhan out to me and told me that I should be re-thinking UK transport … Read more

Categories Uncategorised Tags corona virus, covid-19

Covid-19 and Decarbonising Transport Survey Results

23rd April 202023rd April 2020 by Christina Shield
empty streets outside Leeds rail station, with barricades and a road sign that reads "stay home, protect the NHS, save lives"

We put out a short survey earlier this month about Covid-19 and decarbonising transport. In the survey we asked our network members how their work has been affected by the Covid-19 lockdown and how they would like to engage with us over the next few months. We were very pleased with the response, 63 network … Read more

Categories Uncategorised Tags corona virus, covid-19, survey

A great mobility transformation

22nd April 202021st April 2020 by Christina Shield
Row of bright coloured knitted rainbows hanging on a steel gate

By Monika Büscher for de Gruyter There are no passenger flights, the streets are filled with birdsong, in some countries walking and cycling has increased by 90%, and the air is clear: a silver lining at a time of great tragedy. In fact, the mass (im)mobilisation of Covid-19 is set to enable the largest ever … Read more

Categories Uncategorised Tags climate change, corona virus, covid-19, Paris Agreement

Coronavirus and the Climate Emergency

25th March 2020 by Christina Shield

by Richard Walker When I joined the DecarboN8 Network team at ITS on a secondment from the Department for Transport just four short weeks ago, I did not expect to be writing a blog to introduce myself in circumstances of a public health emergency that will change the world drastically. I was expecting to be … Read more

Categories Uncategorised Tags climate emergency, corona virus, covid-19
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