fuel protests

AWWTM: The golden age of the motorway

This entry was posted in at war with the motorist and tagged fuel fuel protests motorways tax the end of oil on January 25, 2011 by Joe

“The great highway will never look empty again.” When they opened, the first motorways were the sparsely populated playgrounds of the privileged few — the few who could afford a car. They could drive as fast as they liked and would never meet a jam. But perhaps they could see […]

Held to ransom

This entry was posted in at war with the motorist and tagged car dependency freight fuel fuel protests hauliers rail rail freight road freight royal mail tax taxis on September 21, 2010 by Joe

It’s ten years since the Road Haulage Industry blockaded oil refineries to complain about the price of diesel, and the whole country ran out of fuel. At At War With The Motorist I ask what has been since then to reduce our dependence on private motorised transport and road haulage […]