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At War With The Motorist: The future that was

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I bought a second hand copy of Traffic In Towns, the 1963 Buchanan Report to the Minister of Transport on the future of urban mobility and development.  It’s fabulous sci-fi full of depictions of the future of British cities, except that it was never intended as sci-fi but as a […]

AWWTM: In pictures: Britain’s once proud stations

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A petrol station on Clerkenwell Road has been turned into a cinema.  This is a disaster; an act of war on the Motorist that must be condemned.  The BBC’s Andrew Sully explains why this epidemic of sudden garage death should be such a worry to us. Continue reading at At […]

AWWTM: Final reminder: Congestion Charge consultation

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TfL’s consultation on proposed changes to the Congestion Charge ends today.  This is your final chance to send in your comments. Briefly, the notable proposed changes are these: Abolish the Western Extension Zone (WEZ) — the section in Kensington and Knightsbridge, west of Park Lane and east of Shepherd’s Bush.  […]