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The Knutsford Great Race
With entrants on penny farthings, hobby horses, bone shakers, this was British eccentricity at its best? In pictures: Knutsford's penny farthing race Cycling's answer to the Goodwood Festival of Speed was held in a small, quiet town south of Manchester on Sunday.
Marine energy test site installed in south-west
Letters: Forget ecotowns, we need smarter cities
Use of terms like smart cities to describe technological fixes for urban areas only shows the narrowness of UK thinking on cities and sustainability (Smarter cities, Society, 8 September). The smart growth movement has been well-established in North America and elsewhere for the last 15-20 years and has shown that towns and cities are the future for most of us. But the challenges and sustainability they offer lie in much wider spatial, transport and community planning innovations.

Transport

Portsmouth Seafront Cycle Route Consultation

Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:26 |

Written by ticktock |

Portsmouth City Council have launched a new consultation for a cycle route along Southsea seafront. There are four route options to choose from and the public are encouraged to participate in the choice of route.

You can pick up the details of the four routes at the City Council cycling page. There is a leaflet called 'Seafront Cycle Leaflet' and a poster to promote the consultation called 'Seafront Cycle Poster'.

The online survey is open until 14 February 2009 at this link:

Sea Front Cycle Route Survey

Last Updated (Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:31)

No 23 bus route goes greener

Saturday, 15 November 2008 16:51 |

Written by Sue James |

The number 23 route circling between Portsmouth and Havant has a whole new fleet of low-emission buses in a £2m investment by Stagecoach and Portsmouth City Council.
The 18 Surf and Save branded buses, costing £115,000 each, emit a third of the pollutants that their predecessors did.

To read the full story

Australia to get electric car network

Friday, 24 October 2008 17:34 |

Written by ticktock |

A US company is planning to build a huge electric car charging network across Australia. A combination of technology, power and finance companies propose to create over 200,000 charging stations by 2012. The system will include drive in stations where batteries can be automatically replaced.

Drivers will pay for charging via various payment plans similar to mobile phone top up schemes. Different plans will be available to suit different vehicle uses.

Unfortunately Australia is very dependent on Coal to produce electricity, lets hope that this will change.

AFP News
WWF - Australias polluting power

Last Updated (Friday, 24 October 2008 17:45)