Pinned
With Ulez looming, we went car free 12 months ago and the sky didn't fall in.
Granted, we live in London, but we've saved £2k and 1.5 tonnes of carbon emissions and it's barely affected our lives.
Here's how we did it
Nicholas Hellen
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Nicholas Hellen
@NicholasHellen
Transport Editor, Sunday Times. Himalayan first ascensionist. Cycling, history. Contact me in confidence w/ story tips [email protected]
- Stop funding #faithschools says BBC presenter with children at church school (she didn’t choose it) @Humanists_UK @theAliceRoberts thetimes.co.uk/article/337893…
- Female prisoner says she was groped in jail by male-bodied transgender rapist. She moved prisons - only to find she would have to share accommodation with her alleged assailant. She is now challenging this MoJ policy in High Court @fairplaywomen thetimes.co.uk/article/53a4f2…
- The cyclist in front of you has freed up a seat on a bus, train, tram or in a car to help get Britain moving safely again #TransportHeroes @Chris_Boardman @willnorman @adamtranter @nedboulting @WeAreCyclingUK thetimes.co.uk/article/corona…
- Shocking moment this morning when journalists invited by @DavidTCDavies to hear MPs and feminists discuss #GRA issues @HouseofCommons were told MPs asked not to be named - for their own safety. @Womans_Place_UK @Transgendertrd @jameskirkup @Mermaids_Gender
- ‘Anti-women’ trans policy may split Stonewall as LGB pioneers and feminists begin talks about creating rival @SimonFanshawe @bindelj @Transgendertrd @Docstockk @BevJacksonAuth @stonewalluk thetimes.co.uk/article/274782…
- Here’s the letter from 22 named pioneers of LGB rights and feminists explaining why they think it’s time for an alternative to #Stonewall because of its handling of the #Trans issue @SimonFanshawe @BevJacksonAuth @MsHelenWatts @jameskirkup
- Revealed: Speeding a cause of three times as many road deaths as previously thought @AndyCoxDCS uncovers flaws in official data, which will now be amended @20splentyforus @RoadPeace @PACTS thetimes.co.uk/article/8959cb…
- Transgender cyclist Rachel McKinnon sparks campaign for new @UCI_cycling rules after world record and gold medal victory in 200m women’s sprint @fairplaywomen @savewomenssport @masterstrack @stonewalluk thetimes.co.uk/article/707ab8…
- A woman who asked for her NHS breast-screening to be carried out by a female-born clinician was pilloried as a transphobe by a hospital trust @bdimyon @Glinner @BSUH_NHS thetimes.co.uk/article/2fc883…
- Cycle paths to run alongside route of HS2 for 200 miles from London to Manchester- for tourists and locals (… they will be well away from the noise of trains hurtling by at 225mph) @WeAreCyclingUK @allpartycycling @adamtranter thetimes.co.uk/article/31c91c…
- Hurt feelings- or broken bones? Women’s rugby players “at risk” in tackles and scrums from bearded, powerful transgender opposition - and referees say @EnglandRugby won’t let them intervene @fairplaywomen @sharrond62 thetimes.co.uk/article/b65e1f…