Greener travel: MP shows his true colours (From Times Series)

Greener travel: MP shows his true colours

10:09am Friday 5th March 2010 in

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Friends of the Earth congratulates Andrew Dismore MP for backing a call in Parliament to bring cheaper and greener transport options to Hendon.

Transport accounts for one- quarter of UK carbon emissions.

More traffic means more congestion, more air pollution, and more climate changing gases.

The solution lies with greener, smarter alternatives to car use like buses, walking and cycling schemes to get kids to school.

Successful pilot schemes have reduced car trips by almost ten per cent and increased walking and cycling trips by up to one-fifth.

Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to roll out Smarter Travel Choices across the country that will help reduce emissions and provide good value for money for taxpayers — helping to set us on the path to a low-carbon, prosperous future.

Andy Atkins, Friends of the Earth