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All aboard! Can Luxembourg’s free public transport help save the world?

In 2020, in a bid to cut carbon emissions, Luxembourg made all its public transport free. But what is it like to use? And why are there still so many traffic jams? I took a trip to find out ...

European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds

Rail networks in most countries have been starved of funding while motorways lengthen, study shows

Drivers likely to benefit from London Ulez, Sadiq Khan to say

Car users can be exposed to more damaging pollution than cyclists, bus passengers or pedestrians, research claims

Calanais standing stones admission fee proposed amid rise in visitors

Exclusive: local trust that backs proposal says there is urgent need to tackle impact of greater tourism

‘Tame’ wide British roads and replace them with boulevards of homes, says thinktank

Exclusive: Create Streets proposes building on Britain’s ‘road belt’ rather than its green belt amid housing crisis

‘Autobesity’ on course to worsen air pollution caused by motoring

Trend for bigger, heavier cars means more particles get released from brakes, tyres and road surfaces

Plugging into the future: electric van production begins at Ellesmere Port

Investment by Stellantis has turned the Vauxhall plant into the UK’s first dedicated to producing electric vehicles at scale

UK’s largest electric vehicle charging hub opens in Birmingham

Up to 180 vehicles can be charged at any one time in as little as 15 minutes at the just-opened Gigahub

Sadiq Khan hits back at criticism of London Ulez expansion

Mayor of London defends scheme and accuses Tories of trying to sow ‘division and discord’

‘Green policies are the new Brexit’: a day on the frontline of London’s clean air zone

The low emissions zone is provoking extreme reactions in the constituency of a former Tory leader, who has sympathy for anti-Ulez activists

Clean air ‘a right not a privilege’, says London mayor as Ulez is expanded

Sadiq Khan defends expansion of ultra-low emission zone as government continues to criticise it

Government to use Ulez expansion to attack Labour over ‘war on motorists’

Ministers hope anti-green message will impress voters, as London mayor says he is ‘a doer, not a delayer’

Hundreds more rapid charging points installed in UK to help drivers go electric

Fast charging stations that allow for longer journeys are being added in regions beyond London

Ulez expansion: what you need to know – and how to get a charge-free car

The biggest change to London’s roads in decades launches on Tuesday. Here’s how avoid the fee

Views on London’s Ulez expansion: ‘Planet and health are more important than cars’

Readers say why they are for or against the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone across the capital

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