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<title>The Limits To Travel Blog</title>

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<description>The Limits to Travel Blog.</description>

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<pubDate>Fri, 12 March 2010 6:26:54 GMT</pubDate><item>

      <title>Effects of Smarter Choices</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Effects_of_Smarter_Choices</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Effects_of_Smarter_Choices</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport has published a research report on the effects of Smarter Choice programmes on the Sustainable Travel Towns
(Darlington, Worcester and Peterborough). Measures implemented[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 12 March 2010 6:26:54 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>London minicabs predicting journey times</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/London_minicabs_predicting_journey_times</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/London_minicabs_predicting_journey_times</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[Addison Lee is London&rsquo;s
largest minicab operator.&nbsp; The Financial
Times reports that the firm is using GPS to track the movements of its cars
over a three year period.&nbsp; This archive
allows[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 8 March 2010 7:30:45 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>North going South</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/North_going_South</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/North_going_South</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[A report in the Financial Times of 17 February is headlined 'North suffers from the pull south'.&nbsp; It records that the number of sizeable public companies with head-quarters outside London has declined[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 17 February 2010 16:49:13 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Motorway speed limits</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Motorway_speed_limits</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Motorway_speed_limits</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Department for Transport has announced a consultation on
motorway speed limits for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).&nbsp; It is proposed to reduce the speed limit for
all HGVs from 70 to 60mph.&nbsp;[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 11 February 2010 15:02:19 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Transport modelling deficiencies</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Transport_modelling_deficiencies</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Transport_modelling_deficiencies</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport has published an incisive
report on transport modelling at regional level, commissioned from the seasoned
consultant Denvil Coombe.&nbsp; 30 models are
reviewed against[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 9 February 2010 14:26:16 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Green Metropolis</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Green_Metropolis</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Green_Metropolis</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
Green Metropolis is the title of a well written book by
David Owen which challenges conventional thinking. He argues that residents of compact
urban centres, such as New York,
individually consume[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 2 February 2010 10:13:41 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Electric vehicles - no heat</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Electric_vehicles_-_no_heat</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Electric_vehicles_-_no_heat</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[A letter from Adrian Hetherington in Local Transport Today of 22 January draws attention to a problem with electric vehicles that I hadn't previously appreciated.&nbsp; Discarded heat from an internal[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 26 January 2010 12:34:10 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Behavioural change</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Behavioural_change</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Behavioural_change</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport has published a number of
think-pieces about behavioural change &ndash; worth looking at.
One is structured round Nine Big Questions. &nbsp;This leads to the conclusion that[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 21 January 2010 17:46:36 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Fewer US cars</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Fewer_US_cars</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Fewer_US_cars</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
A report from the Earth Policy Institute suggests that the
size of the US
car fleet has apparently peaked and is now in decline.&nbsp; In 2009, cars scrapped (14m) exceeded the new
cars sold (10m)[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 7 January 2010 10:42:37 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Aviation and climate change</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Aviation_and_climate_change</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Aviation_and_climate_change</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The UK Government has set a target to reduce UK aviation
emissions in 2050 back to 2005 levels or below.&nbsp; The Committee on Climate Change recently published a report which
considers how this[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Sun, 27 December 2009 15:19:09 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>High-speed commuting</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/High-speed_commuting</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/High-speed_commuting</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Financial Times of 14 December reports that journey times
of thousands of London-bound commuters will be slashed as high-speed domestic
services start on the Channel tunnel rail route.&nbsp;[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 15 December 2009 16:47:30 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Urban transport</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Urban_transport</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Urban_transport</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Cabinet Office Strategy Unit has issued a report on
Urban Transport &ndash; 131 pages of bullet points and figures:
o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a helpful summary of trends
o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; concise[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 17 November 2009 18:46:24 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>High Speed Rail</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/High_Speed_Rail</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/High_Speed_Rail</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I was at a well attended meeting of the Transport
Economist&rsquo;s Group on 28 October to hear a presentation on High Speed Rail by
John Segal, of the consultants MVA, who had been commissioned[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 11 November 2009 14:48:03 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Boris's transport strategy</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Boris%27s_transport_strategy</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Boris%27s_transport_strategy</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, recently issued his Transport
Strategy for public consultation.&nbsp; In
Chapter 4, dealing with challenges and strategic policies, it is noted that London achieved[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 6 November 2009 10:20:08 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Population growth: how much more traffic?</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Population_growth%3A_how_much_more_traffic%3F</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Population_growth%3A_how_much_more_traffic%3F</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
Latest population projections for the UK published by the Office of
National Statistics record a current 61.4m in mid-2008, projected to rise to
71.6m by 2033.
  
Earlier this year the Department[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 26 October 2009 12:09:34 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Predictive Navigation: the solution to the problem of congestion?</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Predictive_Navigation%3A_the_solution_to_the_problem_of_congestion%3F</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Predictive_Navigation%3A_the_solution_to_the_problem_of_congestion%3F</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I have an article in the October issue of Transport Times on the topic of
&lsquo;Predictive Navigation&rsquo;.&nbsp; By this I mean
technology for predicting the journey time by car along the best[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 23 October 2009 11:14:18 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Transport Statistics Users Group</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Transport_Statistics_Users_Group</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Transport_Statistics_Users_Group</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I was a speaker at a meeting of the Transport Statistics
Users Group, held at the Department for Transport on 21 October, when I outlined
my analysis of National Travel Survey data which points to[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 23 October 2009 11:04:03 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Investment in High Speed Rail?</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Investment_in_High_Speed_Rail%3F</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Investment_in_High_Speed_Rail%3F</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Committee on Climate Change has recently published its
first annual report, arguing that a major priority is to decarbonise
electricity generation. For road transport, the CCC seeks a saving[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 15 October 2009 8:41:21 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Battery technology</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Battery_technology</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Battery_technology</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
A good briefing in The Economist of 5 September about developments
in batteries for electric cars. &nbsp;The lithium-ion
battery is the leading technology, having entered the market in small devices
like[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 14 September 2009 16:20:39 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>London congestion charging: progress?</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/London_congestion_charging%3A_progress%3F</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/London_congestion_charging%3A_progress%3F</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[It was a brave move to introduce congestion charging into central London in 2003.&nbsp; Transport for London subsequently published detailed annual reports on how the scheme was affecting traffic conditions.&nbsp;[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 8 September 2009 11:14:39 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>National Travel Survey 2008</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/National_Travel_Survey_2008</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/National_Travel_Survey_2008</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Department for Transport recently published the latest
results of the National Travel Survey.&nbsp; This covers data collected in 2007 and 2008 in respect of what might be
termed &lsquo;daily[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 1 September 2009 14:37:21 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Transport air pollution</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Transport_air_pollution</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Transport_air_pollution</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
With the current focus of concern about carbon emissions from
transport, we tend to overlook the possible impact of other kinds of emissions.
&nbsp;Relevant to this, the UK Committee on
the Medical[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 21 August 2009 12:36:58 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Experiencing congestion</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Experiencing_congestion</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Experiencing_congestion</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
Two recent studies from the Department for Transport point
to similar concerns about traffic congestion. Responses from a Citizen&rsquo;s Panel of
over 500 participants indicated that the main concern[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 14 August 2009 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Chevrolet Volt</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Chevrolet_Volt</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Chevrolet_Volt</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[General Motors has announced that its Chevrolet Volt hybrid car, due to go into production in 2010, would achieve 230 mpg in city driving.&nbsp; The Volt is powered mainly by its battery within a 40 mile[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 12 August 2009 10:49:31 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Difficulty of land use and transport planning</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Difficulty_of_land_use_and_transport_planning</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Difficulty_of_land_use_and_transport_planning</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for
Transport has published three &lsquo;think pieces&rsquo; commissioned from experts. &nbsp;The most interesting is entitled Reducing the need for[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 4 August 2009 11:07:38 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Low Carbon Transition Plan</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Low_Carbon_Transition_Plan</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Low_Carbon_Transition_Plan</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The UK Government has published its Low Carbon Transition
Plan, aimed at implementing the first stage of a legally binding commitment to cut
carbon emissions 80% by 2050, with an intermediate target[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 23 July 2009 11:11:26 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Two Billion Cars</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Two_Billion_Cars</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Two_Billion_Cars</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I have been reading Two
Billion Cars, a recent book by Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon, which
considers the implications of the expected global growth of motor vehicles from
the present billion[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 10 July 2009 11:35:17 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Validity of transport models</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Validity_of_transport_models</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Validity_of_transport_models</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[I recently attended the annual Transport Modelling Forum in London.&nbsp; Copies of the presentations are available.&nbsp; I subsequently sent a letter to the editor of Local Transport Today, which has[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 6 July 2009 9:20:50 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Adonis says 'no' to road pricing</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Adonis_says_%27no%27_to_road_pricing</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Adonis_says_%27no%27_to_road_pricing</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Financial Times of 25 June quotes Lord Adonis, the new
Secretary of State for Transport, as saying that the government will &lsquo;definitely
not&rsquo; proceed with a national road-user charging[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 25 June 2009 10:04:34 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Obama and hydrogen</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Obama_and_hydrogen</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Obama_and_hydrogen</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
  
A news article in the US journal Science reports that the
Obama administration wants to end the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles research programme.&nbsp; Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced
that[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 22 June 2009 9:24:23 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Car sharing</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Car_sharing</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Car_sharing</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I met recently Ali Clabborn, founder of liftshare.com, the social enterprise he set up ten years ago whose aim
is to make more efficient use of the 38 million empty car seats on UK roads
every day[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 18 June 2009 15:23:29 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Viruses and batteries</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Viruses_and_batteries</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Viruses_and_batteries</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
During an early phase of my scientific career I worked in a
laboratory as a research virologist.&nbsp; Despite
having a fairly good knowledge of the principles of virology, I had never
expected[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 15 June 2009 19:43:37 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>A car of one's own</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/A_car_of_one%27s_own</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/A_car_of_one%27s_own</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[Andrew O'Hagan, writer and novelist, has an essay in the 11 June issue of the London Review of Books about the car industry which includes a personal reflection:
We love driving and we hate it, we praise[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 12 June 2009 15:50:51 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Stern on Heathrow</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Stern_on_Heathrow</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Stern_on_Heathrow</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[The Guardian of 23 May reports Lord Stern (author of the eponymous report on the economics of climate change) as saying that the decision to allow a third runway at Heathrow was a mistake.&nbsp;The debate[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 8:32:28 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>House of Commons</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/House_of_Commons</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/House_of_Commons</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The House of Commons Transport Committee is carrying out an inquiry into the
Major Road Network.&nbsp; &nbsp;I had submitted a memorandum and on 20 May
attended by invitation to give oral evidence.[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 16:07:20 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>More about electric cars</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/More_about_electric_cars</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/More_about_electric_cars</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Financial Times of 20 May reports impressive results
from an &lsquo;eco-car tax break&rsquo; in Japan
which can reduce the cost of the most fuel-efficient vehicles by several
thousand dollars.[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 16:34:27 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Business for road pricing?</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Business_for_road_pricing%3F</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Business_for_road_pricing%3F</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the Freight
Transport Association (FTA) have published a study which purports to argue that
road pricing in cities would benefit business. &nbsp;The[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 14:02:11 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Reducing carbon emissions</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Reducing_carbon_emissions</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Reducing_carbon_emissions</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I attended recently the UK Energy Research Centre, based at Imperial College, for the launch of a substantial
literature review of what policies are effective in reducing carbon emissions
from surface[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 5 May 2009 11:16:43 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>London buses</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/London_buses</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/London_buses</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I attended a recent meeting in London
of the Transport Economists&rsquo; Group at which Professor Peter White, University of Westminster,
talked illuminatingly about recent developments in local[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2009 14:50:35 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>RAC Foundation report</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/RAC_Foundation_report</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/RAC_Foundation_report</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring has issued
a report on &lsquo;The Car in British Society&rsquo;, authored by Karen Lucas (Oxford
University) and Peter Jones (my colleague at University[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 22 April 2009 15:17:06 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Sustainable Travel Behaviour</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Sustainable_Travel_Behaviour</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Sustainable_Travel_Behaviour</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I&rsquo;ve had the opportunity to make presentations to a number
of organisations in recent months, including the Universities Transport Studies
Group annual conference, the Transport Planning Society,[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 20 April 2009 21:53:45 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Policy for electric cars</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Policy_for_electric_cars</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Policy_for_electric_cars</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The British government recently announced plans worth &pound;250m
to promote the uptake of electric vehicles, including a scheme to reduce the price
of electric cars and plug-in hybrids, to make[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 20 April 2009 11:08:14 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>NATA refresh</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/NATA_refresh</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/NATA_refresh</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Department for Transport has been using its &lsquo;New
Approach to Appraisal&rsquo; &ndash; NATA for short &ndash; for some ten years. &nbsp;In essence, this attempts a systematic
statement of[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 17 April 2009 11:01:57 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Rail and property prices</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Rail_and_property_prices</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Rail_and_property_prices</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
A recent article in the Financial Times drew attention to an
expected increase in house values near the Channel Tunnel Rail Link stations
after fast domestic services start later this year, based[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 27 March 2009 16:49:46 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Low income motorists</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Low_income_motorists</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Low_income_motorists</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The National Centre for Social Research has issued an
informative report on the role of the car in the travel choices and needs of
low income households.&nbsp; The research employed
focus groups[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 11 March 2009 17:14:44 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Agglomeration</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Agglomeration</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Agglomeration</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I attended an interesting meeting in London of the Transport Economists&rsquo; Group on
the topic &lsquo;Transport &ndash; lifeblood of every city?&rsquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp; This looked at the &lsquo;wider[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 9 March 2009 10:32:14 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Rail electrification</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Rail_electrification</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Rail_electrification</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I attended a meeting of the Transport Economists Group in London
at which Chris Stokes, a lifetime railways&rsquo; man, talked about the prospects for
further rail electrification.&nbsp; Only 40%
of[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 26 February 2009 10:34:57 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Travel, transport and land use</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Travel%2C_transport_and_land_use</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Travel%2C_transport_and_land_use</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[One of the &lsquo;big&rsquo; issues for those of us interested in travel
and transport is the relationship with land use &ndash; clearly crucial but hard to
understand.&nbsp;&nbsp; The credit crunch[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 23 February 2009 15:10:59 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Rail fares</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Rail_fares</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Rail_fares</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
Passenger Focus, the rail consumer watchdog, has published a
study of UK
rail fares and services which concludes that the price of commuting to London
is high in comparison with other European countries.&nbsp;[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 20 February 2009 10:36:22 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Heathrow expansion: carbon emissions</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Heathrow_expansion%3A_carbon_emissions</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Heathrow_expansion%3A_carbon_emissions</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I have been catching up with the Department for Transport&rsquo;s
latest &lsquo;UK Air Passenger Demand and Carbon Dioxide Forecasts&rsquo;, issued in
January at the time of the decision to build[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 19 February 2009 11:14:27 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Peak oil</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Peak_oil</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Peak_oil</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[The question of whether and when 'peak oil' output will be reach is a key debate for our time.&nbsp;&nbsp; It has seemed as though the debate was polarised between ex-oil company geologists (proponents[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 17 February 2009 11:13:29 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Future of the car</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Future_of_the_car</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Future_of_the_car</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[An article in the Financial Times of 3 February (title: 'The thrill is gone') argues that the the current slump in new car sales is due not just to belt-tightening and lack of consumer credit, but also[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 5 February 2009 18:28:13 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Batteries and carbon</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Batteries_and_carbon</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Batteries_and_carbon</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The second section of the London
Financial Times, dealing with company
and market news, is often illuminating. &nbsp;On 2 February, there were contrasting articles,
one on the &lsquo;battery boom&rsquo;[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 2 February 2009 18:48:03 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Managed motorways</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Managed_motorways</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Managed_motorways</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
Alongside its proposals for the third Heathrow runway on 15 January, the
Government announced plans to expand the motorway system by opening up the hard
shoulders, normally used for emergency stopping,[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 19 January 2009 15:08:54 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Heathrow third runway</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Heathrow_third_runway</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Heathrow_third_runway</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The statement by Geoff Hoon, Secretary of State for Transport, on 15 January
about the Government&rsquo;s proposal to build a third runway at Heathrow airport
drew predictable criticism from those[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 19 January 2009 12:29:49 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Myth of travel time saving</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Myth_of_travel_time_saving</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Myth_of_travel_time_saving</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[The main benefit that is supposed to arise from investment in transport infrastructure is the saving of travel time.&nbsp;&nbsp; Widening a congested road allows the traffic to flow freely and the time[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Sat, 10 January 2009 18:45:25 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Manchester rejects congestion charge</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Manchester_rejects_congestion_charge</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Manchester_rejects_congestion_charge</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[The people of Manchester have voted overwhelmingly, by a margin of
almost four to one, against congestion charging in a blow to a
flagship government policy

writeDate( 1229093408000, 'Grey', 'Dec-12',[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 12 December 2008 15:46:30 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Climate Change Committee</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Climate_Change_Committee</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Climate_Change_Committee</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The UK Climate Change Committee was set up under the Climate Change Act 2008 with a remit to advise on carbon budgets to
2050.&nbsp; Its first report, published at the beginning
of December, argues[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 12 December 2008 12:02:20 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Electric cars</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Electric_cars</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Electric_cars</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
A report on the scope for switching to electric vehicles and
plug-in hybrids was published in October.&nbsp;&nbsp; The study was carried out by the consultants Arup and Cenex for the UK
government.&nbsp;&nbsp;[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 21 November 2008 12:44:56 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>The price of oil</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/The_price_of_oil</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/The_price_of_oil</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
A new report, The Oil Crunch, persuasively argues that constraints in oil
supplies are developing and that attention must be paid to the implications.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is no shortage of oil, but[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 30 October 2008 13:07:44 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>The price of carbon</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/The_price_of_carbon</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/The_price_of_carbon</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
In my blog about aviation carbon emissions in August, I noted that one
commentator was arguing for a near term price of carbon of &nbsp;&euro;100/tCO2, based on an expected shortage in
the market[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 22 October 2008 11:14:13 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Climate change</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Climate_change</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Climate_change</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
On 7 October, Lord Turner, chairman of the Committee on Climate Change,
wrote to Ed Miliband, the cabinet minister heading the new UK Department of Energy
&amp; Climate Change, with interim advice.&nbsp;&nbsp;[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 10 October 2008 13:37:47 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Tunneling</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Tunneling</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Tunneling</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
Congestion takes place in the two dimensions of the road network.&nbsp;&nbsp; Making use of the third dimension could be a
means of relieving congestion.&nbsp;&nbsp; Helicopters are noisy, expensive,[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 7 October 2008 9:48:26 GMT</pubDate>

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      <title>Heathrow expansion</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Heathrow_expansion</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Heathrow_expansion</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The UK Government takes seriously the issue of climate change.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is therefore rather surprising that it is
so supportive of the building of an additional runway at Heathrow, London&rsquo;s
main[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 30 September 2008 10:13:06 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Travel surveys</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Travel_surveys</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Travel_surveys</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
Publication of findings from the Department for Transport&rsquo;s National Travel
Survey 2007 has been delayed on account of concerns about data quality. &nbsp;The Survey employs a seven-day travel[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Mon, 29 September 2008 10:06:55 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>New book about traffic</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/New_book_about_traffic</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/New_book_about_traffic</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
When I was looking for a publisher for &lsquo;The Limits to Travel&rsquo; one response
was that an American science and technology writer called Tom Vanderbilt had
just secured a very large advance[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Fri, 26 September 2008 9:36:22 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>System Dynamics</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/System_Dynamics</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/System_Dynamics</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
I attended a recent meeting of the Transport Economists Group to hear
John Swanson, of the transport consultancy Steer Davies Gleave, talk about the
application of System Dynamics to transport modelling.&nbsp;&nbsp;[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 25 September 2008 13:39:23 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Behavioural economics</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Behavioural_economics</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Behavioural_economics</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
Behavioural economics is a topic that has come into public prominence in
recent months, having been a recognised sub-discipline for some years.&nbsp;&nbsp; As an editorial in The Guardian newspaper[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 2 September 2008 13:14:45 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Airport capacity</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Airport_capacity</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Airport_capacity</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[  
The Competition Commission has published the provisional findings of
its investigation into BAA Ltd, the privatised entity that operates the main
airports in the London area.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Commission&rsquo;s[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 28 August 2008 16:20:45 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>London congestion charging</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/London_congestion_charging</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/London_congestion_charging</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[Transport for London has
published its latest annual report on the impact of congestion charging.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the original central London
charging zone, congestion further intensified in 2007, and[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Thu, 7 August 2008 15:43:45 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Trade union membership</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Trade_union_membership</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Trade_union_membership</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
The proportion of workers who are trade union members has continued to slide
and is almost a quarter lower than it was 16 years ago, according to official
figures quoted in the Financial Times[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 6 August 2008 9:22:55 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Roads policy</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Roads_policy</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Roads_policy</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[In his report of December 2006 Sir Rod Eddington saw no alternative to a
national scheme for road pricing, which would reduce the case for additional
road infrastructure investment by 80%.&nbsp;&nbsp;[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 30 July 2008 12:07:56 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Aviation carbon emissions</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Aviation_carbon_emissions</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Aviation_carbon_emissions</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport recently published an assessment of the costs of aviation emissions, intended to provide a view of the extent to which this sector is covering its climate change costs.   The[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Tue, 29 July 2008 13:21:32 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>Railway futures</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Railway_futures</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/Railway_futures</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[The Transport Committee of the House of Commons published on
21 July 2008 a report on a 30 year strategy for Britain&rsquo;s
railways. This is in part a response to the
Government&rsquo;s Railways White[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 23 July 2008 14:34:10 GMT</pubDate>

    </item>
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      <title>This Blog</title>

      <link>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/This_Blog</link>

	  <comments>http://limitstotravel.org.uk/article/This_Blog</comments>

      <description><![CDATA[[...]]]></description>

      <pubDate>Wed, 23 July 2008 14:26:05 GMT</pubDate>

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