Spring is making a cautious appearance in London now and with it a growing number of cyclists are venturing out onto the streets of the capital.
I also noticed, as I rode south towards the Smithfield meat market last week, another less welcome sign of the season — a ghost bike. This one had only been [...]

On an icy but sunny Sunday morning we drove from Nash Hall, a mediaeval farmhouse near the Welsh town of Presteigne, to Ludlow in a 100-year-old open car. The 20-mile trip through the border country was about as exhilarating as a short car journey can be.
Despite being wrapped up like Edwardian motorists, we were still [...]

Soaring petrol prices and the credit crunch are forcing British drivers off the roads.
Traffic congestion was 12 percent less in the first half of this year than in the same period a year earlier, a survey has found.
Could this mean that the market might be the answer to the problem of overcrowded roads?
It seems a simpler way [...]

It seems the law of unintended consequences has struck again in Britain, and the environment could be the loser.
In an attempt to stop owners of factories, offices and warehouses from leaving their premises empty in the hope of higher rents, the government imposed a tax on vacant property.
But with the property market now in deep [...]

Soaring petrol prices and worries about global warming have convinced many motorists that now is the time to go green.
   
But if our heads have been won over, our hearts may take a little longer, to judge from a visit this week to the British International Motor Show in London.
    One stand, the Electric Vehicle Village, [...]