Ed Miliband says pushing for renewable energy and lower emissions will reduce household bills and boost economy
  • knowone@slrpnk.net
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    14 days ago

    As expected, basically nothing on making public transport better and affordable. Just the usual focus on making having electric cars easier. Really going “all in” here Ed, sure

      • knowone@slrpnk.net
        3·
        14 days ago

        Thank you for linking this. I’ve looked at every instance of “transport” in the document and it’s almost all about maintaining and renewing current infrastructure. Which is good, of course, but nowhere does it seem to talk about affordability. In the part where it talks about how they’re going to decarbonise the UK in regards to transport, again it just seems to talk about pushing for electric cars.

        Correct me if I’m wrong and have missed things though. I’d be pleased to see that they’re actually going to make public transport affordable. It’s good to make what’s there better and expand it. But if most people still aren’t able to use it and having a car is cheaper, it’s not going to have nearly the outcome it should

        • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
          2·
          14 days ago

          You’re right, that specific factor is more thin on the ground. This is one example, for making buses in particular more affordable, while they’re also investing in more electric buses (which are already the most affordable and the greenest form of public transport). The new ones we have in London are excellent! There’s also the fact that a lot of our rail is already electrified, so the general push to shut down fossil fuel power stations will make trains even more eco-friendly, even if there’s zero other investment to do so (which isn’t the plan, as per, e.g., this document from Network Rail).

          Anyway, I think we’re in general agreement: affordability and accessiblity go hand in hand, and electric cars are basically a bit rubbish, so shouldn’t be the focus of the government’s efforts! However, even while focusing too much on privately owned EVs, they’re still doing some good stuff in other areas, which is to be applauded.