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Poor children more likely to be injured on roads

New research carried out by Road Safety Analysis, shows a correlation between the prosperity of an area and the number of children that become road accident victims.

The research is based on five years' data covering over 120,000 child road casualties and is the first time that such a detailed study has been conducted. The findings indicate that children living in Preston are more than twice as likely to be injured on the road than the national average, and five times more likely than those in Kensington & Chelsea.

In the report titled 'Child Casualties 2010; A study into resident risk of children on roads in Great Britain 2004-08', the level of risk children are exposed to is compared across 408 local authority areas and shows that children living in some areas have almost a one in 200 chance of being injured each year.

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Swiss resorts offer electric hire cars

Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, THINK, and its Swiss distribution partner, M-Way, have teamed-up with eco-tourism pioneer Alpmobil to offer visitors to its resorts totally carbon-neutral transportation for use on their vacation.

A fleet of 60 THINK City EVs has been made available in the Goms and Haslital region of the Swiss Alps, and will be available for hire through some 30 hotels, resorts and other touristic hot spots in the area. Alpmobil will be marketing the service through its website and its resorts in the region, and the EVs will be available for hire at a special rate of some €45.00 per day for Alpmobil customers.

"This trial program fits perfectly with Alpmobil’s philosophy, and we are proud to have made a start and to show both the public and other resorts in sensitive regions that driving ecologically and without noise pollution is possible, affordable ... More »

Glasgow gets worlds greenest car club

Glasgow will soon be home to the world's greenest car club after the hourly car and van rental company, City Car Club, won the competitive tender to operate the city's official car club.

Every car in the Glasgow City Car Club will boast CO2 emissions of less than 100g/km making it not only the greenest commercially operated car club in the UK, but across the world*. Exact makes and models of cars are yet to be finalised but the fleet will be a mix of hybrid cars and the latest 'eco diesel' cars.

Being a member of City Car Club gives you 24/7 access to locally parked, self-service cars that can be booked online or over the phone at a moment’s notice from less than £4 an-hour. Each car lives in its own reserved on-street parking bay so there’s always a parking space waiting at ... More »

London Mayor's cycle scheme opens for business

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today heralded a "new dawn" in London's bid to become the greatest big cycling city in the world as he launched the jewel in the crown of his cycling revolution.

Docking one of thousands of new bicycles at a Barclays Cycle Hire station in the shadow of the London Eye, the Mayor was joined by Marcus Agius, the Chairman of the scheme's sponsor Barclays, and London,s Transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy.

The creation of an easy to use cycle hire system was a key pledge of the Mayor’s manifesto. Just over two years since his election Barclays Cycle Hire is now set to transform the way that people make short trips around central London.

Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week the Capital's newest form of public transport stretches from Notting Hill Gate to Wapping, and ... More »