Dear family - funny/peculiar photos, below as your reward, if you read this first!
I did accept what the authorities started to tell us, since 2019, when they began declaring climate emergencies all over the country. In that year, I had driven 14,000 miles in my car on medium and long journeys, fossil fuel free bike for the rest and, decided to be a loyal and supportive citizen to help out our regional and national governments in their onerous duties.
With Covid, it was 6,000 miles in 2020. 12 mths ago I said I would cut my mileage by 50% of the 2019 total in 2021 and then maintain it. In fact, I have driven under 6,000 miles this year by cycling from car to the start of big walks and, limiting myself to two trips to Scotland to continue my attempt on visiting every hill above 2,000 feet (nearly 1,000 mostly rocky summit cairns). England and Wales completed in 1990 with Pillar Rock.
Another way to bring a brighter, optimistic and safer future is to end the popular 70 year old practice of destroying trams, rebuilding them on our railway and bus networks and, then, building high speed (too fast to stop) railway lines, instead. But only one person has told me that they have signed my petition(s), below. Anyone else to help lessen the climate emergency - please?
3 petitions on the same theme! I've done it because each has a different emphasis and is an improvement on the previous. Each is quick to sign and the three indicate the scale of the scandal over seven decades!
The petition(s) is about the 120 Kms Black Country Bypass Brum Principal Mainline Railway that is already built, every crossing for even motorways are all in place but, the rather vital stations and trains remain missing!
This PETITION is to stop the break up of our mainline railway into Heavy Rail, Light Rail, Very Light Rail and Ultra Light Rail between Stourbridge and Burton on Trent. To stop the new-fangled Disintegrated Transport Plan of more changes, delays and slower journeys. PLEASE HELP!
Another petition on the same railway - similar to putting London tube trains on HS1, Eurostar line. Do our VIPs like being unique, different or, just daft?:
FINISH THE UK'S LAST MOTHBALLED, 120 KMS MAINLINE RAILWAY WITH TRAINS AND STATIONS, NOT TRAMS AND TRAMSTOPS
Rise up, rebel against roads into railways and railways into roads.
Now, in the 3rd year of spending £15 billion of deadly greenhouse gases on 150 miles of "bus on rails" trams, instead of electric buses directly on roads and TRAINS on the 120 Kms Black Country Railway to complete our section between Derby, Dudley and Devon.
The authorities want a multi-modal mish-mash of trains, and three different kinds of "bus on rails" trams on the ready-built but unused middle section of the Black Country Bypass Brum Principal Mainline Railway. This, for £500 m when finishing it for freight, commuter/regional trains and stations would be a fraction of that price.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/finish-the-uk-s-last-mothballed-120-kms-mainline-railway-with-trains-and-stations-not-trams
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