Traffic Archives - Exeter Green Party https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/category/traffic/ Grow a Greener, Fairer Exeter Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:53:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/06/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2024-05-29-at-15.13.04-32x32.jpeg Traffic Archives - Exeter Green Party https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/category/traffic/ 32 32 Green light for city centre car park “only Exeter Labour wants” https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2025/03/26/green-light-for-city-centre-car-park-only-exeter-labour-wants/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:51:46 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=4539 Exeter Green Party have slammed the Labour-led City Council for a decision to create a temporary car park on the old bus station site [1]. A survey run by Exeter Greens to which 270 people responded found no appetite for a car park, with residents instead calling for a range of creative ideas for the […]

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]]> Greens push to set School Streets in motion https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2024/12/16/greens-push-to-set-school-streets-in-motion/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:22:20 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=4215 Green Party councillors will present a motion this Tuesday calling on Devon County Council to work with schools and communities to increase the number of School Streets in Exeter. School Streets are designed to improve child safety by creating car-free areas outside schools for short periods at the start and end of the school day. […]

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]]> Exeter Green Party secure public consultation on future of former bus station site  https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2024/12/06/exeter-green-party-secure-public-consultation-on-future-of-former-bus-station-site/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:42:38 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=4186 Exeter Green Party has secured a commitment to engage with public on the future of the old bus station site in the city centre. A survey the Green Party launched [1] asking local residents for ideas on how the site should be used found no appetite for the Labour-led Council’s plan for a temporary car […]

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]]> “Most important decision Exeter City Council will make” being pushed through without scrutiny in “dash for development” warn Progressive Group https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2024/11/19/most-important-decision-exeter-city-council-will-make-being-pushed-through-without-scrutiny-in-dash-for-development-warn-progressive-group/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:41:54 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=4145 Progressive Group councillors on Exeter City Council have accused the ruling Labour group of keeping councillors in the dark as the Local Plan [1] reaches a crucial stage. The final draft of the Plan was due to be scrutinised by a cross party committee last Thursday. But at the last minute the scrutiny committee only […]

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]]> Council U-turn on dangerous Paris Street roundabout crossings  https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2024/02/02/council-u-turn-on-dangerous-paris-street-roundabout-crossings/ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 08:04:29 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=3145 A  Freedom of Information (FOI) request by Exeter Green Party has revealed that Exeter City Council acknowledge there are serious issues to address in relation to crossings around the Paris St roundabout, something they had previously denied. Green Councillors Andy Ketchin and Carol Bennett raised the issue of dangerous crossings around the Paris St roundabout […]

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]]> Greens urge councillors to reject plans to suspend Active Streets trial in Heavitree and Whipton https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2024/01/18/greens-urge-councillors-to-reject-plans-to-suspend-active-streets-trial-in-heavitree-and-whipton/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:51:51 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=3134 The Green Party have called on councillors to resist the suspension of the Active Streets trial in Heavitree and Whipton. The scheme was due to run for 18 months. However, a report from the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport at Devon County Council to the HATOC committee recommends that, if on or after […]

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]]> Ticket offices remain open – now for public ownership and proper investment in local rail https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2023/11/03/ticket-offices-remain-open-now-for-public-ownership-and-proper-investment-in-local-rail/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:09:34 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=3091 The following letter on the government’s U-turn on plans to close all railway station ticket offices in Exeter and Devon is from Councillor Catherine Rees.  The screeching halt to the closure of railway ticket offices is a huge victory for people power. Across the country, including in Exeter, people have protested, signed petitions and responded […]

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]]> Labour councillors refuse to put brakes on air pollution caused by idling https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2023/10/17/labour-councillors-refuse-to-put-brakes-on-air-pollution-caused-by-idling/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:33:02 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=3074 Labour councillors have refused to back a Green Party motion brought to Full Council calling for an anti-idling campaign for Exeter [1]. Greens say idling vehicles increase exhaust fumes in the air and that the resulting pollution is linked to a range of health problems. They urged Exeter City Council to adopt a range of […]

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]]> Greens say planned closure of railway ticket offices in Exeter ‘misguided’ and urge all passengers to object https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2023/08/26/greens-say-planned-closure-of-railway-ticket-offices-in-exeter-misguided-and-urge-all-passengers-to-object/ Sat, 26 Aug 2023 07:38:21 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=3041 With exactly a week left to respond to the consultation on proposed railway station ticket office closures [1], Green Party councillors are urging passengers to press Great Western Railway (GWR) to keep ticket offices open at Exeter Central and Exeter St David’s stations. In a letter to Transport Focus [2], which is coordinating the consultation, […]

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]]> Council urged to hold its nerve on delivering Low Traffic Neighbourhoods https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/news/2023/08/07/council-urged-to-hold-its-nerve-on-delivering-low-traffic-neighbourhoods/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:08:04 +0000 https://exeter.greenparty.org.uk/?p=3027 As the government orders a review into Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN) schemes, Exeter Green Party councillors are urging Devon County Council to ‘hold its nerve’ and continue to deliver trials of LTNs ‘with confidence’.  Heavitree councillor Catherine Rees said: “In their desperation for votes, the Conservative government is fueling culture wars by ordering a review […]

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