The project in the City of Westminster – part of the London urban area - achieved a total embodied and operational carbon saving of 78% – equal to around 100 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.
United Arab Emirates’ National Transport Authority is planning to impose road tax on trucks and buses crossing the borders of the UAE.
The authority is considering charging US$26.65 per bus and about $1.33 per seat. For lorries, it is planning to charge $136.34 per trip for those carrying chemicals, food stuff, livestock and refrigerated goods, and an additional charge of $2.74 per tonne carried. Other trucks will be charged $26.60 per trip.
The proposed tax has attracted strong protests from the governm
In the western world, drivers have benefited over many years from road and highway networks connecting not just towns and cities, but remote rural areas also. The US Interstate network in particular shows how major investment in infrastructure can help fuel economic growth. Construction of the Interstate system commenced in 1956, with the new highways that were built and the transportation they provided contributing greatly to the economic power of the US ever since. In Western Europe too, highway links pro
