BBC Radio Berkshire. SOAR on Andrew Peach’s show
Local people and John Sharpe from SOAR express their concerns about the impact of the proposed East Reading Mass Rapid Transit.
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Reading Chronicle reporter, Luke Adams, comments on the MRT scheme
On 07 June 2018 Luke Adams, reporter, published this comment in The Reading Chronicle. Here are some key quotes from Luke’s comment piece ” Councillors and ‘tree experts’ were unable to answer basic questions about the environmental loss that will be caused by the radical MRT scheme. ” Luke Adams, Reporter quoted in The Reading Chronicle
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BBC South Today coverage of the RBC Planning Committee meeting held on 30 May 2018
BBC South Today coverage of the RBC Planning Committee meeting that approved the MRT on 30 May 2018
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BBC South Today’s report on the “Mass Rapid Transit” 30 Dec 2017
David Allard, reporting for BBC South Today on the MRT debate held on 30 December 2017. “this scheme feels out of date with the arrival of cross rail in a couple of years time”
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How to solve traffic jams
In this must watch TED Talk Jonas Eliasson describes his experience of introducing congestion charging into Stockholm. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject. It will be 8 minutes well spent! In many respects Reading shares similar problems with Stockholm. Water means that there are bridges creating bottlenecks. His main points are :-
RBC Strategic Planning meeting 02 July – SOAR keep up the pressure
Following the rejection of the East Reading MRT by Wokingham Council on 25 June 2018, SOAR were at the Reading Borough Council Strategic Planning meeting to apply pressure on RBC to drop the MRT. Skip to 8.15 to see SOAR campaigner John Mullaney clash with a slightly grumpy Chairperson, and reasserting Wokingham Labour councillor and
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Reading Council are considering a congestion charge
Great news : Reading Council are now considering a congestion charge – a scheme which RBC previously had claimed simply couldn’t happen before the MRT was built. This development is almost certainly linked to Wokingham’s decision last week to reject the MRT and to growing pressure from various environmental groups and campaigns including SOAR, Reading
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WOKINGHAM COUNCIL HAVE VOTED AGAINST THE MRT
INCREDIBLE NEWS : WOKINGHAM COUNCIL HAVE VOTED AGAINST THE MRT. At an extraordinary planning meeting on the 25 June 2018 Wokingham Councillors voted against the MRT. John Mullaney of SOAR was jubilant updating our Facebook followers he said: We’ll let you know the implications going forward but for now pour yourself a drink and celebrate a significant
Why the East Reading Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) won’t reduce traffic on Reading roads
The revised Design and Access Statement in support of the East MRT, paragraph 4.4 makes the claim that: “Observations demonstrate that the eastern corridor has reached capacity. This will seriously restrict economic growth.” The road traffic counters data included in the planning application show that the traffic on the London Road has been falling over
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