Brit rail for uk citizens scheme shelved.

[Mr Gus]

Whilst it's stil open to overseas visitors (a month of solid travel uk travel for an american 18 year old is 482 dollars (as one option)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... t-concerns

Shame, the last place you often know really well is your own homeland.

"Extensive research by DCMS, alongside the Department for Transport, the Rail Delivery Group and VisitBritain, found that such a product “would not provide value for money for customers” if it were commercially viable.
The government will work with VisitBritain and the rail operators to find alternative ways to encourage more people to use UK rail networks to enjoy the leisure and tourism offer around the country,” the document noted."

Sustainable travel goals & the much cited need for travel adaptation by the public just took another hit it seems.

[AE-NMidlands]

Vaguely related (picking up on the lack of commitment to sustainable transport)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... sts-doubts

But the plans contain no new government spending, and campaigners said they missed out key elements, such as a comprehensive programme of home insulation and a full lifting of the ban on new onshore wind turbines in England.

Ministers are also thought to have rejected or modified scores of the 130 policy recommendations made by Tory MP Chris Skidmore in his review of the net-zero strategy, published in January. For instance, oil and gas companies will not be forced to stop flaring, carmakers will not be set a target for the proportion of electric vehicles they must sell, and the ban on sales of new gas boilers from 2035 will not be brought forward.

Meanwhile, the government is in the midst of a new licensing round for North Sea oil and gas development, which will run until next June, and oil and gas companies, which have made record profits in recent months, are proposing new developments, encouraged by tax breaks for investment in fossil fuel assets under the windfall tax.

Proposals under consideration include a potentially massive new field called Rosebank, which campaigning group Uplift said could receive an effective subsidy of £3.75bn under the windfall tax.

Utterly depressing.