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In arctic climates, the sauna has a powerful cultural significance as place for warmth and reflection. It’s the reason the artists Bigert & Bergström have created this egg-shaped version at Luossabacken in Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost town, to highlight a serious local environmental issue. Kiruna is currently being sacrificed so that a...

The Shiki-Shima is a modern day interpretation of the Orient Express - a luxury train that's been built to explore the beauty of Japan in levels of comfort that will seem the stuff of fantasy to commuter rail passengers. The East Japan Railway Company has already sold out for its luxury journeys travelling from Tokyo to eastern areas on the...

This week is UN Road Safety Week 2017, although it would be more apt to describe it as Road Danger Week - 186, 300 children die each year from road traffic crashes around the world. That’s more than 500 children every day. In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are...

The next government must address the collapse in the number of disqualifications imposed on irresponsible drivers, according to a cross-party group of MPs and Peers. The All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group has published its report ‘Cycling and the Justice System’, which calls for the next Government in June to look again at the loophole...

Despite the threat of 6 penalty points and a £200 fine, Nissan believes many motorists cannot be trusted to leave their phones alone while driving. As a result, the car maker has developed a glove box that incorporates a Faraday cage, an enclosure surrounded by wire mesh, which blocks electromagnetic fields. When a smartphone is placed...

Self-driving cars are seen by some as the saviour of motorised personal transport. They have the potential to be greener, safer and more efficient than conventional vehicles. However well some motorists are able to control their vehicles, fatigue, drink driving, speeding and distraction are just some of the reasons why roads remain a...

Whatever your level of skill where bike maintenance is concerned, it pays to have a multi-tool close to hand. The Crank Brothers 19-function multi tool features a durable and lightweight steel and aluminium construction. And with an overall length of less than 9 cm and tipping the scales at 175g, it makes a useful companion whatever the...

The best cargo bikes might cost the same as a good secondhand car, but their widespread uptake in cities would have a transformative effect on our collective quality of life. Most importantly, they offer a opportunity for many to ditch the diesel. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] Imagine school run congestion, and the associated road danger,...

Spin is an urban-focussed bike show that has endured an itinerant existence over recent years. The event has moved between hipster-friendly venues such as a former brewery in Shoreditch and a disused sorting office near Tottenham Court Road. However, this year the show moves to the altogether more grown-up Olympia between 12th – 14th May....

Could our cities could become car free within a generation? The question may seem fanciful, but it is of critical importance to a metropolis like London as it struggles to control air pollution and encourage cycling. Andrew Davis, managing director of the ETA, quotes our belief that the proliferation of cars comes with a wider social price....