Towpath improvements along Coventry Canal
coventrysociety Work has started on a project to improve the towpath of the Coventry Canal from Leicester Causeway to Hawksbury Junction. The work will enable walkers and cyclists to use the…
Transport
Cycle Parking for Organisations
Transport for West Midlands in collaboration with “Park that bike” is launching a project to support the growth of cycle use in the West Midlands. Voluntary sector groups, businesses, shops,…
Very Light Rail in Coventry
It is perhaps rather bad timing to be examining the Council’s plans for very light rail when the Government is advising everyone to avoid using public transport. But we have…
What links a landed Spitfire and a child’s pushchair?
Not another lock-down quiz question but one of Paul Maddocks’ interesting tales! Paul writes: I have had a good life, a blessed life you could say, I have met many…
Coventry Ring Road Open Space
Ambitious plans to breach Coventry ring road and open up the city centre have been submitted by the developers behind some of the city’s most exciting regeneration projects. Complex Development…
HS2 on the Brink
We have commented adversely on HS2 before. Cutting 2 out of 3 of Coventry’s fast trains to London and Birmingham as proposed by HS2 cannot be compensated by any amount…
The Flying Pioneer of the Midlands
Stanford Hall, near Rugby, could have been one of the most important historical sites for Aviation if it was not for a tragic twist of fate. The story begins in…
The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on the Urban Environment
Ben Flippance, Design Director of IDP Architects, challenged the Coventry Society to think about the impact of autonomous vehicles on the future environment at our September meeting. The car already…
Bikes, bikes everywhere – but only in the Netherlands!
In the second of our stories focused on the Dutch city of Utrecht we look at the cycling infrastructure of the city. Utrecht is a bit like Coventry, located in…
Micro:Cab – Beyond the Electric Car
A Coventry firm, Microcab, is pioneering a new approach to zero emission vehicle engineering using hydrogen fuel cell technology. Microcab is a spin-out from the SWARM project at Coventry University.…