Category: Events
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Newcastle bus safari
Earlier this month our Newcastle branch held a ‘bus safari’ to ascertain what the experience is like for regular users of various routes. The bus safari around Newcastle was aimed at exploring the current challenges facing local bus services in the city. Peter Sager, a member of our Newcastle branch, attended and covered the safari in…
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We’ll be at the ‘No Time For Waste’ Environmental Gathering, 16th March.
The North Tyneside branch of NEPTUG will be at the ‘No Time For Waste’ Environmental Gathering on Sunday 16th March, at the Linskill Centre, North Shields, 10am-4pm. Why not drop by and say hello!Entry is free, and the event includes environmental films & talks, information stalls, crafts, workshops, and small local businesses.For more information, visit…
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Air Pollution & Carbon Emissions from Transport – reflections on a lifetime of research.
NEPTUG invites you to a FREE public lecture by Professor Margaret Bell of Newcastle University on Air Pollution and Carbon Emissions from Transport. Drawing on a lifetime of research this presentation will explain that, despite significant action since the mid-1990s by government to address environmental impacts, transport remains the main source of air pollution and…
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Election Hustings – Newcastle North
There will be an election hustings on public transport, active travel, air pollution and climate emissions for the candidates in the Newcastle North consituency on Wednesday 26 June 19:30-21:00 at the Trinity Centre, Gosforth. The followinf candidates have been invited (alphabetical order of party): Guy Renner-Thompson – Conservative PartySarah Green – Green PartyKing Teare –…
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North East Mayoral Hustings: what can the new mayor do for transport?
Tuesday 5 March, 18:00-20:30 This event, jointly-organised by North East Public Transport Users Group, Newcastle University’s Centre for Mobility and Transport, and Insights North East will give the public of the North East the chance to quiz their candidates for North East Mayor about their transport priorities. Will they franchise the region’s bus services? Is…