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The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has published the results of its snapshot survey of motorcyclists’ attitudes to potential phasing out of petrol motorcycles. MAG recently ran a survey to establish a snapshot of riders’ opinions about what remains technically a potential phase-out of petrol-powered motorcycles. Motorcycles are not currently included […]

MAG publishes petrol motorcycle survey results.

19/05/2021 in Decarbonisation / News by Colin Brown

The Government has announced that the UK will end the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has received confirmation from the Department for Transport (DfT) that the sale of petrol motorcycles is not in scope of today’s announcement. The Government today […]

MAG receives confirmation that motorcycles are ‘not in scope’ for ...

18/11/2020 in Decarbonisation / News by Colin Brown

motorcycle carbon emissions — The Motorcycle Action Group has published a new paper examining the Carbon cost of poor motorcycle transport policy. As pressure increases on the Government to properly address the role of motorcycles in the future of transport, MAG demonstrates the huge own-goal scored by transport policy makers over recent years. The […]

New paper shows the Carbon cost of anti-motorcycle transport policy.

03/06/2020 in Decarbonisation / Environment / News by Julie Sperling

MAG has given its initial reaction to the lowkey launch of Grant Shapps’ Transport Decarbonisation Plan, asking why the Department for Transport continues to ignore motorcycles as a separate and crucial mode of transport. On 26th March the Government quietly published a document stating the current challenges and steps to […]

MAG makes initial comments on the Transport Decarbonisation Plan

31/03/2020 in Decarbonisation / Environment / News by Mark Young

On Tuesday 4th February, Boris Johnson launched the UK-hosted UN climate summit and announced that he would bring forward the end to the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040 to 2035 – or earlier if possible – and include hybrids for the first time. As with all […]

MAG confirms 2035 ban for petrol and diesel is not ...

07/02/2020 in Decarbonisation / Environment / News by Mark Young