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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
James Tapper

Greater Manchester ‘worst city in Europe for clean and green transport’, says new report

Campaigner Harry Gray of Walk Ride Greater Manchester in St Peter's Square, Manchester
Campaigner Harry Gray of Walk Ride Greater Manchester in St Peter's Square, Manchester. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian

“I’d hoped we could take a Bee bike to Salford,” said Sarah Rowe of the Clean Cities Campaign after meeting the Observer at Piccadilly station in Manchester. “But look.”

Her app shows that none of the docks nearby has any bicycles, so we take a taxi. The driver gets £12 and the people of Manchester get 15 more minutes of exhaust fumes.

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