A low-carbon rush-hour

4 July 2011: Today’s Independent  includes a commentary from researchers at Imperial College London who were commissioned by EDF Energy to find out the carbon footprint of commuting, city by city. The research discovered that though “Londoners have the largest number of gas-guzzlers – accounting for 48 per cent of London’s vehicles owned by individuals – and they also have the most time-consuming commute, taking an average 35.8 minutes for each rush-hour journey. Yet we calculated that Londoners actually have the lowest rush-hour travel related carbon emissions of any region.” Read on for further details.