This new motorway is causing as much habitat loss along its 14-mile length as HS2 does along its 345 mile length.

It will also, assuming the numbers in its favour, have a capacity around half that of HS2.

And yet, barely a peep out of @TheGreenParty about it.
#GreensAgainstRail https://twitter.com/lowerthames/status/1317125759878778880">https://twitter.com/lowertham...

Here are my calcs so you can play too:

The DMRB assumes 2330 vehicles per hour per lane for motorway standard roads, so a three lane motorway can carry 10485 pax/hr/dir if we assume all cars with average UK occupancy (1.5 for non commuting hours). This is a favourable estimate.

For ease of comparison, HE have also picked a nice picture of the M2 and High Speed 1 next to each other, to show what high speed railways and motorways look like in terms of their efficient use of space: https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤪" title="Zany face" aria-label="Emoji: Zany face">

And this tweet is surely a joke? https://twitter.com/PME_Politics/status/1317245775093653504?s=19">https://twitter.com/PME_Polit...