http://www.redpepper.org.uk/roads-to-freedom/ Red Pepper Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:39:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/roads-to-freedom/#comment-69678 Jack Warren Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:52:27 +0000 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=3853#comment-69678 It is time to recognize the role played by personal experience in transport planning. For the majority of politicians making such decisions, travel means travel by car. They have been driven to school, passed a driving test at 17 and acquired the first of many cars soon afterwards. Their view of the environment is entirely shaped by what it is like to be behind the wheel of a car. They walk as little as possible, do not cycle and regard bus use with contempt.
No wonder we have such poor transport. It’s a bit like hiring smokers and alcoholics to run the health service.

]]> http://www.redpepper.org.uk/roads-to-freedom/#comment-14326 Richard Mann Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:04:39 +0000 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=3853#comment-14326 There’s at least one UK city – Oxford – where car use is low, and cycling and bus use high. The trick is to get out of the mentality of providing for the car. Once you treat the car as a (probably necessary) nuisance, you will start to fix things. The fixes don’t have to be perfect – bus and cycle lanes seem to be good enough, as long as car speed is moderated.

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