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Many people loose hundreds of hours a year to #congestion.
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For generations, government and council have tried to solve this problem by building more roads.
It hasn't worked.
It's time to rethink our approach to getting around our urban areas.
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For generations, government and council have tried to solve this problem by building more roads.
It hasn't worked.
It's time to rethink our approach to getting around our urban areas.
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π #London's roads are the most congested in the world.
π· It causes dangerous #AirPollution across the city which is damaging the health of millions of Londoners.
π€¦ Successive Labour and Conservative Mayor's have failed to tackle this problem.
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π· It causes dangerous #AirPollution across the city which is damaging the health of millions of Londoners.
π€¦ Successive Labour and Conservative Mayor's have failed to tackle this problem.
/2bbc.com/news/uk-englanβ¦
But:
Only 20% of Londoners commute by car
and
41% of #London households have no car at all.
But the city is designed around motorists.
Nearly 20,000 hectares (12.4% of land)Β is taken up by roads.
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Only 20% of Londoners commute by car
and
41% of #London households have no car at all.
But the city is designed around motorists.
Nearly 20,000 hectares (12.4% of land)Β is taken up by roads.
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You'd think under this @MayorofLondon - who talks big about tackling #AirPollution - things would change.
Well, no.
π Nearly 1,000 London buses cut since 2017
π° Β£BILLIONS being spent to build Silvertown Tunnel, a road tunnel (@SilvertownTn)
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Well, no.
π Nearly 1,000 London buses cut since 2017
π° Β£BILLIONS being spent to build Silvertown Tunnel, a road tunnel (@SilvertownTn)
/4standard.co.uk/news/transportβ¦
β‘ #ElectricVehicles are often talked about as the solution to this problem.
π Electric cars may produce less local pollution - but still require an enormous amount of energy and carbon.
π A traffic jam of electric vehicles is still a traffic jam.
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π Electric cars may produce less local pollution - but still require an enormous amount of energy and carbon.
π A traffic jam of electric vehicles is still a traffic jam.
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https://twitter.com/greenmattbfd/status/1609498199567245313
So what is the solution?
π Better, more reliable and affordable #PublicTransport.
π² Safe, segregated cycle routes that are joined up.
π³ Good quality, pleasant public space where people want to walk.
Across the world, cities are doing this.
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π Better, more reliable and affordable #PublicTransport.
π² Safe, segregated cycle routes that are joined up.
π³ Good quality, pleasant public space where people want to walk.
Across the world, cities are doing this.
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reasonstobecheerful.world/cars-are-vanisβ¦
π±οΈ Thread inspired by this article by @PhinHarper in @dezeen
"Cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure"
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"Cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure"
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@PhinHarper @dezeen Cities that are less dependent on cars are happier, healthier and safer.
We need policies that are going to reverse decades of car-centric #UrbanPlanning.
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We need policies that are going to reverse decades of car-centric #UrbanPlanning.
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