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The authors are calling on national and local governments to set targets for the proportion of trips made on foot, by bicycle and by public transport, including national targets of:
- Doubling the proportion of trips walked to 25 per cent by 2050.
- Doubling the proportion of cycling trips in each of the next decades, with the ultimate goal of 15 per cent of all trips being on bicycles by 2050.
- Increasing the proportion of all trips by public transport to 15 per cent by 2050.
The report's authors further recommend:
- The government develop a national promotion and education campaign to persuade people to walk or cycle to schools and work-places
- That investment is made in liveable cities and creating urban environments designed for people, rather than cars
- That new regulations are introduced to make walking and cycling safer
The report prominently cites health concerns as a key reason to not drive, because people need to exercise more. Is it a tacit acknowledgement of electric vehicles' (EVs) imminent takeover of global car fleets?
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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 30 2019, @05:10AM (5 children)
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday April 30 2019, @05:21AM (4 children)
Aristarchus, did you forget to take your pill again?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Informative) by aristarchus on Tuesday April 30 2019, @06:33AM (3 children)
Wot? I would never post so much profanity, at least not under my username, which needs to be curated and cultivated to preserve a certain "gravitas". So, no, I don't take pills. What was your point again, oh Benefactor in my name?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday April 30 2019, @01:28PM (2 children)
It certainly sounded like you. If it wasn't then you've attracted imitators. There's your happy thought for the day: you have groupies!
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 30 2019, @02:15PM (1 child)
I see only one groupie, you.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday April 30 2019, @04:24PM
Well I grope only one AC, so there!