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posted by martyb on Tuesday April 30 2019, @01:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the bipedal-locomotion dept.

Phys.org:

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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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday April 30 2019, @05:17AM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday April 30 2019, @05:17AM (#836538) Journal

    It depends. There might be more flexibility than you think. If you have a gym membership to a place with a lot of branches like Crunch, you can shower and change at a location near your office. If you have your own office at work, you can keep your work clothes in a drawer or garment bag and change with the door closed; if you don't have your own office, you can change in the bathroom.

    I used to work at the Clinton Foundation and had to wear a suit everyday. The office in Harlem was about 15 miles from my place in Brooklyn, so it was a solid ride. I wore understated golf wear made out of breathable material for the ride, slacks and a polo shirt. I packed up my folding mountain bike, popped it into a bag, and took it up in the elevator to my office where I parked it in a corner. Then I changed into the suit. I sweat a lot, but I never needed to shower because I quickly realized I was commuting, not biking for exercise, so I took it slower. In the breathable material in the office, in the full AC, it never took long to dry out completely. Lastly, I skewed my work day slightly earlier than everyone else, such that I did 9-5 when the typical schedule for everyone else was 10-6. It was never a problem, and that was about the most formal a work place can get.

    No solution works for everyone, but biking to work is quite feasible. Millions and millions of people commute to work that way everyday in Asia and Europe, in work clothes, and they cross respectable distances to do it.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 30 2019, @05:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 30 2019, @05:43AM (#836545)

    I used to work at the Clinton Foundation

    That explains a lot.