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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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(Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Tuesday April 30 2019, @12:30PM (1 child)
Actually on the healthcare front, my town's the opposite. The three major regional hospitals (two in the neighboring towns, one in my town) have been putting down smaller scale "local branch offices" and clinics and other such things practically every couple of blocks in the fierce competition with each other. This means that for all the other failings of th region, there is probably healthcare within a 15 minute walk of most places most people live.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday April 30 2019, @02:11PM
Glad to hear that!
We have an odd situation in one of our closer towns. The city hospital has been there for half of forever, I guess. They've had financial problems, and have been unable to compete with other hospitals in the area since before I moved here. Some corporation made an offer to buy them out, and they took the offer. That corporation milked the hospital for everything it was worth, then finally stopped paying utility bills. Finally, the electric was shut off, and the hospital had to close. That has sparked the birth of three small clinics in and near the town. Of course, the town has still lost it's hospital, and it may never reopen.
Believe me, fifty miles is a long, LONG drive, to get to a hospital when you need one badly. It can take the rest of your life, literally.