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New greenfield housing forcing people to use cars, report finds (Grauniad)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/07/new-greenfield-housing-f...
New greenfield housing developments are locking residents into car dependency, making everyday journeys impossible without a vehicle, a new report has found. Meanwhile, pledges for walking, cycling and public transport are often left unfulfilled.
The group Transport for New Homes (TfNH) visited 20 new housing developments in England, finding that while those on urban brownfield sites generally lived up to sustainable transport pledges, greenfield sites were often far from shops and amenities, without public transport, cycling links or even pavements, and the homes themselves were seemingly designed around car parking.
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Shouldn't that be 'the bile-filled organ of hate, the Guardian', or something like that?
Is that the revised wording ?
Fair enough.
In the interests of full disclosure, I do tend to look at the nws on the Grauniad site first.
( I don't think I'm an evil hate-filled commie, or anything like that, but YMMV).
You know I was joking. I'd just been reading this one (page2 onward)
https://road.cc/content/news/what-drives-you-mad-about-cyclists-290117#b...
So lefty/woke/anti was in my subconsious.
" I don't think I'm an evil hate-filled commie, or anything like that, but YMMV"
Ah, but you don't wear lycra, so the jury is still out !
To be fair, The Gradunai is going to have much better quality reporting on cars/bikes/environment than the BBC.
For example a Bike Blog with contributors from this particular parish.
I think the Beano would have better reporting than the BBC.
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