Forum topic: HMG's Cycling and Walking Strategy
HMG's Cycling and Walking Strategy
Karl Brown
15 Jul 2022 10:06 #6506
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The weekly newsletter often includes interesting links under, “reported elsewhere”. This weeks included a link to HMG’s update of its 2017 cycling and walking investment strategy. It leads with:-
“Active travel is good for the environment, our economy and public health. It’s emission-free, which reduces toxins in our air and makes our towns and cities nicer places to live. It eases congestion, which is a drag on our economy. And it makes us healthier, helping to keep us fit and preventing thousands of premature deaths from physical inactivity and poor air quality while saving our NHS billions of pounds each year.
It’s one of the best return on investment decisions governments can make.”
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-second-cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy/the-second-cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy-cwis2
It might be useful if some councillors accepted this means something other than the status quo and in particular means less car journeys and more on foot, wheels and public transport and outline how they propose to help facilitate same.
“Active travel is good for the environment, our economy and public health. It’s emission-free, which reduces toxins in our air and makes our towns and cities nicer places to live. It eases congestion, which is a drag on our economy. And it makes us healthier, helping to keep us fit and preventing thousands of premature deaths from physical inactivity and poor air quality while saving our NHS billions of pounds each year.
It’s one of the best return on investment decisions governments can make.”
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-second-cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy/the-second-cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy-cwis2
It might be useful if some councillors accepted this means something other than the status quo and in particular means less car journeys and more on foot, wheels and public transport and outline how they propose to help facilitate same.
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