Simply Katy Prints One of the best ways to get people healthy (physically and mentally) and reduce road traffic, is to create walkable communities. There is no point focusing on NHS waiting lists, while also promoting lifestyles where people have to drive to buy food or meet other people. Bogotá’s former mayor in Colombia ripped…
town planning
what we can learn from The Netherlands
Henry Rivers Peopl in The Netherlands cycle more than anyone else on earth (it’s flat!) So many cycle, the only real issue is there’s a lot of bike theft, as most people don’t bother to invest in locks. You’re more at risk of having your bike stolen in The Netherlands, than being involved in a…
reasons why we need more public parks
Nicholas Hely Hutchinson The Oregon city of Portland has way more parks than Sheffield (similar size and population). So it’s not like we can’t do the same here. Good public parks put green quiet space, lots of litter and recycling bins and solar lighting (that goes off at night to avoid light pollution. Park planners…
how to take back our streets from cars
Less road traffic means safer communities for people, pets and wildlife. It’s all interlinked. If we we want an animal-friendly world, it helps to focus on creating local walkable communities with good public transit, over roads gridlocked with traffic, from lorries thundering factory-farmed foods from central distribution houses to major supermarkets. And fosters locally owned…