Time to concentrate on small transport issues
Series: CPRE Press Release ; (57/04) 5 October 2004 (3)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: "Valuing the small: counting the benefits" has been published by an alliance of environmental groups. It highlights the issues that are in the way of delivering better transport at the local level. It claims that measures like safe routes to school, 20mph zones and traffic calming are all hampered and sidelined by investment in big infrastructure schemes. Big schemes tend to dominate as more work is undertaken prior to approving them and they tend to look more impressive than smaller schemes, and often the results are instant. http://www.cpre.org.uk/news-releases/news-rel-2004 /57-04.htm| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB4039-13 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 127691-1001 |
"Valuing the small: counting the benefits" has been published by an alliance of environmental groups. It highlights the issues that are in the way of delivering better transport at the local level. It claims that measures like safe routes to school, 20mph zones and traffic calming are all hampered and sidelined by investment in big infrastructure schemes. Big schemes tend to dominate as more work is undertaken prior to approving them and they tend to look more impressive than smaller schemes, and often the results are instant. http://www.cpre.org.uk/news-releases/news-rel-2004 /57-04.htm