Local authorities still see ‘the car as king’ and have been abandoning government plans for cycle lanes and pedestrian areas
Transport officials have cut funding to three Conservative-controlled councils for failing to encourage walking and cycling amid a local Tory backlash against government-backed plans to reduce traffic and pollution.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been forced to reduce active travel funding to a string of councils after Tory councillors removed pop-up cycle lanes and pedestrianised areas before they had a chance to change the way people travel.
Continue reading...from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ZkxVDTy
Hello, my name is Jack Sparrow. I'm a 50 year old self-employed Pirate from the Caribbean. 
No comments:
Post a Comment