Helen CzerskiDec 12

How could/should/will we get around the cities of the future? A car for everyone is never going to work in a city, but once we go back to seeing the streets as places for people to get around (rather than "where the cars go") how could it all work? Cities and technology are constantly evolving, and so our city streets will too. For this week's Rare Earth, on air at 12 today and online afterwards, we talked to Chris Boardman, Stephen Potter and Karen Lucas about what the future holds. Listen here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n7p1

#Podcast #transport #ActiveTravel #cities

Show threadkim_harding ✅Dec 12
@helenczerski An interesting listen, but no mention of the fact that the motor industry spends over £2Bn a year in the UK on ads to reinforce the idea that transport is all about the car. Treating the motor industry ads like the tobacco industry ads would make a massive change...
Show threadOccasionalDucksDec 12

@kim_harding

And put images of the horrific things cars do to people on the outside, like cigarette packets.

Show threadkim_harding ✅
@OccasionalDucks Yes, something like this https://web.archive.org/web/20090731124637/https://copenhagenize.com/2009/07/driving-kills-health-warnings.html
Using WaybackMachine as the original website has been high jacked by spammers
Copenhagenize.com - The Copenhagen Bike Culture Blog: Driving Kills - Health Warnings

Copenhagenize.com highlights bicycle culture in Copenhagen, Denmark with photography, advocacy and strong opinions

Dec 12 at 2:18pmWeb
Show threadOccasionalDucksDec 12

@kim_harding

Just so.