Reduced dependence on cars UK

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Action Ideas

 * Cycling
 * Walking
 * Car free day
 * Public transport days or weeks
 * Liftsharing
 * Car share clubs
 * Minibus schemes
 * Community street audits
 * Canal conservation
 * River Projects

New ideas

 * Jitney Network - use of private citizen's vehicles as a public transit network
 * Green Miles

Why it matters
(article needed)

Related topics

 * Sustainable travel
 * School travel
 * Community rail in the UK
 * Empowering neighbourhood communities from Living Streets
 * category:Low carbon future


 * Green New Year resolutions
 * Peak oil

Related wiki

 * Campaigns Wikia WikiNode - sample article: Carfree movement

Related Wikipedia content

 * Sustainable transportation
 * Car-free zone
 * List of car-free places
 * Health Impact Assessment

News UK

 * Thursday, December 7 2006 - Reducing oil reliance key to Britain's future, says Greenpeace
 * Friday, December 1 2006 - Reaction to Eddington Review of Britain's transport requirements. / New Start editorial December 6 2006
 * Thursday, July 20 2006 - Demise of daft Expressway welcomed, but M6 widening still opposed. CPRE news release, Transport 2000 / West Midlands
 * Monday, July 3 2006 - Bypass schemes - damage done and lessons unlearnt, says research, commissioned by CPRE and the Countryside Agency, into the effects of three controversial major schemes. CPRE News release
 * Monday, June 26 2006, Transport 2000 hails challenge to roads-first transport policy.
 * Monday, March 20 2006 - M62 car-share lane must be accompanied by workplace promotion - Transport 2000. Transport 2000 press release
 * Wednesday, 15 March 2006, Transport 2000 welcomes new long-term rail strategy but still concerned about congestion hotspots. Transport 2000 press release
 * Campaigners welcome plans to make developers pay towards communities, December 5 2005
 * Transport 2000 leads broad coalition demanding a growing railway, October 17 2005
 * Carbon dioxide cuts inadequate if aviation growth not curbed, says Tyndall Centre, September 21 2005

Comment

 * New Start editorial December 6 2006 - My quest for the holy grail of zero-carbon journalism knows no bounds. It even extended to using the services of Northern Rail twice in three days last week.

Resources

 * DIY Community Street Audit Pack from Living Streets
 * Briefings for transport activists from Transport 2000

UK links

 * Road Block - alliance of groups and individuals campaigning against road-building.
 * The Waterways Trust
 * Carplus - The Car Club Network
 * Transport 2000 site includes 'Change your streets' Transport 2000's Streets for People network
 * www.newlifeformainroads.org.uk Information from Transport 2000
 * Environmental Transport Association Provide breakdown cover and other insurance services and campaigns for sustainable transport
 * Liftshare Site contains extensive public transport links and contacts
 * Village Car Share .com
 * Transport Direct
 * Alliance Against Urban 4x4s
 * Sustainable Travel Information from the Department for Transport, (government) includes information on Travel Plans
 * Dft - Mobility and Inclusion Information from the Department for Transport (government)
 * Access-Ability - Travel

External links checked Philralph 08:25, 20 March 2006 (UTC)