http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “5 million people driven into poverty by transport costs” en Sun, 31 May 2026 07:22:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21397#post-371871 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:41:02 +0000 neddie 371871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Meanwhile:</p> <p><blockquote>This strategy is not devoid of risk, however. Interest-rate shocks, a spike in unemployment, and a fall in used-car values could quickly topple this house of cards, with wider repercussions not unlike the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis.</p> <p>If we want to properly understand the car culture wars, we need to know that the car industry – and its servants in Westminster – are not consumers’ friends. Public transport investment, bike lanes and LTNs are not an attack on motorists, but a helping hand out of the gilded cage that is contemporary car ownership.</blockquote></p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/nov/22/car-culture-car-industry-consumers-debt" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/nov/22/car-culture-car-industry-consumers-debt</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21397#post-371744 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:20:48 +0000 chdot 371744@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.smf.co.uk/5-million-people-driven-into-poverty-by-transport-costs/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smf.co.uk/5-million-people-driven-into-poverty-by-transport-costs/</a> </p>