http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Is this the end of the car?" en Sun, 31 May 2026 14:03:40 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3003#post-32363 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:47:29 +0000 chdot 32363@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> public transport is a good industry for the future. “The population is only going to continue to grow and age,” he says. “Urbanisation is only going to continue and then you add to that the cost of building new roads, maintaining new roads, parking, congestion, the whole green agenda.”<br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com:80/business/analysis/boom-and-bus-1.1104103" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldscotland.com:80/business/analysis/boom-and-bus-1.1104103</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3003#post-32209 Thu, 26 May 2011 22:05:09 +0000 chdot 32209@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Peak Cars is as real as Peak Oil"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/angry-birds-poop-on-cars" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/angry-birds-poop-on-cars</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3003#post-31735 Fri, 20 May 2011 09:32:29 +0000 chdot 31735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Something weird is happening," says Phil Goodwin, professor of transport policy at the University of the West of England. "Car use in Britain is on the decline, but no one is exactly sure why." Goodwin says we have reached "peak car". If he is right, this has important implications for how we design our towns and cities, and where public money gets allocated."</p> <p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/is-this-the-end-of-the-car-2286616.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/is-this-the-end-of-the-car-2286616.html</a> </p>