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"Transport policy is not about the environment - it's about public health"

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  1. chdot
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    Patrick Harvie: Transport policy is not about the environment - it's about public health

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    And at such enormous cost. For that road’s price-tag of nearly three quarters of a billion pounds, Glasgow could have had an airport rail link, a refurbished subway, the much-needed Crossrail scheme, a new fleet of buses to run a proper regulated service, and the biggest investment ever in infrastructure for walking and cycling. In short, we could have had a transformation in the whole city’s transport system and a radical shift toward sustainable, low-carbon, clean and healthy transport.

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    http://www.thenational.scot/comment/patrick-harvie-transport-policy-is-not-about-the-environment---its-about-public-health.18051

    Posted 7 years ago #

  2. Calum
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    Ah, yes, the M74. Smashed through one of the unhealthiest cities in Europe, where most people don't own cars, in defiance of the findings of the public inquiry, in the full knowledge that it would poison the air. Those are the "progressive" values of Scotland's two self-styled "social democratic" parties.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  3. chdot
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    Not transport.

    Public health and policy -

    http://www.scotsman.com/news/alcohol-still-being-sold-for-as-low-as-16p-per-unit-1-4250335

    Posted 7 years ago #

  4. chdot
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    (Image: Obstacles to cycling in south east Edinburgh, plus contrast between built and natural environment, taken on morning of 14 April 2017).

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    https://scotpublichealth.com/2017/04/17/what-is-public-health-some-reflections-for-teaching/

    Posted 6 years ago #

  5. HankChief
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    Question S5O-00960: Gordon Lindhurst, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 03/05/2017
    To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve public health through cycling.

    Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10/05/2017

    http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx?SearchType=Advance&ReferenceNumbers=S5O-00960&ResultsPerPage=10

    Posted 6 years ago #

  6. Morningsider
    Member

    The answer is now online at:

    http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10932&i=99983

    Search for "cycling" - can't find a way of directly linking to it. Prepare to be underwhelmed.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  7. chdot
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    Link

    http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10932&i=99994#ScotParlOR

    Posted 6 years ago #

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