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"by promoting lower carbon transport, including cycling and walking"

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  1. chdot
    Admin

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    Working to make our roads less congested and polluted by promoting lower carbon transport, including cycling and walking.

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    https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Departmental-Overview-2015-16-Department-for-Transport.pdf

    That's the only mention of cycling in 30 pages.

    Full context -

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    Roads

    Investing in, maintaining, and
    operating around 4,300 miles of the motorway and trunk road network in England through Highways England.

    Providing policy, guidance, and funding to English local authorities to help them run and maintain their road network, improve passenger and freight travel, and develop new major transport schemes.

    Working to make our roads less congested and polluted by promoting lower carbon transport, including cycling and walking.

    "

    Good thing it doesn't apply in Scotland...

    Posted 7 years ago #
  2. Min
    Member

    promoting lower carbon transport

    ..and then expanding Heathrow airport.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  3. crowriver
    Member

    "promoting" = producing a nice web site and a few posters/leaflets saying "Hey, why not walk and cycle more?"

    Meanwhile, spending actual money making it far easier to drive a car...

    Posted 7 years ago #

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