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Trees, Trams and Tricycles (THE ‘levelling up’ thread)

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  1. chdot
    Admin

    As previewed on R4 this morning.

    What role do Trees, Trams and Tricycles play in ensuring that no place is left behind?

    Join @tobylloyd @vidhyaalakeson this Monday 11am-12.15pm to find out!

    Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-place-left-behind-report-launch-tickets-165904365423

    https://mobile.twitter.com/CreateStreetsFN/status/1438530707006148609

    https://www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/no-place-left-behind

    The tricycles refer to having more places where kids are seen riding on them - which is a bit odd in the days of balance bikes.

    The ‘idea’ is about returning ‘left behind communities’ to a time when transport wasn’t about new roads.

    UKGov now has a Minister for levelling up (Gove). Remains to be seen if he/Boris have any actual practical ideas - or the willingness to finance/enable.

    Posted 2 years ago #
  2. chdot
    Admin

    Want to ‘level up’ the UK? Just give places the power and money they need

    John Harris

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/19/level-up-uk-regions-local-authority-funding

    Posted 2 years ago #
  3. gembo
    Member

    Alliterative licence.

    Trees, trams and balance bikes doesn’t have the same ring

    Still unable to source brake blocks for the trike in the garage, they are applied vertically to the rim.

    Posted 2 years ago #
  4. chdot
    Admin

    Beyond ‘predict and provide’

    A major mixed-use development at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, was originally granted planning permission on condition of a conventional highways site mitigation plan for £25m road works. A new application used a model focused on mobility (rather than just transport), to create an environment where people move at the pedestrian scale and so encourage more sustainable choices. This approach prioritises the highest capacity and most efficient forms of mobility, starting with virtual mobility (homeworking and teleconferencing), then active travel, then car- pooling and public transport, followed lastly by single occupancy car movement. The revised scheme actively discourages unnecessary trips by locating trip-generating activities onsite, and requires only £5m of offsite transport spending, allowing funds to be redirected towards other measures to spread the peak demand for roads, and enable walking, cycling and bus use instead.

    https://www.createstreetsfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/8560_PS_Create_No_Place_Left_Behind_FINAL.pdf

    Posted 2 years ago #

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