2 Wheels Good, 4 Wheels Bad?

The votes for this position statement have been counted and a set of priorities defined. You are welcome to share your views, but please be aware that position statements are unlikely to be refreshed more than once a year.

Co-ordination and planning

Implement strict targets for improved road safety/danger.

Employers should create sustainable travel plans for how their staff and customers access services (e.g. free bus passes for staff instead of car spaces).

Reduce congestion in the city centre.

Congestion charging should be explored by all political parties.

Prioritise the improvement bus and rail services in outlying areas.

CVSF should have a seat on the Sustainability Commission, in order to be fully involved in decision making around transport.

Recognise the links between air pollution and poor physical and mental health and take action to reduce traffic.

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Special interest groups

Children’s needs should be prioritised in road planning.

School buses should be implemented for primary school age children to discourage car use.

Keep journeys to school as short as possible.

Halt the closing down of smaller local schools which allow children to walk to school.

Improve the facilities which encourage people (and especially older people) to use public transport, for example increase the comfort of bus shelters and availability of public toilet facilities in the town centre.

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Learn from elsewhere

Learn From Elswhere:

Some good practice examples were suggestsed, which Brighton and Hove could take inspiration and learn from. These included European cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, and various cities in Northern Italy, which provide examples of co-ordinated infrastructure and reduced car use in city centres.

Other priority ideas

Develop community transport projects in the city (including at local level).

Cycling should be promoted, for example through increased cycle training schemes, cycle-friendly roads, increased cycle parking facilities, with better security, allowing cycles on trains, and cycle hiring facilities.

Motorcycles should be encouraged as an alternative form of transport to cars, e.g. by providing more parking spaces.

Ask taxi firms to commit to a carbon reduction programme.

Taxis should be recognised as a public transport option which offers mobility to people who are unable to drive and have difficulty getting to a bus stop.

Prioritisation of the speed and convenience of pedestrian movements, making vehicular flow secondary to pedestrian crossing requirements.

Approaches to reducing car use should be invested in, such as incentives towards car shares, car clubs, and a car-free day once a month. Businesses in the city should be encouraged to participate in such schemes.

If park and ride schemes are considered, an equal reduction of car parking spaces in the city centre should be made.

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Last updated on the 22nd of October 2008

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