[diggers350] Sustrans? No Thanks.

[Simon Fairlie]

Oh yes, sorry, it goes without saying that they should be made  more  
expensive through carbon-rationing, rather than regressive taxation.  
I also agree with your other posting about houses up north.


On 30 Nov 2007, at 20:48, Brendan Boal wrote:

> If you make cars more expensive you advantage the
> rich.  You also aid the damaging tabloid clamour which
> claims that enviromental measures are really  just a
> way of extracting more tax.
> Of course we need to drastically reduce car use along
> with all other carbon producing activities, but you'll
> do it much more effectively by carbon rationing -
> regardless of personal wealth.
>
>
> --- Simon Fairlie <chapter7 at tlio.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> I'm rather suspicious of Sustrans. They seem to be
>> perpetuating
>> Buchanan's theories about separating different modes
>> of traffic which
>> were responsible for  all those ring roads, and
>> pedestrian tunnels
>> and circuitous footbridges.
>> I would prefer to see cars disadvantaged by making
>> them more
>> expensive, governing their speed  and giving
>> pedestrians full
>> priority in towns. If you reduce and slow down car
>> use then the
>> pedestrians and cyclists can look after themselves
>> and don't need
>> millions of quids worth of funding.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> On 30 Nov 2007, at 12:49, Maxey L. wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> To my mind this is the most sustainable option
>> reducing carbon
>>> emissions, creating community benefits, etc., what
>> do you think?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Larch Maxey
>>>
>>> Swansea University/Prifysgol Abertawe
>>>
>>> L.Maxey at swansea.ac.uk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> www.lammas.org.uk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: localsustuk at yahoogroups.com
>>> [mailto:localsustuk at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
>> divingnick1
>>> Sent: 28 November 2007 11:08
>>> To: localsustuk at yahoogroups.com
>>> Subject: [localsustuk] Vote Sustrans Connect2!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm posting this to ask you to help sustainable
>> transport charity
>>> Sustrans win £50 million from the Big Lottery Fund
>> to invest in 79
>>> communities UK-wide. In this winner-takes-all
>> contest Sustrans'
>>> Connect2 project is up against 3 other
>> organisations - the Eden
>>> Project: The Edge, Black Country Urban Park, and
>> Sherwood: The
>>> Living Legend, with the winner to be decided by
>> public vote over the
>>> coming weeks.
>>>
>>> I'm supporting Sustrans' Connect2 because it will
>> transform local
>>> travel in towns, cities and villages throughout
>> the UK. By building
>>> new bridges and crossings over busy roads,
>> railways and rivers, and
>>> linking these into networks of paths, Connect2
>> will make it much
>>> easier for people to get where they want to go
>> under their own
>>> steam. So whether children are going to school,
>> people to work and
>>> the shops, or friends and family to visit each
>> other, they'll be
>>> able to walk or cycle for many more journeys.
>>>
>>> As many as 6 million people live within a mile of
>> a proposed
>>> Connect2 scheme, and 1 million children go to
>> school within a mile
>>> of a scheme. It is calculated that over 60 million
>> active, low
>>> carbon journeys will be made each year on the
>> Connect2 routes,
>>> potentially saving 79,000 tonnes of carbon - the
>> equivalent of
>>> emissions from 79,000 people's annual car use.
>>>
>>> If you'd like to know more about Connect2 before
>> making up your mind
>>> take a look at www.sustransconnect2.org.uk
>>>
>>> To make Connect2 happen we now really need your
>> support and just a
>>> few moments of your time could make all the
>> difference. We need
>>> your vote and the votes of as many people as you
>> know.
>>>
>>> There are three opportunities to vote - online,
>> from a landline and
>>> by mobile.
>>> Online voting began at 9am on Monday 26th November
>> at
>>> www.thepeoples50million.org.uk with phone voting
>> starting at 9am on
>>> Friday 7th December. All voting concludes at 12
>> noon on Monday 10th
>>> December. If you want to be sent a reminder to
>> vote please register
>>> at www.sustransconnect2.org.uk or text 'Connect2'
>> to 80010.
>>>
>>> If you do vote for Sustrans' Connect2 (and I
>> really hope you do!),
>>> many thanks and please do forward this e-mail to
>> your own contacts
>>> and urge them to vote too
>>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> Nick Hanna
>>> Co-ordinator
>>> HastingsUrbanBikes
>>> www.HastingsUrbanBikes.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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