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Planning reform: we must steer away from car-dependent sprawl
PRESS RELEASE: Our country needs more homes. What we don’t need is more sprawling, car-dependent estates far from town centres and public transport links.
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Transport for New Homes Award: shortlist announced
Over the summer, we asked members of the public, professionals and developers to nominate recent UK developments of more than 500 homes for the Transport for New Homes Award 2019, run in partnership with the Transport Planning Society as part of its Transport Planning Day. We wanted to celebrate places that buck the trend of…
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New Checklist to help root out car-dependent housing developments
In the rush to build new homes, too many estates are being built without public transport, local facilities or even pavements, leading to car dependence, congestion, pollution and unhealthy lifestyles. Now Transport for New Homes, a campaign group seeking to halt the spread of such car-based development, has produced a Checklist to enable local authorities,…
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How new housing developments can benefit from car clubs
A car club based within a community can have a whole host of benefits for those who live there.
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It’s difficult to produce sustainable travel patterns if you don’t build in the right places
Guest blog by Gordon Stokes, Visiting Research Associate at Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford Finding the right places to locate large numbers of new homes and jobs in crowded areas of the South East will need great care if we’re trying to encourage modes other than the car. New mapping shows graphically how people…
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In Memoriam Simon Norton
We were deeply sad to learn that Simon Norton, a supporter of Transport for New Homes since its inception, passed away in February 2019. A passionate and thoughtful campaigner for sustainable transport, Simon Norton helped to set up Transport for New Homes and funded the project through the Foundation for Integrated Transport, a grant-making charity…
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Forced into car-dependence: report reveals new housing with scant public transport and nowhere to walk to
PRESS RELEASE: A report by Transport for New Homes has revealed deep flaws in the planning system which leave new housing developments with inadequate walking, cycling and public transport connections to surrounding areas. With limited facilities locally, residents are for the most part forced into car-dependency.