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Category: Parking

  • What do we mean by good design?

    What do we mean by good design?

    28 October 2024

    Some examples of what we mean by good design.

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    Posted in: Cycling, Design, News, Parking, Planning, Public transport, Walking
  • New homes conveniently situated on the bypass

    New homes conveniently situated on the bypass

    7 October 2024

    Join us on a visit to a new housing estate on the edge of Warminster.

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    Posted in: Buses, Cycling, News, Parking, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Walking
  • Transit-oriented development built without the transit

    Transit-oriented development built without the transit

    30 September 2024

    The curious case of the transit-led scheme that is missing the transit.

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    Posted in: Climate change, Design, News, Parking, Planning, Public transport, Rail
  • New “cowpat” housing developments are adding to traffic congestion and locking communities into car-dependency

    New “cowpat” housing developments are adding to traffic congestion and locking communities into car-dependency

    7 February 2022

    PRESS RELEASE: New research has found that greenfield housing estates are adding hundreds of thousands of new car journeys to our roads, increasing congestion, carbon emissions and air pollution.

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    Posted in: Buses, Climate change, Cycling, Design, Media and press, News, Parking, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Research, Trams, Walking
  • Transport for New Homes: a story told in postcards

    Transport for New Homes: a story told in postcards

    4 October 2021

    John and Jill have been house-hunting in some recently-built developments. They sent these postcards back to show what they found. Since John and Jill don’t drive, they have been using trains and buses to get to the new housing areas, sometimes with adventures on the way. In the end they do find places to suit

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    Posted in: Design, News, Parking, Public transport, Walking
  • A tale of two developments: why new planning reforms threaten to entrench unsustainable lifestyles

    A tale of two developments: why new planning reforms threaten to entrench unsustainable lifestyles

    16 April 2021

    This blog by Steve Chambers, sustainable transport campaigner at Transport for New Homes, was first published by as a guest blog by Green Alliance. In 2018, Transport for New Homes produced an initial report that revealed the deep flaws in the planning system which leave new housing developments with inadequate walking, cycling and public transport

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    Posted in: Design, News, Parking, Planning, Walking
  • New Checklist to help root out car-dependent housing developments

    New Checklist to help root out car-dependent housing developments

    22 July 2019

    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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    Posted in: Cycling, Design, News, Parking, Planning, Public transport, Walking
  • Forced into car-dependence: report reveals new housing with scant public transport and nowhere to walk to

    Forced into car-dependence: report reveals new housing with scant public transport and nowhere to walk to

    24 October 2018

    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. 

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    Posted in: Active travel, Buses, Cycling, Media and press, News, Parking, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Research, Trams, Transport for New Homes, Walking, Wheeling
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