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Category: Trams

  • New housing developments like ‘a jigsaw with pieces missing’

    New housing developments like ‘a jigsaw with pieces missing’

    7 March 2025

    PRESS RELEASE: A new report has concluded that a combination of wrong location, wrong transport and a lack of density is resulting in car dependent ‘tarmac’ housing estates which are increasing congestion and limiting housing choices.

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    Posted in: Buses, Media and press, News, Public transport, Rail, Trams
  • The Swedish solution – sustainable transport and new apartments

    The Swedish solution – sustainable transport and new apartments

    21 October 2024

    Two development areas on the outskirts of Uppsala are good examples of the completely different Swedish approach.

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    Posted in: Buses, Cycling, Design, News, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Trams, Walking
  • UPDATED: Proposed reforms to the NPPF

    UPDATED: Proposed reforms to the NPPF

    13 September 2024

    Changes are proposed to the NPPF and the planning system. Find out how to have your say.

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    Posted in: News, Planning, Trams, Wheeling
  • 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
  • Green promises broken: Garden Villages and Garden Towns will be dominated by the car

    Green promises broken: Garden Villages and Garden Towns will be dominated by the car

    15 June 2020

    PRESS RELEASE: Far from being vibrant, green communities, Garden Villages and Garden Towns are at high risk of becoming car-dependent commuter estates.

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    Posted in: Buses, Climate change, Cycling, Design, Garden communities, Media and press, News, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Trams, 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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