Category: Rail
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Some examples of what we mean by bad design.
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Join us on a visit to a new housing estate on the edge of Warminster.
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The curious case of the transit-led scheme that is missing the transit.
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Conversion of large obsolete car dependent out-of-town retail barns to new uses looks good on paper.
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Freiham is specifically designed as a green and pleasant place for walking and cycling and for using public transport.
Posted in: Buses, Climate change, Cycling, Design, News, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Walking, Wheeling -
Locations for new housing are not considered in terms of sustainable transport, access to services, employment or environmental impact.
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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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Blog by Jenny Raggett, Transport for New Homes There has in recent days been much talk about the Chesham and Amersham byelection, a constituency that has always been Conservative but has now been won by the Liberal Democrats. An important election issue was the Government’s proposed changes to the planning system, with fears that planning
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LETTER: With partners, we are calling for planning reforms to include transport and accessibility at an early stage of planning for new homes.
Posted in: Active travel, Buses, Cycling, Media and press, News, Planning, Public transport, Rail, Walking, Wheeling -
When infrastructure such as a new rail line is built, the value of the land around it goes up: suddenly this land is desirable for housebuilding because people want to live near the new rail route. Landowners hit the jackpot. The problem is that such infrastructure projects are often tricky to get funding for in