U.K. government should encourage car clubs, walking, cycling and public transit, argues new academic report, which also calls for phasing out of SUVs.
To combat climate change and improve quality of life, active travel modes should be given priority over car use, argues an academic report funded by the U.K. government., released on July 5, has been produced by the, a consortium of 40 academics at 13 U.K. institutions.
The report argues that use of electric cars–which are cheaper to run than gasoline-powered cars–has the potential to increase car use and therefore would lead to more congestion and a more unhealthy society with greater prevalence of obesity. CREDS calls on the government to devise strategies allowing people to have a good standard of living without needing cars.s first report.
Eyre, who is also the Professor at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, told BBC Radio 4The CREDS report, which Eyre coauthored, argues that continued car dependency, electric or otherwise, will lead to “more urban sprawl, inactive lifestyles and congestion.Instead of building more roads to meet demand–demand that may be falling because millennials are not as fixated on cars as older generations–the government should be investing in ways to reduce car use.
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