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Long Description
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(Hopkinson et al, 2025)We need a new approach to address congestion; improve road safety; and facilitate new developments that offer better, sustainable and cost-effective travel options. This new approach can deliver economic prosperity, healthier communities and improved local environments. In addition, many of these alternative options may be quicker and cheaper to deliver than large-scale road schemes that take time to develop. We also need a more rounded set of objectives for transport planning. A narrow focus on traditional forms of economic growth tends to perpetuate a focus on the needs of certain demographics, namely ‘white collar’ people of working age. These essentially represent a minority but receive most of the emphasis in planning new developments and infrastructure. As a result, the needs of children, students, the elderly, stay-at-home parents, and those with fewer socio-economic opportunities (all of whom positively contribute to the economy) are not catered for by transport investment. We need a fairer transport system.
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