Another article where, I'm glad to say, someone more famous and influential and me says something I have already been saying (and was published saying so in Borderlands Journal). In this case George Monbiot. "The less dense a development is, and the further from the urban centre, the harder it is to serve with public transport. Bus or train or tram services are simply not viable in sprawling suburbs. A relaxation of planning rules is good for the rich. It is a disaster for the poor. This is why planning laws are weakest in the most unequal countries.
It also makes tackling climate change impossible. If people are dependent on their cars, they cannot change their habits even if they want to. And what happens when global oil supplies peak and go into decline? What do people in the car-dependent suburbs do then?"
Monbiot.com � Marooned in the Suburbs:
Nous like scouse or French -oui? We wee whee all the way ... to mind us a bunch of thunks. Too much information? How could that be?
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