Critical Mass: Transport, Environment and Society in the 21st CenturyPluto Press, 20 sept. 1997 - 251 pages Despite demanding enormous resources, transport policies are incapable of resolving basic problems of safety, health, welfare and congestion. This book, pointing out that car-dependency is shared throughout Europe, Asia and North America, argues that the problems can only be solved globally by a shared recognition of common needs. In addition, with transport inextricabley linked with consumerism and the lifestyles that car ownership has created, the book argues that the challenge is to replace the current technology with an alternative that is sustainable and will solve the fundamental problems of poverty, inequity and social development. |
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... Speeds ( taking into account the total amount of time spent in transport ) Average speed over all journeys over a year 15kph 40kph 60kph Annual cost 16000 DM 4700 DM 120 DM Monthly net 6400 DM income of 1600 DM 1600 DM vehicle owner ...
... Speeds ( taking into account the total amount of time spent in transport ) Average speed over all journeys over a year 15kph 40kph 60kph Annual cost 16000 DM 4700 DM 120 DM Monthly net 6400 DM income of 1600 DM 1600 DM vehicle owner ...
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... speed of travel between centres , or by enabling the movement of larger volumes of traffic . The net result is a reduction in the real cost of moving from place to place , leading to the development of high priority corridors along ...
... speed of travel between centres , or by enabling the movement of larger volumes of traffic . The net result is a reduction in the real cost of moving from place to place , leading to the development of high priority corridors along ...
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... speed and its concomitant reduction in journey length gives people more time , reversing the historic trade- off between speed and distance . The last 40 years or so have seen the deployment of vast amounts of fossil fuel energy to ...
... speed and its concomitant reduction in journey length gives people more time , reversing the historic trade- off between speed and distance . The last 40 years or so have seen the deployment of vast amounts of fossil fuel energy to ...
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Perranporth and China | 1 |
A Faustian Bargain | 17 |
Free to Choose and Free to Grow | 34 |
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