[sustran] Re: The Seven Simple Truths of Sustainable Mobility (Come argue with me)

[Todd Edelman]

Hi,

On 25/02/11 16:49, Ian Perry wrote:
> [...]
> Truth 3. Perhaps it should be added that happy citizens are not spending
> time travelling, therefore rather than talk of distances (trains can cover
> distances quickly), we should be talking about travel time (in all
> conditions)?
DISTANCE, yes.
> Truth 6.             *We know all we need to know about both (a) the
> [...]
> *I'm with Todd on removing the "green" arguments from new mobility.  It is a
> losing argument, there are parallels and these show us that 40 years from
> now, if we continue to talk climate change, we will not have progressed...
I DON'T THINK they should be removed -- just made as "also's". Local 
particulate emissions is something different than carbon emissions, and 
I think a lot of people are actually semi-believers in human-influenced 
climate change, so best not to push them too much.

- T

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