In urban areas I think storage is at least as big an issue too. There are only 2,400 secure cycle storage spots in Edinburgh, for about 300,000 people living in flats. (View Post)

Making our cities and towns better for walking and cycling is always going to be a challenge when nonsense like this is allowed to happen: BBC News - Highland Council to fight legal block to street r… (View Post)

People don't realise that the people doing the hard work on minimum wage jobs often don't have access to a car, so their employment opportunities are limited to those they can reach by bus.… (View Post)

There is also a kind of "access poverty" with some households with very high mileage and multiple cars, and others with none at all. In Edinburgh, there are as many cars as there are househ… (View Post)

This is the crux of the problem. You either have to make active travel relatively more attractive, or increase the marginal cost of car journeys. Not sure how, but the socially optimal outcome would … (View Post)