Or, how the chief medical officer for England has entered the active travel urban design debate
“What we’ve got to do is build between the places people care about: from their homes to their shops, to their place of worship, to the school and so on. We’ve got to think about that in a really serious way.” – Prof Sir Chris Whitty
Twelve regional mayors in England have signed up to a plan to create a “national active travel network” that initially will focus on access to schools and create 3,500 miles of routes that safely link schools to homes, town centres and transport hubs.
So far, so good.
But are all political parties fully on board? The answer may surprise you.
Find out more in this week’s Sketch…
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