And you don’t tend to hear a lot of moaning about too much public transport in Singapore or Hong Kong. The transport budget should recognise the importance of enabling healthy and zero-carbon modes of transport by prioritising funding for better footpaths and safer streets. In a housing crisis, that just doesn’t add upFunding where it’s neededMuch of the overall transport budget each year goes into long-term programmes with various aims. We don’t have to treat the relationship between road, public transport and active travel (walking and cycling) as mutually exclusive. We can keep road funding at its current level and spend more on other modes.

Source: Stuff May 17, 2022 03:37 UTC