By The Third Pole The creation of Urban Low Emissions Development Strategies in cities in Bangladesh and India shows the value of sharing knowledge and insights at the local level. A cyclist walks by a lake in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The city government has sought funding to buy bicycles that citizens can hire at bus stops and railway […]
Visions of car-free cities
By Jeremy Williams Can you imagine your street with fewer cars? What about your town centre? That’s an invitation that Possible have been putting to residents in four British cities. Focus groups in Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and London considered what roads might look like if they were low-traffic and climate-friendly. Planners, architects and campaigners were consulted, and the results were […]