Cars Are Terrible Masters

<p>“Now the Low Traffic Neighbourhood Schemes (LTNs) are being rolled out even more across the city of Oxford, how do you guys feel its gone so far? How is this latest phase going, and being received, as the County Council attempts to reduce motor vehicles in local neighborhoods?</p> <p>A future phase will see some of the arterial routes closed off, moving traffic onto the Ring Road, is this a good vision?"</p> <p>Stuart and William discuss a very controversial subject, particularly locally in their hometown of Oxford, England, the topic of low traffic neighbourhoods. This discussion was instigated by the question above, sent in by listener Jon in Cowley, Oxford, England.</p> <p>LTNs are forcing people to change their habits, meaning this is probably one of the first times the dominance of car travel has really been challenged. We've forgotten how fast the world has become, as we've locked ourselves away in our cars. Low traffic neighbourhoods are a very divisive thing for some people, but we have to change our habits in some way if we're going to tackle climate change. In a lot of people's minds, all LTNs have done is to attack the motorist, and just moving the traffic to the arterial routes. Isn't this just a process though, with those main routes becoming so busy that people realise they should stop driving so much, and to get out on foot, on bicycle, onto buses? Nudged Theory in action.</p> <p>Both Stuart and William share their experiences of these newly formed LTN areas of the city, which lead Stuart to surmise that they have turned parts of Oxford into mini villages, and providing nicer areas for people to live in.</p> <p>What do you make of this discussion? Do you have a question that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by sending an email to thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com, or record us a message in your own voice by going to <a href="https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message"><u>https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message</u></a></p> <p>In this episode they mention drone photographer Hedley