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Tainted love. We need to re-evaluate our relationship with the car

John Dales
01 September 2017
Nothing to see here. Just the everyday consequence of convenience-by-car trumping all else
Nothing to see here. Just the everyday consequence of convenience-by-car trumping all else
A respected commentator and noted sage speaks out on the big issues facing our time
A respected commentator and noted sage speaks out on the big issues facing our time
‘We’re exploring stuff that we think might work, while not doing the one that we know will’
‘We’re exploring stuff that we think might work, while not doing the one that we know will’

 

Sadly, it’s once again time for me to roll out this prophetic utterance from 1963’s report of the Traffic in Towns steering group: “We are nourishing at immense cost a monster of great potential destructiveness. And yet we love him dearly. Regarded in its collective aspect as ‘the traffic problem’ the motor car is clearly a menace, which can spoil our civilisation. But translated into terms of the particular vehicle that stands in our garage (or more often nowadays...

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John Dales

John Dales

John Dales MSC BSC MCIHT CMILT Director, Urban Mov

John Dales is a streets design adviser to local authorities around the UK, a member of several design review panels, and one of the London mayor’s design advocates. He is a past chair of the Transport Planning Society, a former trustee of Living Streets, and a committee member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. He is director of transport planning and street design consultancy Urban Movement. 

 

j.dales@urbanmovement.co.uk
+44 (0)7768 377 150
www.johndales.com

 

 
 
 

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