A driverless car to the Chilterns, via Sheffield

Mile Crowhurst, Garforth, Leeds LS25
15 September 2017
Electrifying the Chiltern lines would allow them to be served by Crossrail services, says Mike Crowhurst
Electrifying the Chiltern lines would allow them to be served by Crossrail services, says Mike Crowhurst

 

I have a few quick thoughts on some recent articles in LTT. 

Iain Reeve’s Viewpoint piece about driverless cars struck a chord with me (‘Will self-driving cars really be a cure-all for transport problems? Don’t be silly’ LTT 18 Aug). I’ve felt for some time that the balance is swinging too far back towards techno-fixes and away from behaviour change. As he says, this usually results in behaviour compensation, so we end up no better off. 

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