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Walking – not driving – is key to a functioning society

Adrian Hetherington, Ontario, Canada
16 May 2014
 

Contrary to the assertions of Keith Peat (Letters LTT 2 May), the link to everything surely is walking, rather than car driving. We walk to the bus stop and to the local shop. The NHS, like any health service, would be on better financial grounds with more walking trips and fewer car trips. As for car-based retail parks, they are more the reason why the High Street has become less viable/attractive. Walkers spend more per head on high streets than car drivers, the research is there.

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