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Major 1995 debate warned that growth of transport was unsustainable

Arman Farahmand-Razavi
05 December 2021
Oxford Mail, 13 June 1995, reporting the meeting at the Sheldonian
Oxford Mail, 13 June 1995, reporting the meeting at the Sheldonian

 

A groundbreaking debate attended by several hundred transport specialists marked a turning point in UK transport policy in 1995 at the historic Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. 

The debate picked up issues raised in the report by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution under the chairmanship of Sir John Houghton, presented to Parliament in October 1994. 

The report, Transport and the Environment, was a culmination of two years of work receiving evidence from a wide range of...

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