We must learn from our planning mistakes

Recent contributions to LTT suggest that experience and wisdom risk being eclipsed by pragmatism and popularism. The stakes are too high to let this happen

Inter-urban congestion: should we build more capacity or better places? (thanks to freefoto.com)

Inter-urban congestion: should we build more capacity or better places? (thanks to freefoto.com)

Would you not rather walk or cycle to work, if you could? (thanks again to freefoto.com)

Would you not rather walk or cycle to work, if you could? (thanks again to freefoto.com)

High Speed 2: is travelling further, faster, really essential for future economic success?

High Speed 2: is travelling further, faster, really essential for future economic success?

This is LTT 561, right? Well, LTT 557 carried a news item covering the main findings from a recent survey of Transport Planning Society members, which showed a strong preference for local transport solutions and ‘slow modes’, compared with new or improved national transport infrastructure. In response to this, Edmund King (president of the AA) wrote a letter, published in LTT 558, essentially mocking the TPS membership by asking whether they think walking and cycling will help ease...

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