Just Mobility Equitable, low-impact transport for all

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Car dependency fuels climate change, divides communities, and makes cities unlivable. This policy ensures transport serves people, not just vehicles.

Policy Objective 1 - Equitable, low-impact transport for all

Car dependency fuels climate change, divides communities, and makes cities unlivable. This policy ensures transport serves people, not just vehicles.

Urban Planning Policy Instruments 👇

Remember: Policy instruments are the means by which governments can achieve the degrowth goals/objectives we urgently need!

💡 Translation: Make public and active transport like cycling and walking the default, not cars and planes

🚫 Limit automobiles at city level, reduce speed limits, and close city centres to cars.

🚗 Tax private vehicles heavily, especially SUVs.

🚍 Expand and subsidise public transport and cargo bikes.

Policy Objective 2 - Promote modal shift to active and public transport (e.g. walking, cycling, bus, trolley bus, metro, rail)

💡 Translation: Cities should prioritise human movement, not just vehicle flow.

🚴 Build high-quality cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.

🚆 Expand trolleybuses, metros, and rail systems instead of roads.

🏙 Design compact, walkable cities where people don’t need cars.

Policy Objective 3 - Limit high-speed transport infrastructure

💡 Translation: Stop building mega-projects that fuel sprawl and destruction.

✈️ Reduce investment in highways, airports, and high-speed trains that drive urban sprawl.

🚧 Protest unnecessary large-scale transport projects that destroy ecosystems.

💥 Mobility should be about accessibility and sustainability, not endless expansion.