'Return to near-normality': How the UK failed to embed Covid-era green travel habits

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Traffic in Nantwich, Cheshire | Credit: iStock
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Traffic in Nantwich, Cheshire | Credit: iStock

Experts call for investment and policies that tackle congestion and promote active travel and public transport as latest National Travel Survey highlights rising car use

Hopes that the surge in the popularity of cycling and walking during the pandemic would result in a long-term shift toward healthier and lower-carbon forms of transport appear to be receding, as car use...

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