by Daniel Mittler

Edinburgh escaped the blight of excessive road building in the 1960s and 1970s. Current travel trends are, nonetheless, gravely unsustainable - presenting a challenge, which Edinburgh City Council acknowledges.
A number of travel reduction policies have been developed in recent years, with some degree of success. It is questionable, however, that these can ever achieve sustainability as policies elsewhere in the city continue to promote travel-generating development.
Edinburgh's mixed experience with travel reduction can provide useful lessons fo other cities.

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